Bendy and the Dark Revival

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User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 90 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 66 out of 90
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 90
  3. Negative: 18 out of 90

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  1. PaxenOfficial
    Nov 16, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What a great flop of another big Indie horror game. Don’t get me wrong, the old-cartoon artstyle is absolutely stunning as always.. although I don’t know what they were thinking while making „the ending” segment.
    First of all, the tag „Horror” shouldn’t even count on this game anymore. The Dying Light alike mechanics make the game more of a survival game than a horror one. The voice acting is TRYING to be scary (don’t get me wrong, the actors did a good job on their characters), like they WANT to be all scary and threatening but end up with too many effects in the voice (for example the Keepers „stutter” too much, making them sound just really goofy or wierd). What I ment by „great flop of another Indie horror game” (warning: might be controversial) is how FNAF:SB turned out. Buggy, with an unexplained story, relying on cheap jumpscares and overall wandered away too far from the first series.
    Same goes for BATIM and BATDR - too far from the original.
    As much as BATIM relied on cheap jumpscares, they didn’t feel predictable when you first played. But BATDR is just way too predictable (a youtuber by the name FusionzGamer predicted nearly the whole story and encounters on his first playthrough). Now onto the worst part in the whole game.
    -The Ending-
    Holy crap I’ve never tought it could’ve turned for the worse. The bossfight BEFORE the ending segment is sorta fine and I’d say seeing Wilson’s body inside that „Creation” is preety unsettling. But everything after the bossfight just feels.. dry. The game really could use for some multi-choice anwsers, so the player could feel like they’re doing smth to the story. But in the end, You’re forced to become one with the ink demon and go through this „cool” Being Ink Demon segment.
    You’re invincible.
    You one shot enemies.
    THERE IS NOTHING SCARY IN BEING INVINCIBLE AND SCARIER THAN OTHERS.
    The ending cutscene makes a good reference to BATIM and ends with a cliffhanger, probably a teaser to BATDR Chapter 2.

    Overall:
    - Horror factor: 2/10
    - Gameplay: 3/10
    - Story: 8/10
    - Voice Acting: 4/10 (not all were bad)
    - Characters: 6/10 (although random excluding cameos from BATIM)
    - References to past series: 7/10 (many, preety good references if you watched/played BATIM)
    - Combat: 1/10 (Dying Light alike combat but minus the stun and satisfaction of hitting enemies)
    - Abilities: 3/10 (A really lame teleport and a instakill attack that doesn’t work on most enemies and you’ll forget abt it as soon as Its introduced)
    - Stealth: ?/10 (Its hard to tell because you can beat the whole game by barely doing ANY stealth.)
    - Personal enjoyment: 2/10

    Im extremally dissapointed by the fact they took everything unsettling/scary about BATIM and deleted it/changed it totally. Hopefully C2/New game will be better than this.

    - Personal note to the developer: I’d love to see this game, with the same story but with multiple choice anwsers and BATIM styled (more relying on horror factor than action/combat)

    I won’t give it a 0, but neither can I give it a 3.

    Ps. Yes I created this account just to rant under this game, I was just extremally upset on how Indie horror games go down these days, and I wanted to let (Maybe, just Maybe) the devs to not go this way.    … Expand
  2. ABlueBozo
    Nov 20, 2022
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bendy and The Dark Revival is a passable installment into the Franchise. The Game is a Graphical improvement over the last with Good Character designs and OK story. But, It still has the same flaws as the Original, Poor Combat, Characters appear left and right and are never to be seen again, and horrible bosses. Sorry Bendy Fans, But this isn’t the marvelous game we’ve been waiting for the last 5 years.… Expand
  3. GoWofPoor
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    This games bad it's not as well executed as Pokémon Scarlet and Violet while that game lags it atleast had soul, me and my girlfriend want a refund tbh.
  4. ElliotAlive
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    Poorly done combat, story on par with fan fiction, and animations so goofy looking they ruin any mood of a cutscene.
  5. kietvo
    Nov 27, 2022
    4
    The game is very annoying, the flash is dizzy and the cheap jump scares are not worth it, but the game still has good points.
  6. tjconey
    Dec 7, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is literally one of the most frustrating horror games i have ever played. It leans almost entirely into the horrid action sections so it can show off its almost dysfunctional combat system. This paired with complete lack of tension or anything remotely scary. Especially in the sections where you are being chased by bendy and the only threat you can see is white text and if you take too long a jump-scare. The threat is not even tangible until your already dead theres no tension. Overall better than the first but still fail’s fundamentally as a horror game… Expand
  7. bokarsh-z
    Dec 2, 2022
    0
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    even free not worth it avoid it
    ========= -dont believe high scores from devs, bots and blind kids youtubers fans (watch utuber john wolfe tell how bad game is if u dont believe me) - 4 - 6 hour long. -very bad dull spamming combat, very bad stealth, very bad lvl design, very bad fetch quests, stupid ai, not scary and ripoff bioshock turned it to very bad game. -devs escaped    =========
    even free not worth it avoid it
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    -dont believe high scores from devs, bots and blind kids youtubers fans (watch utuber john wolfe tell how bad game is if u dont believe me)

    - 4 - 6 hour long.

    -very bad dull spamming combat, very bad stealth, very bad lvl design, very bad fetch quests, stupid ai, not scary and ripoff bioshock turned it to very bad game.

    -devs escaped from this company 1st game was playable but this game very bad avoid it.

    -buy bioshock instead.    … Expand

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Metascore
72

Mixed or average reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. COGconnected
    Jan 4, 2023
    78
    Joey Drew Studios has created a memorable nightmare world of maniacal ‘toons and the dark side of creativity. While its combat and mechanics don’t reach the same level as its setting and narrative, Bendy and the Dark Revival is a must-play for fans of the first game, and an effective introduction to a singular franchise for everyone else.
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  2. GameMAG
    Dec 20, 2022
    60
    Bendy and the Dark Revival is trying its best to seems impressive and broad, but boring enemies, annoying stalker-type monster and bad stealth segments really drag the whole experience down, turning this project into a game tailored more for the fans of the original rather than a new audience.
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  3. CGMagazine
    Dec 8, 2022
    70
    Bendy and the Dark Revival drowns in its own basic black and white design for survival horror, but manages to amaze players with a more confident sequel to a unique nightmarish satire on all things Disney.
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