Beholder

 PC
User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 290 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 199 out of 290
  2. Mixed: 67 out of 290
  3. Negative: 24 out of 290

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  1. femmefatal
    Nov 14, 2016
    0
    Too linear, not much fun to be had here. You just mope around spying on npc's and try to frame them and it's pretty easy to do. Lot of useless dialog as well. This is a stocking stuffer at best if you have some spare change after christmas shopping and can get it for like $2.99 at the very least. I mean it's a time burner without much satisfaction after you finish it.
  2. frostytaz
    Oct 10, 2017
    0
    Right-Beholder...I want to love it, but I think that there is more style than substance here at the end of the day...
    I rarely review the games I don't like enough, because I feel what we as gamers like can be so subjective and I want to encourage gaming as much as possible to help grow the industry and community that I love so much - but I can't honestly recommend this game to everyone -    Right-Beholder...I want to love it, but I think that there is more style than substance here at the end of the day...
    I rarely review the games I don't like enough, because I feel what we as gamers like can be so subjective and I want to encourage gaming as much as possible to help grow the industry and community that I love so much - but I can't honestly recommend this game to everyone - even the niche that it speaks to may be more than a little underwhelmed.
    Beholder asks you to do little-but very repetitively; making the quandry of gloomy morality something for you to deal with as the dystopian world you occupy spirals out of control. However, while this may sound enticing, it is not really represented in the game well-it becomes a simple question of family happiness over moral virtue as you spy on your neighbours. The character issues that it raises as you frantically try to spy on every room in your house are really resolved in your own conscience rather than in game-which is far too predictable over time. It had such potential, and may yet-but the formula is not exercised as broadly as it might have been.
    To the positive, it is a stylish little number-sound is intentionally minimal and depressing and each character interaction is concise and brief enough to keep you moving between options. the graphics are evocative and simple-this game doesn't need to tax any system, and indeed, I could see an iOS/android port as a potentially optimal way to play this title - especially given the increasingly frantic movement from room to room to install, loot or otherwise spy on a neighbour.
    I can't recommend this at full price, but it is probably worth a run at sale or bundle price to determine personal enjoyment - I am still willing to give it another few hours of my time, but I think that sums up the title perfectly-a niche experience that doesn't demand much, but doesn't reward as much as you'd like.    … Expand
  3. Broyax
    Feb 5, 2021
    0
    Le gros étron du jour est un jeu indé ! quoi de plus naturel en somme pour un indé comme d’habitude à côté de la plaque et à côté de ses pompes ! y compris lorsqu’il prétend nous mettre dans la peau d’un citoyen « modèle » qui espionne ses voisins afin de les dénoncer immédiatement à la mère Patrie pour subversion, déviance ou haute trahison. Ou autres activités politiques. Ou terroristes.Le gros étron du jour est un jeu indé ! quoi de plus naturel en somme pour un indé comme d’habitude à côté de la plaque et à côté de ses pompes ! y compris lorsqu’il prétend nous mettre dans la peau d’un citoyen « modèle » qui espionne ses voisins afin de les dénoncer immédiatement à la mère Patrie pour subversion, déviance ou haute trahison. Ou autres activités politiques. Ou terroristes.

    L’idée semble intéressante mais elle est restée sur le papier seulement ou au mieux comme concept assez vague, très vague… La mise en oeuvre et le développement de cette idée en un « jeu » est un échec total et le résultat d’un bricolage lamentable, rapidement démoulé par une bande de cons qui n’avaient aucune idée de ce qu’ils étaient en train de faire.

    Ainsi, la présentation est exécrable dans sa 2D et demi dégueulasse en 5 couleurs et demi et les contrôles sont pensés en dépit du bon sens le plus élementaire ; tout est à dire vrai dans ce sous-jeu pensé n’importe comment ou pas pensé du tout : c’est le « résultat » des stagiaires qui ont boulotté de la merde sur cet étron indé à la petite semaine !

    C’est en outre très limité, vite répétitif et d’un goût constamment douteux ou carrément mauvais dans tous les compartiments de ce sous-produit qui s’est voulu opportuniste mais qui mériterait un petit stage dans un camp de rééducation par le travail manuel afin -bien entendu- de procéder également à son autocritique. Pour le bien de la Patrie, camarade !    … Expand
  4. Vulgrim
    May 26, 2021
    4
    Honestly, the game let me down terribly. Promoted to the mechanics of making difficult decisions in the face of problems related to building management in a totalitarian regime ... And in my opinion, the puzzle game came out - the dilemmas were often limited to two goals A) CORRECT B) INCORRECT choice. I didn't feel at all that these decisions were difficult because they often ended in theHonestly, the game let me down terribly. Promoted to the mechanics of making difficult decisions in the face of problems related to building management in a totalitarian regime ... And in my opinion, the puzzle game came out - the dilemmas were often limited to two goals A) CORRECT B) INCORRECT choice. I didn't feel at all that these decisions were difficult because they often ended in the death of the main character or there was no other way out other than the one specific one planned in advance by the developers. Someone needs X, and the other person can handle it once we get Y, and that just happens to be wonderful in another character's locker.
    The best part of the game was writing reports. Though it hurt how few characters could be encountered on the way.    … Expand
  5. sans5004
    Feb 8, 2020
    0
    top games top lor! i play 5 hours . Glory to the chief aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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#56 Most Discussed PC Game of 2016

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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. DarkStation
    Mar 1, 2017
    80
    I enjoyed my time playing Beholder. Everything comes together well, and the initial experience is fun. It is missing that hook to keep me interested in playing for an extended period. That is the only complaint I have about Beholder. It will give you an enjoyable experience, even if it is for a short time. If you’re looking for a game that you can play for a couple days, Beholder fits that bill.
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  2. Games Master UK
    Feb 18, 2017
    74
    An intriguing chance to find out if you're just as bad as Big Brother, but it falls at the final hurdle. [Feb 2017, p.81]
  3. GamingTrend
    Feb 9, 2017
    90
    Beholder is a management sim and a moral quandary all in one. It’s easy to become consumed by the lives of Carl Stein and the apartment dwellers he’s been hired to spy on, with a story full of twists, turns, and terrible fates.
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