Never Alone (2014)

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6.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 126 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 36 out of 126
  2. Mixed: 63 out of 126
  3. Negative: 27 out of 126

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  1. Mr_Robot
    Aug 16, 2020
    0
    Прошли до конца, я и мой друг песец. Очередная слезовыжималка, которую и зафастранить не получится, так они затягивают игру специально.
  2. Technopiper
    Dec 9, 2014
    2
    Adorable main characters and political correctness cannot hide the fact that this is a very poor game. All you do is jump, skid, and hop. Then you are rewarded by a short native lore. That's it, that's the only connect between native culture and this game. I was attracted by the two main characters but they are the only thing appealing in this game. That isn't good enough. Don't play this.
  3. Ne42
    Jan 9, 2015
    2
    This "game" could possibly be better if it was just a movie or an animation. The only challenge in this game is poor controls and unintuitive puzzles, which often make no sense. The 2 points are only for pretty visauls and movie clips, which are somewhat interesting. Other than that the game itself is zero.
  4. TitaniumDragon
    Feb 24, 2016
    3
    Never Alone is a very hard game to grade in some respects, but a very easy one to grade in others. As a 2D platformer game, there is nothing special about it. While the dual character mechanic is vaguely interesting, other games have done it better (and many still weren’t very fun). The actual platforming is okay but nothing particularly fun in terms of flow. The funnest parts of the gameNever Alone is a very hard game to grade in some respects, but a very easy one to grade in others. As a 2D platformer game, there is nothing special about it. While the dual character mechanic is vaguely interesting, other games have done it better (and many still weren’t very fun). The actual platforming is okay but nothing particularly fun in terms of flow. The funnest parts of the game are the sequences where you run away from monsters or other things, which have a great sense of urgency to them, but many parts of the game are just you navigating various arctic environments which don’t feel very special.

    Some folks have complained about the looseness of the controls, but in the end, they are serviceable and work for the game. The real issue is that the game just doesn’t do anything very special gameplay wise.

    So what is hard about this game?

    Well, it is not just a game; it is meant to be an experience. The Inuit are trying to share a bit of their culture with the player, and they do this both via the story, which is an Inuit myth, and via these little “cultural insight” videos, little mini-documentaries spread throughout the game. The Inuit in the videos are very eager to share fragments of their life, culture, and mythology, and their integration into the flow of the game actually works quite well.

    The problem is that, ultimately, it just isn’t all that interesting. The gameplay is meh and I doubt I would have watched the documentaries without the gameplay. Overall, it was an okay experience, but… it just wasn’t anything special anywhere.

    Clocking in at about 3 hours and 20 minutes for 100% completion of the base game (I haven’t done the DLC yet), there’s just not that much here.

    My advice? Don’t buy this game. But if you already own it, it is a fairly harmless use of three hours.    … Expand
  5. Mykwon
    Sep 27, 2016
    4
    Well quite frankly, this game should have been awesome: it's beautiful, the cultural insight is interesting and the girl/fox relationship is lovely. The game mechanism borrows a little from "Brother - A Tale Of Two Sons" as you have to collaborate to solve puzzles.
    Unfortunately, it becomes quickly a (really bad) platformer, riddled with bugs. It was clearly not coded by people with    Well quite frankly, this game should have been awesome: it's beautiful, the cultural insight is interesting and the girl/fox relationship is lovely. The game mechanism borrows a little from "Brother - A Tale Of Two Sons" as you have to collaborate to solve puzzles.
    Unfortunately, it becomes quickly a (really bad) platformer, riddled with bugs. It was clearly not coded by people with gaming experience and you end up failing at simple jumps to restart more and more frustrated every time.
    The living forest level is a deal breaker and, even if I passed it because I'm stubborn, I was simply not enjoying the game anymore. A game has to be entertaining above all. When the fun goes away, the conclusion comes forward: it's a bad game. End of story.    … Expand
  6. Veska
    Mar 1, 2016
    3
    Beautiful graphics and documents about "snow life". That's about all the positive things. Horrible camera, stupid control, bugs with jumps or jump in texture. I don´t recommend. One error (walking tree) in the penultimate section doesn´t allow me to finish this "game". Very nice. Thx.
  7. Voyou
    May 16, 2021
    3
    Not much to do apart from walking, yet the rare puzzles there are manage to soft-lock. Beautiful failure of a game.
  8. NewRadarGames
    Apr 24, 2023
    2
    Per quanto la narrazione legata alla cultura dell'Alaska sia interessante e suggestiva, il gioco fallisce praticamente in tutto, dalle sezioni platform legnose e sfiancanti, alla pessima IA, per non parlare dei frequenti bug (che costringono spesso a ricomincoare un livello dall'inizio) o delle animazioni ed effetti audio fastidiosi, esilaranti e completamente in disaccordo con l'atmosferaPer quanto la narrazione legata alla cultura dell'Alaska sia interessante e suggestiva, il gioco fallisce praticamente in tutto, dalle sezioni platform legnose e sfiancanti, alla pessima IA, per non parlare dei frequenti bug (che costringono spesso a ricomincoare un livello dall'inizio) o delle animazioni ed effetti audio fastidiosi, esilaranti e completamente in disaccordo con l'atmosfera generale che il gioco si propone di creare. Ve ne sconsiglio vivamente l'acquisto, ma se per caso lo possedete già o lo potete reperire gratuitamente, esso è il prodotto perfetto per soddisfare i vostri desideri masochisti.… Expand
  9. FRIST_008
    Jan 2, 2022
    3
    3 бала, для меня это: ты жмёшь alt+f4 и удаляешь игру как можно скорее.

    Это просто невообразимая поделка на игру... элементы платформера выполнены ужасно. Ты вечно не до прыгиваешь куда надо. В игре много багов, при смерти, камера может вообще улететь за пределы и не вернутся, и ты будешь умирать до бесконости и камера не будет возвращатся на место... в общем игра бесит тебя буквально    3 бала, для меня это: ты жмёшь alt+f4 и удаляешь игру как можно скорее.

    Это просто невообразимая поделка на игру... элементы платформера выполнены ужасно. Ты вечно не до прыгиваешь куда надо. В игре много багов, при смерти, камера может вообще улететь за пределы и не вернутся, и ты будешь умирать до бесконости и камера не будет возвращатся на место... в общем игра бесит тебя буквально всем, потому что всё сделано криво и банально не работает. Ужас, даже за бесплатно не надо!    … Expand

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72

Mixed or average reviews - based on 30 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 30
  3. Negative: 2 out of 30
  1. CD-Action
    Feb 7, 2015
    65
    Never Alone has a fairy tale charm and educational values, and it’s a decent platformer. It’s a shame Alaskan temperatures failed to kill off the bugs. [01/2015, p.62]
  2. Riot Pixels
    Jan 25, 2015
    70
    I wish the game was just as amazing as the story it tells. For an adventure that takes 4-5 hours to complete, it relies quite often on repeating the same gameplay sequences.
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  3. Pelit (Finland)
    Jan 21, 2015
    78
    An atmospheric platformer that offers little new gameplay-wise, but it's quite enjoyable while it lasts, especially with a friend. The fact that it's based on Alaskan indigenous folklore is what makes it really stand out. [Jan 2015]
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