Breathedge

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7.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 62 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 14 out of 62
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  1. DuckleDick
    Mar 5, 2021
    8
    I love and hate this game. It has a very slow learning curve, however even after half way through the first chapter, when you learn the mechanics it starts to get very enjoyable.
    It reminds me of playing Zork from too long ago .It is not like playing a modern game that holds your hand. I appreciate that.
    If you keep at it and learn the mechanics and use the info you have, it is not I    I love and hate this game. It has a very slow learning curve, however even after half way through the first chapter, when you learn the mechanics it starts to get very enjoyable.
    It reminds me of playing Zork from too long ago .It is not like playing a modern game that holds your hand. I appreciate that.
    If you keep at it and learn the mechanics and use the info you have, it is not I have found it to overly difficult but it is not a cakewalk. . It takes a lot of trial and error to find the right way to get where you need to and still survive. Just be sure to save frequently otherwise you are in the tank.
    Isn't that the point of a survival game?
    I think it is balanced well. Others may disagree, however this type of game rewards those that can deal with a ton of failure when first starting out.
    If you want to conquer this game it will take a lot of time to find optimal paths to the places you want to go.
    At the beginning it is a grind, to be sure. It starts very slowly as you learn how to live in this inhospitable environment.
    Stay with it. It keeps getting better..
    These are games that are worth my money..    … Expand
  2. chinlow
    Mar 8, 2021
    10
    This is a super fun game with a great sense of humor, it doesn't take itself to seriously. The game gameplay and game mechanics is super fun and addictive and the always remaining threath of running out of air is one of the best designed threats in a video game. The threat is never hidden.
  3. hibberlot
    Mar 30, 2021
    5
    Fantastic graphics and | enjoy the humour. I just found the constant repetivie monitoring and management of your oxygen too stressful and I ended up just not enjoying the game. I get that it's an integral aspect to the game but It's like one big water level, and no-one likes water levels.
  4. PeregrineOmega
    Apr 16, 2021
    10
    A fun space "survival" game, loaded with humour and solid immersion.

    It takes a number of cues from Subnautica, but with a more jovial attitude, and less scary monsters.
  5. ZeroSOFAD
    Mar 8, 2021
    10
    Великолепная игра с отличным чувством юмора. в некоторых моментах смеялся до слез. Любителям космоса играть обязательно. Жаль только управление на геймпаде в интерфейсе не очень удобное. Но я играю все равно потомучто играть очень интересно.Великолепная игра с отличным чувством юмора. в некоторых моментах смеялся до слез. Любителям космоса играть обязательно. Жаль только управление на геймпаде в интерфейсе не очень удобное. Но я играю все равно потомучто играть очень интересно.
  6. razorwind
    Mar 29, 2021
    10
    A great example of the survival genre with awesome humor. I really like the retro-futurism aesthetics, I think they nailed it style-wise. The graphics are great too. I really wish the narrator would speak a little slower, but I got used to it after a while.
  7. Jessewright34
    Jun 21, 2022
    0
    Great game, but got 8 hours of gameplay in and a bug is literally preventing me from progressing the story, and im unable to go to previous saves to try and fix the issues. So my only options are to restart from the beginning or delete the game
  8. Artyom2033
    Jul 27, 2021
    10
    That's a very nice and hopefully game when ill played at the start and it has remained so until now, a very simple game with black humor, which does not exceed the boundaries of reason, but at the same time has a very "black" meaning.
  9. WarfD
    May 28, 2023
    5
    It took some time to get used to it, clunkier and more stressful than Subnautica, but it was fun. Initially. Then Act 2 started and the gameplay started to degrade more and more with each chapter. For the last missions, I had to force myself to finish. Who designed them? And why?
  10. Astralniy
    Jul 13, 2021
    8
    На мой взгляд игру воспринимают слишком серьёзно. От этой игры не нужен выразительный сюжет, не нужен высокий посыл и смысл. Если взять эту игру, как просто хорошее приключение с качественной музыкой, отменным юмором и subnautica-подобным геймплеем — собственно, это идеальная игра. Но порой эта игра проваливается в собственных идеалах, и ближе к энд-гейму вы замечаете, что игра простоНа мой взгляд игру воспринимают слишком серьёзно. От этой игры не нужен выразительный сюжет, не нужен высокий посыл и смысл. Если взять эту игру, как просто хорошее приключение с качественной музыкой, отменным юмором и subnautica-подобным геймплеем — собственно, это идеальная игра. Но порой эта игра проваливается в собственных идеалах, и ближе к энд-гейму вы замечаете, что игра просто проваливается в шлак, торопя заканчивая историю. Тем не менее, эта игра определено стоит вашего внимания, таких проектов вы больше и не встретите, и возможно для кого-то это будет глотком свежего воздуха… Expand
  11. hertzian68
    Mar 13, 2021
    0
    I wasn't impressed with it much, graphics are nice nothing better than Prey from a few years ago and that's a MUCH better game but not a grind survival game like this is. IF you enjoy grind survival games and the overactive adhd comedy style then you'll love this game. It would lock up for a while when changing settings and was clunky in general. For instance the first part of actualI wasn't impressed with it much, graphics are nice nothing better than Prey from a few years ago and that's a MUCH better game but not a grind survival game like this is. IF you enjoy grind survival games and the overactive adhd comedy style then you'll love this game. It would lock up for a while when changing settings and was clunky in general. For instance the first part of actual gameplay you had to plug a leak, well the tutorials and etc are not well done and are not interactive. I used both gamepad and kbm since it isn't seamless, you have to use kbm sometimes. Did get it going but I just found the rest of it overdone, and the "normal" difficulty was the lowest you could get, you could do a tour mode but there's no story there at all. Your oxygen lasts only a minute or two so it's go out, get this come back, repeat. Refunded.… Expand
  12. AlGil_meta
    Feb 28, 2021
    10
    A fun space adventure with survival elements. The game isn't perfect, but it's not bad. The score is above average. It's great that it works well on slower computers.
  13. Fequerum91
    Feb 28, 2021
    0
    Игра очень плохая, начнем с того что оптимизация даже на пк хромает, не говорю про плохой сюжет, такое ощущение что его писали первоклашки.
  14. Psixoy
    Aug 20, 2021
    10
    A good game that has only gotten better over time. If the team had been bigger, as well as the budget of the game, it would have been even cooler.
  15. dajhorn
    Aug 27, 2023
    4
    Breathedge is tedious and disrespectful of player time, and the gamepad user interface is sloppy and poorly implemented. Most of the humor and story is lost on a player that is frustrated with the gameplay experience.
  16. theirrelephants
    Feb 2, 2023
    8
    The slavic "humor" probably won't be for everyone, but I can see people getting annoyed that the game doesn't take itself very seriously at all.

