Off-Peak

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6.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 8 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 4 out of 8
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  1. PublicNuisance
    Feb 28, 2021
    7
    Off-Peak is a game that you’re not really meant to understand but it is a trippy experience you just roll with and see what you can learn and encounter. Your main goal is to find the pieces of a train ticket in order to get out of the station but really the game is as much about talking with various characters and learning about the day to day lives and goings on in the train station. TheOff-Peak is a game that you’re not really meant to understand but it is a trippy experience you just roll with and see what you can learn and encounter. Your main goal is to find the pieces of a train ticket in order to get out of the station but really the game is as much about talking with various characters and learning about the day to day lives and goings on in the train station. The music helps set the mood as one that is strange and almost a tad unsettling and surreal. The story may not make a lot of sense as to who you are; where you are; or what is going on but it doesn’t really matter as the game has a way of pulling you in and making you want to explore to see even more oddities.

    I played Off-Peak on Linux. It never crashed on me and I didn’t notice any spelling errors. There is just a option for resolution and one graphics setting. Alt-Tab doesn’t work. There is no save system at all and while this would normally enrage me the game is short enough it isn’t a big deal. The lighting detail; ground detail and shadows were good and above average. Clothing detail and the sky detail were decent but not great. Facial detail; hair detail; building detail and object detail were pretty poor. The murals on certain walls were fantastic. Overall the game has some performance issues at times and I say that because the graphics detail does not justify the hardware usage I saw and the frame rates I got. There were some drops to the 40’s at times and while that is not super low the visual quality shouldn’t have dropped the frame rate below a constant 60. The frame rate is locked to 60 and there is no option to change it that I saw.

    Game Engine: Unity
    Disk Space Used: 593 MB
    Save System: None
    Input Used: Keyboard and Mouse

    Game Settings Used: Fantastic @ 1080P
    GPU Usage: 29-99 %
    VRAM Usage: 1311-1630 MB
    CPU Usage: 10-44 %
    RAM Usage: 2.4-2.5 GB
    Frame Rate: 47-60 FPS

    If you enjoy trippy walking sims such as Paratopic or Gravity Bone you will probably enjoy Off- Peak. It is free so there is no reason not to try it. I finished the game in twenty three minutes. It was a bit short but managed to make an impact in it’s short time despite it’s performance issues.

    My Score: 7/10

    My System:

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 16GB DDR4-3000 CL15 | MSI RX 580 8GB Gaming X | Mesa 20.3.4 | Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500GB | Trisquel 9.0 | Mate 1.24.1 | Kernel 5.11.1-1-MANJARO    … Expand
  2. NightGeisha
    Mar 24, 2019
    6
    The game is not easy to describe, but basically you get to explore a train station and find the pieces of your ticket. Visually is weird (what can I say, is the best word to describe it), but is the music that make it shine, and since the start of the game I was hooked.
  3. PrincessRose
    Aug 23, 2020
    4
    A waste of time, boring and gave me a headache playing it. Just felt pointless and it's not fun at all.
  4. colrepollo
    Oct 23, 2016
    9
    Amazing experience, its just like diving into a dream. Incredible soundtrack, intriguing story. This game is worthy of your time, cant wait for the second part!
  5. mugsy
    Dec 23, 2020
    10
    Great surreal and fever dreamish atmosphere and great sound design, like all Cosmo D games

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  1. CD-Action
    Feb 13, 2017
    85
    Despite its amateurish execution Off-Peak is really worth your time, because it’s a brilliant game that tackles the problem of art’s role in modern world with rare maturity. [02/2017, p.52]