Cruelty Squad

1. Eliperre

   Feb 8, 2022

   10

   This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Amazing game ,eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee e e e e e eeee e e e e e e e ee… Expand

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2. OOOOOOOOOOOO

   Aug 7, 2021

   10

   A euphoric eye melting masterpiece, this game understands what people want and by god does it deliver.

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4. gorgenitales777

   Mar 27, 2022

   10

   I liked so much this game, one of my favorite games of 2021, i find it so funny and entertaining.

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5. Hilvet

   Aug 19, 2023

   10

   One of very few works of art that I would consider perfect. Cannot recommend it enough.

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6. Bruurbscat

   Jul 31, 2021

   10

   This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. One of the most complex, weird and incredibly investing immersive sims ever made, and one of the games that allows the most creativity and experimentation ever. Few games offer an experience that is as unique as this, while looking and sounding the way that it does. It may be difficult to get into, but it's worth understanding the very intentionally obtuse game that Cruelty Squad is to experience the game it can truly be.
   Cruelty Squad is a tactical shooter, when it comes to its combat. You can bunny-hop and move incredibly fast, but you die just as fast as you move. Movement for that reason feels quite fluid and natural, and once you get further implants that enhance this movement, it becomes even better and not just for normally moving around, but for general exploration as well. Guns tend to sound very impactful and despite the animations, has a generous amount of recoil that makes them feel a lot more satisfying to use. Their effects on enemies and the environment is always notable in some way, as well, breaking computers, walls, glass, and shredding paper on their way. Sometimes weapons will transforming them into an unrevivable mess of flesh and genes, other times gibbing them into a cloud of their blood and pulverized flesh and metal whose remains we can pick up and throw at a..."dog". Reloading weapons can be a strange task at first, but once you're used to how the reload mechanic functions, and probably have the right amount of sensitivity or pull the mouse down enough, it'll feel like second nature, as will be failure.
   The difficulty system in Cruelty Squad is a strange thing. It's changed by the amount you die, and the border around your screen will show you the difficulty mode you're playing in. To reset back to the hardest difficulty - The one the game starts in - You will need to find secret orbs. One of which is right beside a secret harder difficulty, and will require the changing of the game's resolution to the lowest to access. Don't ask me why that is. This can be a negative depending on how you look at it, but it's certainly something that adds to the uniqueness of the game, as different difficulties will offer different options and mechanics, although it's undeniable that the hardest difficulties always offer the most amount of available content as a reward for your skill and determination against the odds.
   Beelining towards and objective isn't really the best route you can take. Maybe go into that house with a pentagram on it? Maybe try to find a way into the sewers that keep making incomprehensible noises? Whatever you want, you'll need money, and you need to find weapons - Both of those things you will not be handed on a silver platter by simply attempting to accomplish the objective, but by exploring the levels, harvesting organs off your enemies, finding a fishing rod and just fishing on any pool of water you can find, and investing into the stock market.
   Most of these things are very rewarding, and replaying levels to find new ways of accomplishing an objective, or to find secrets that completely change your perspective on that level, or sometimes even the game as a whole, will always be a major positive that the game has. My only complaint is that getting the flashlight is has a method to obtain it that is too specific, unlike other similarly obtuse things in the game, which usually aren't for objects as specific.
   The game's writing is often overlooked too. It can be horrifying and nightmarish, but a lot of the time, it has quite nuanced satire and black comedy similar to the works of Paul Verhoeven, in both its combination of rather dark, yet silly comedy, and extreme violence. While little of the game's actual story makes any sense in our world, it's hard to deny that the setting of Cruelty Squad is interesting. Unlike other biopunk works, this world looks completely otherworldly. Everything even resembling our world is twisted in a way that makes it ever so slightly off. The only things we can call similar from looks alone are the organs, and even that tends to sometimes be unlike that of our world.
   This review is shallow compared to what it actually is like to play the game. It's not every day I use an additional external intestine in the same way special forces would use as a rappel, or how Batman would use his grappling hook. And it's not every day I stack body parts and random assorted street objects to climb a corporate tower. But it is every day in the world of Cruelty Squad, and every time, something different will happen, and the game never runs out of rugs to pull from under you.… Expand

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7. Hecker

   Sep 6, 2021

   9

   in age where every video game is basically feels like the same thing with a different skin on its refreshing to play a game that is soin age where every video game is basically feels like the same thing with a different skin on its refreshing to play a game that is so un-apologetically different and weird… Expand

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8. teratoma666

   Dec 23, 2021

   8

   Great immersion sim game - many viable ways to tackle a mission, abuse the systems or just experiment with them.
   
   The visual style andGreat immersion sim game - many viable ways to tackle a mission, abuse the systems or just experiment with them.
   
   The visual style and atmosphere are also great and intriguing, I was compelled to explore every single part of the map because I had no idea what to expect from a game like this.… Expand

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