    For me however, that was definitely part of the charm. It's a survival game, but for the life of me I have no idea why the food or water meters were included. You find more than you'll ever need constantly. Someone called it 'subnautica in    The slavic "humor" probably won't be for everyone, but I can see people getting annoyed that the game doesn't take itself very seriously at all.

    For me however, that was definitely part of the charm. It's a survival game, but for the life of me I have no idea why the food or water meters were included. You find more than you'll ever need constantly.

    Someone called it 'subnautica in space' and while that's somewhat accurate as far as gameplay goes, the ORIGINAL (subnautica 2 is garbage) subnautica had a much more compelling story, I think.    … Expand
  17. Robobob
    May 4, 2023
    5
    Breathedge is a fun little survival game in the vein of Subnautica but with an even sharper wit. The meta humor is really on point and I found myself actually LOLing at many scenes. Overall I had fun with this game but are there some very simple tweaks that would have made this game more enjoyable and less tedious. I was teetering in 6-7 range for a final score until I was building todayBreathedge is a fun little survival game in the vein of Subnautica but with an even sharper wit. The meta humor is really on point and I found myself actually LOLing at many scenes. Overall I had fun with this game but are there some very simple tweaks that would have made this game more enjoyable and less tedious. I was teetering in 6-7 range for a final score until I was building today and frustrated by some of the forced mechanics. When I repeatedly kept failing to build the requirements needed to construct a "rocket bike" and turned to Googling and the Wiki I said to myself no.. "I shouldn't have to do this to play a game. The game should tell me what I need to do." Too many devs get lazy and know that players will turn to the internet to find answer that aren't found in game. For instance: instead of a "Wrong Module" message when trying to build a component, how about a "Transportation Module Needed" And on top of the module positioning is apparently important but you'll only find that out from comment posts and subreddits. A little text in the encyclopedia would avoid this confusion but the databanks are aimed more at being funny than being helpful. Like nowhere in the item description does it tell you that the Engineer's Spacesuit will protect you from heat. That would be helpful information. But I guess the internet is for that.
    Why certain components can only be constructed on certain modules is strange. It's like the game is forcing you to build all of the modules in game which needlessly prolongs play time and resource collecting.... which is exactly the kind of game design that this game pokes fun at constantly. There's other strange design decisions that turn the game into a slow fetch simulator: Aluminum can only be found in one part of the game map instead on any of the hundreds of asteroids that are floating around with zero resources on them. Many of the missions require you to go back to your base to craft something to complete the mission instead of solving it 'on site' which can be bad if you put your base on the wrong part of the map. If you built in a bad spot, or make a mistake, your can deconstruct base parts but don't get all of your resources back so time for more fetching. And resources seem limited. So if I wanted to to build a truly impressive base, most ingredients will become very hard to find quickly. Another big complaint that would have been an easy fix: there isn't enough storage in the game and one of the few inventory systems in the game, the suitcase, is crazy expensive to build, and when you drop it on the floor it can be kicked across the room and mixed up because they can't be labeled.
    It's too bad the devs just stopped with this game that, in my opinion, just needed a few tweaks to make it truly great. There's some fun gameplay there, between the long stretches of floating through the void.    … Expand
  18. rezo_21
    Oct 11, 2022
    8
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  19. Salador2606
    Nov 11, 2021
    10
    Это лучшая игра про лутание в космосе. Отличный сюжет и тонны искромётного юмора от разработчиков добавляют в игровой процесс море удовольствия. За иронию разрабам отдельный респект!

