Left Alive

 PC
User Score
8.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1498 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,339 out of 1498
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 1498
  3. Negative: 156 out of 1498

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  1. Jiggy850
    Mar 6, 2019
    4
    Left Alive is an unforgiving stealth game set in the Front Mission universe where direct wars have ceased only for neighboring countries to engage in proxy wars with each other. The characters you play as are caught in the aftermath of battle and the player has to use their wits to survive, gather resources and outsmart overpowering foes. Its a believable setting with a lot of potential.Left Alive is an unforgiving stealth game set in the Front Mission universe where direct wars have ceased only for neighboring countries to engage in proxy wars with each other. The characters you play as are caught in the aftermath of battle and the player has to use their wits to survive, gather resources and outsmart overpowering foes. Its a believable setting with a lot of potential. However there are numerous design flaws within the actual gameplay that leave me wondering what the developers were actually doing for 2+ years.

    PROS:
    - Interesting and believable future world setting.
    - Wanzers! Basically the only point in the first couple levels that I felt immersed in the world. Watching these behemoths drop into the map creates a feeling of unease and fundamentally changes how you approach objectives.
    - OST. One of the few things that feels like it has a lot of polish and fits with the environment.

    CONS:
    - Lack of any formal tutorial. I suppose not a complete flaw as it could be by design to force the player to experiment and seek their own means on how to navigate and fight in the world. However I feel it would have made too much sense to include a sort of Basic Training tutorial as the first rookie character as it would fit to develop story and provide context.
    - Clunky movement, animations, and inventory screen. Basically all the things that should be seamless in a modern game but aren't.
    - Really inconsistent AI. You will die a lot, but not always to your own stupidity. Running the same scenario multiple times usually results in different outcomes even though enemy walk cycles tend to be the same. It simply makes getting through a level a chore.
    - Dialogue is hit or miss. Sometimes a dialogue choice will be voiced by the actor, sometimes it won't. However the voice acting itself is really well done and you can feel the emotion behind the character.
    - The AI companion Koshka will alert you by saying "CAUTION AN ENEMY IS APPROACHING" regardless if you're 3 feet or 30 feet from the enemy, whether you see them or not. And 99.99% of the time the player was already fully aware there was an enemy there.

    The game itself is not recommended for just anyone as you already would have to enjoy stealth action games like Splinter Cell and Metal Gear Solid. However to those that might enjoy those genres I would advise to steer clear until the developers add some much needed performance and gameplay changes.    … Expand
  2. BrokenCritic
    Mar 5, 2019
    0
    Square have been kinda on the down for a while now. The Quiet Man, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Just Cause 4 and now this? OK wtf is going over there. They need a smack in the head. No wonder this hasn't been advertised heavily. Even they knew this wouldn't stand a chance so they minimized marketing cost to avoid a huge loss.
  3. leesh-hao
    Mar 13, 2019
    2
    Who give above 6 are robots, are those guys really played this game or what are they talking about?
  4. Mi4i19
    Mar 16, 2019
    2
    Игра плоха. На самом деле, мне лень тут все расписывать, и без меня обзоры посмотрите, просто когда интереснее тебя спинофф фаркрая, сделаный только ради бабла на отвали - это тревожный звоночек
  5. Gregtami
    Jul 23, 2020
    0
    Somehow they made a stealth / mech game that has no properly fuctioning mechanics for both game modes. Awful piece of **** all the way around. Save your money and stay away.
  6. TheStudioBoy
    Jan 17, 2020
    0
    Seriously one of the worst games I have ever played. I hope the company is happy with the money they spent on all these bots that are leaving positive reviews.
  7. Daigoust
    Jan 26, 2020
    0
    The other review was made by bots, careful the game is bad ddddddddddddddddddddd
  8. nnlocke
    Mar 24, 2019
    0
    All of the positive reviews for this game are amusingly terrible bots. Let's look at this gem:
    "He can easily compete with the best games of his own genre."
    And from a different review: "His enormous difficulty reminded me of games like the Dark Souls." Also note how many positive reviews contain the same hilariously misspelled words ("budjet"). Not sure who is falsely trying to    All of the positive reviews for this game are amusingly terrible bots. Let's look at this gem:
    "He can easily compete with the best games of his own genre."

    And from a different review:
    "His enormous difficulty reminded me of games like the Dark Souls."

    Also note how many positive reviews contain the same hilariously misspelled words ("budjet"). Not sure who is falsely trying to boost this game's score (although the publisher/dev would be a reasonable guess), but they're doing an absolutely **** job of it. Shame on metacritic for not doing something about it, just goes to show that review scores on this site are unreliable at best.    … Expand
  9. nd_
    Mar 6, 2019
    0
    Lots of performance complaints even on top hardware, lack of necessary mechanics, extremely low player stats for the launch, negative reviews, and, definitely, returns.
  10. foxsterben
    Mar 5, 2019
    0
    El juego es muy malo, le falto demasiado desarrollo me parece que lo sacaron antes de tiempo, porque incluso hace un mes no se sabia nada de este titulo sino fue hasta hace una semana antes de su lanzamiento que se supo de el. El juego tecnicamente se quedo hace 10 años atras
  11. ssweisz
    Apr 3, 2019
    4
    Es horrible, el problema no es que el juego es que sea una copia mal implementada de Metal Gear y que sus personajes sean quasi-clones de MGS1, sino que todo esto esta tan mal implementado que es insultante.

    Todo el juego está años atrás, dinámicas, movilidad, gráficos,y una historia mal contada e insípida. Además de todo esto la optimización es horrorosa, agradezco que Steam deje    Es horrible, el problema no es que el juego es que sea una copia mal implementada de Metal Gear y que sus personajes sean quasi-clones de MGS1, sino que todo esto esta tan mal implementado que es insultante.

    Todo el juego está años atrás, dinámicas, movilidad, gráficos,y una historia mal contada e insípida. Además de todo esto la optimización es horrorosa, agradezco que Steam deje devolver los juegos. Recomiendo su compra solo si es gratis o bien si su precio ronda los 5USD - 7USD máximo

    Además el precio está totalmente desubicado, no vale ni por asomo precio completo, a lo más debió haber sido lanzado en 30usd y eso ya es mucho    … Expand
  12. FrankHeinzer
    Mar 13, 2019
    0
    Awfully dated game by a scummy company (Square Enix). They are also resorting to creating fake user reviews in order to deceive customers.
  13. Destroking
    Mar 15, 2019
    0
    A game created to sow inter-ethnic strife between the peoples of Russia and Ukraine! I urge to remove it from all platforms and fine the idiots of the developers!
  14. Jozko12121
    Jan 22, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is bad! Like really really bad! and the story is bad! when you are piloting a wanzer controls are so bad! enemies are badly programmed! I'm giving this game 0 score!… Expand

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Metascore
40

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 4 out of 6
  1. Riot Pixels
    May 26, 2019
    15
    Left Alive is a strong contender for the dubious title of The Worst Game Based on a Famous Universe released by a top-tier publisher in this decade.
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  2. RPG Fan
    May 16, 2019
    60
    A very rough attempt at a survival stealth game that squanders an exciting setting and intriguing cast of characters.
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  3. IGN
    Mar 13, 2019
    38
    Left Alive's mix of inconsistent steatlh and aggravatingly unbalanced action make it a complete chore to play, and it runs terribly to boot.
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