Ghostship Aftermath

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  1. Riot Pixels
    Aug 27, 2014
    57
    A weird, twisted take on a horror game that combines excellent gameplay ideas with truly horrendous mistakes. It’s brilliant and disgusting at the same time, but, alas, the latter prevails.

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  1. virtualmatrix
    Jul 18, 2014
    2
    I was really hoping for an immersive survival horror that took place in space. I love space sci fi and sci fi horror so this really lookedI was really hoping for an immersive survival horror that took place in space. I love space sci fi and sci fi horror so this really looked great to me. On paper, Ghostship Aftermath isn't an original product, but that's not saying it doesn't have potential for greatness. Unfortunately, the game is so unpolished it's more of a hassle to keep playing than it is to stop and play something else. Ghostship Aftermath has one thing going for it, atmosphere. Unfortunately though, everything else about it hurts the atmosphere. The controls are absolutely dreadful. I didn't play with a controller but I can tell you that using a mouse to look around or "aim" feels like aiming with a D-pad for Nintendo 64. It was obviously made for Oculus in mind, and not the average mouse and keyboard gamer. Not very smart when the Oculus hasn't even been released yet, and the upcoming bad reviews aren't going to persuade people into buying the game when Oculus is released. Moving around is boring, yes, there's no gravity for the time that I played (2 hours) but moving around isn't fluid, it doesn't feel natural and it gets very boring, very quickly. Then there are the A.I. glitches. My constant interaction with an enemy A.I. was comedic, in a very bad way. No matter how many times I shot the thing, it wouldn't die and it was bouncing around the room, absolutely no quality control when it comes to the A.I. When you add terrible voice acting to the mix you have a very terrible game. It has potential, and I think with 4-5 people working around the clock for another 20 months it could actually be a good game.

    Since it's a PC game, I should also tell you that it severely lacks graphical options and key-binding options; or at least I didn't see the option to bind keys. Graphical options include either 1080p or 720p resolution, Anti-Aliasing Off, 2x and 4x and motion blur. With motion blur turned on you can't see your gun or your HUD at all while turning, it doesn't blur, it just fragments what's on screen, very ugly and when turned off you still get that effect only in a smaller dose.

    So, save your money, put that money aside for a game like Routine, which is (supposedly) releasing sometime in 2014 or wait for the release of Alien: Isolation. After a few hours of Ghostship Aftermath I can honestly tell you that I won't be going back unless very serious changes are made. I was really hoping this game would be different but it's really no different from the other Steam Greenlight games that are putting a stranglehold on Steam. Games like this should not be sold to customers.    … Full Review »
  2. Alivepl
    Jul 19, 2014
    0
    Oculus rift won't save this game. Stay away. Graphics (unreal engine) reminds me of first Unreal game. First encounter of enemies gave me aOculus rift won't save this game. Stay away. Graphics (unreal engine) reminds me of first Unreal game. First encounter of enemies gave me a laugh. This game looks like a joke. I've seen alphas better than this crap. I wanted this game because i love horror... but this one is pure garbage.… Full Review »
  3. Nick_Crusaire
    Jul 22, 2014
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. The game is very worth the time and money, a randomized narrative makes each play through an
    adventure with nearly every piece of dialogue having alternatives lines to be said or alternative actions based on the actor personality, the atmospherics are very well done, while making your way through the ship there's creeks and groans from the ship, an eerie mist lends to the mystique of either the strange life forms or the situation you are thrusted into. the voices are quite interesting, the whole crackly sort of distorted voices really lends itself nicely to the " everything is junk " theme present in the game.

    the downfalls are pretty blatant, which is why this is only to receive a 6/10:

    - battery life. firstly, an hour long life span of battery. the Duracell bunny is making the earth spin faster from how hard it is rolling in its grave at how incredibly short this weak battery lasts. there's also no recharge ports, which makes no sense in any context.

    - monster closets. complete trash of an event, walk into a room and suddenly aliens spawn after you meticulously comb through the rest of the deck to make sure you have an escape route. a large portion of the time you have no chance of escape, making this nothing but frustrating to have to deal with and severely bottlenecking the exploration aspect.

    - randomized weaponry. this i can almost forgive, but when coupled with the decision to add monster closets, then a weapon that at the very least can get you out of the closet with skillful maneuvering or intelligent aiming (IE: quickly mow down the xeno blocking the door and dash out ) is required.

    all in all, it's a good atmospheric game if you don't go off the beaten path and get yourself killed, which is abit of a let down that you need to rely on RNG to see if you can truly explore this massive, well crafted space vessel and figure out its history.    … Full Review »
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