Depression Quest

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1.5

Overwhelming dislike- based on 298 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 11 out of 298
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  1. Allahu
    Apr 19, 2015
    0
    Features little-no actual gameplay and is full of pretentious **** Even ignoring the rumours of press manipulation and considering it's free it's not worth its cost.
  2. Hardtack
    Jun 29, 2015
    0
    Depression Quest gives you an all new appreciation for what life is like when you aren't playing depression quest.

    It's a 0, or a 10...I can't really decide which. I'll err on the side of caution and take the game at face value but on the off chance that this was made so poorly on purpose with the intent to induce a hopeless 'what has become of video games' emotional state within the    Depression Quest gives you an all new appreciation for what life is like when you aren't playing depression quest.

    It's a 0, or a 10...I can't really decide which. I'll err on the side of caution and take the game at face value but on the off chance that this was made so poorly on purpose with the intent to induce a hopeless 'what has become of video games' emotional state within the player then I tip my hat to them.    … Expand
  3. Ventos234
    Nov 24, 2015
    0
    If this is supposed to be future of gaming, then it sure means gaming is dying. Slowly. Why? There is no "gameplay". And you pay for it.

    It's supposed to be about depression, yet it lacks anything to do with that theme. Avoid at any cost.
  4. NoBadGames
    Apr 7, 2016
    0
    What do you get when you center a game around pushing an SJW agenda, and not around good game play, a good story, and having fun in general? You get this.
  5. xSPAZZx
    Dec 18, 2018
    0
    This game is SJWism ENTHRONED; Zoe Quinn basically got this game onto steam because of identity politics. They felt bad that gamerg8 began because this unscrupulous woman used her ex boyfriend, a gaming journalist (who she may or may not have been actively cheating on) to write a gushing positive rating and colluding with other gaming journals such as: kotaku, gamerevolution, Eurogamer, etThis game is SJWism ENTHRONED; Zoe Quinn basically got this game onto steam because of identity politics. They felt bad that gamerg8 began because this unscrupulous woman used her ex boyfriend, a gaming journalist (who she may or may not have been actively cheating on) to write a gushing positive rating and colluding with other gaming journals such as: kotaku, gamerevolution, Eurogamer, et al...

    This game has been all said and done before. Basically a depression simulator (from one person's perspective), yet it's failure is the fact that every case of clinical depression is unique. So Ms. Quinn's experience may be vastly different from the player's depression.

    My issue is you are playing through SOMEONE else's depression. Games like this have existed got psychiatrists as simulators. Her idea was not as "ground breaking" as the bought and paid reviewers claimed.

    This is the root of gamer gate.    … Expand
  6. PanzerFranzz
    Aug 27, 2018
    0
    This is not a game. This is someone scanning in a "choose your own adventure" book into a computer with a bunch of IF...THEN statements. Not fun. Not pretty. Not good. Embarrassing that this even got on steam - I can think of much better games that haven't.
  7. 2Jaki
    Nov 19, 2020
    0
    This Game is brilliant. I had depression and this game makes me gonna kill myself. Wasn't that point
  8. MrHorse
    Feb 3, 2020
    0
    Honestly I just barely heard about this game. A friend had it on his laptop so I tried it. We were talking about depression and the game came up. He said "I don't want to spoil anything, I want you to live through the amazing experience yourself." Only an hour later did I catch the smirk on his face. Jerk. Friends don't let friends play Depression Quest. This was bad no matter how youHonestly I just barely heard about this game. A friend had it on his laptop so I tried it. We were talking about depression and the game came up. He said "I don't want to spoil anything, I want you to live through the amazing experience yourself." Only an hour later did I catch the smirk on his face. Jerk. Friends don't let friends play Depression Quest. This was bad no matter how you classify the game. Give it it's own genre for all I care it's still a piece of garbage from the boring music to the horrid writing to the fact it is nothing like having depression.… Expand
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  1. ActionTrip
    Sep 2, 2014
    50
    While it does an okay job presenting what it is really like to have depression, it sets the player down the exactly same depression path, no matter what is chosen.
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