    This is the best loot game in space. An excellent storyline and tons of sparkling humor from the developers add a lot of fun to the gameplay. For the irony of the developers, a separate respect!    Это лучшая игра про лутание в космосе. Отличный сюжет и тонны искромётного юмора от разработчиков добавляют в игровой процесс море удовольствия. За иронию разрабам отдельный респект!

    This is the best loot game in space. An excellent storyline and tons of sparkling humor from the developers add a lot of fun to the gameplay. For the irony of the developers, a separate respect!
  20. JustinForgueims
    Feb 24, 2023
    8
    A fun and well made space survival game.
    It's quite polished and free of bugs. Visually nice and with good gameplay and controls, that's especially appreciated in a full 360º free movement game.
    The story and its humour is so good. Most of the astronauts deaths you found out there are just hilarious. Lots of materials, tools, spacesuits, vehicles, base modules, ... It has a few    A fun and well made space survival game.
    It's quite polished and free of bugs. Visually nice and with good gameplay and controls, that's especially appreciated in a full 360º free movement game.
    The story and its humour is so good. Most of the astronauts deaths you found out there are just hilarious.
    Lots of materials, tools, spacesuits, vehicles, base modules, ...

    It has a few annoying mechanics maybe, like the tools that brake too fast or the things you need to hit so many times. There are also super important resources and blueprints that are so hidden that you easily miss them. Then you need to search in every rock and metal piece to be sure you're not missing anything important.
    All this mechanics seem to be a way to extend the game in a boring way. Specially in the last chapter where survival, space exploration and base management suddenly changes to long walks back and forth and boss "fights" where you don't need to fight at all.

    In top of that there's a super annoying spacesuit AI making jokes every single minute of the game. Most of the jokes are great and I enjoyed them for a while... but after several hours it's annoying as hell.

    Overall a super enjoyable and fun to play game. If they just changed a couple of things it could easily be a 10.    … Expand
  21. Yosiris
    Jun 22, 2023
    9
    +
    Relatively fresh idea
    Delightful art style, visuals, persistent design
    Balance of relaxing exploration and thinking-through
    Humor as a major point
    Captivating despite slow story developement

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    Realism, even if that was not the main goal
    Humor was sometimes too bland
  22. korku
    Jul 18, 2023
    10
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#98 Most Discussed PC Game of 2021
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#2 Most Shared PC Game of 2021

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. CD-Action
    Nov 15, 2021
    70
    In a nutshell, Breathedge is a Subnautica in space. While it’s not as good as the Unknown Worlds Entertainment’s masterpiece and would benefit from a better story, it’s still a solid survival game, real pretty and spiced up with absurd humor. [05/2021, p.58]
  2. The Indie Game Website
    Apr 30, 2021
    65
    While there’s some comfort in the repetitive routine of mining and seeking refuge back in your space liner, as you gradually chip away at your objectives, its endless gags and space jokes do get tedious very quickly.
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  3. Meristation
    Apr 13, 2021
    80
    Awesome when it’s about visual interface and immersion, but it has several design mistakes that slow down game’s rate. Luckily, losing oneself floating through the space it’s worth it while we unlock extras. It’s also a video game with many doses of humor and easy to keep players hooked to the main plot.
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