Grey Skies: A War of the Worlds Story

 PlayStation 4
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6.3

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  1. Samfeeley99
    Nov 8, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. A really good value single player game, took me around 8 hours and for £12, there was a lot of action that kept me on my toes… Full Review »
  2. valente_nebula
    Jan 18, 2022
    4
    What happens if you mix all the defects of The Last of Us, Resident Evil & Tomb Raider? Grey Skies! This derivative, soulless "game" just doesWhat happens if you mix all the defects of The Last of Us, Resident Evil & Tomb Raider? Grey Skies! This derivative, soulless "game" just does everything wrong: the gameplay is borderline broken, with a character control that will frustrate Buddha himself; stealth AI mechanics that don't obey the same laws 2 times in a row (encouraging to just run by everybody and get on with it); unclear mission objectives throughout the whole game ("look around" is not a **** objective, pricks); absolute lack of lighting - which makes you play in the dark 80% of the game, with a torch that shakes like a crazy horse; bugs here, there, and everywhere; a severe pacing problem (various boring walk-only segments that last about 5 mins each); and issues, issues, and more issues!

    This is an unacceptable game by any 2020 standards, and for any piece of software altogether. While the graphics may be the only positive point (not great, but some decent scenarios), gameplay wise, this is a PS2 era, mediocre & uncreative game that shows nothing that's been done before 100 times better. My favorite part: where you die 50+ times in a single action scene that only lasts 2 minutes and actually requires you to be precision-perfect, just because of broken, clunky controls.

    There's no fun to be had here at all. Simply a NO GO, and a waste of your money and time.    … Full Review »
  3. ElToggo
    Jun 3, 2021
    6
    Firstly, let me state I feel like there was definitely some passion put into this game. Perhaps I am being too nice, but to hold it to theFirstly, let me state I feel like there was definitely some passion put into this game. Perhaps I am being too nice, but to hold it to the same standard as a AAA game is not the way to do it. Anyway, to the point. Being based on an established piece of media is always going to be tricky. The game tries to do a modern spin on the classic science fiction novel, and that is both good and bad. I have less umbrage with the actual setting and story (minus some poor or nonexistent explanations as to why things are they way are). Moving on from that, I'd be lying if I said this game has nothing going for it. It tries to be inventive, and that's fine. However! The world is hardly immersive, yes I suppose you could handwave the fact that the lack of people can be attributed to a deadly alien invasion. But the few people that are around are somehow even less expressive the manikins from Silent Hill, and that says something. Unfortunately this also extends to the main character. Additionally, the controls are very clunky and unintuitive at times, which is the last thing you want in a game billed as a stealth action title. Most of the issues I had were more towards the visual style, it isn't good or bad just very mediocre. Minus a few lighting effects nothing really sticks out. I feel like I am rambling at this point, as I am hardly a professional critic. Can I recommend this game? Probably not, but to say it has nothing of merit would, as I said, be a lie.

    In summation:

    The Good

    A good concept.
    Some nice music choices (though I do question some of the more religious leaning ones as HG Wells was not a man of religion himself).

    The Bad:
    Awkward animations and framerate.
    Poorly implemented tutorials and checkpoints.
    Nothing to really make the game stick out gameplay wise, the devs didn't really try to innovate.

    A game like this would definitely do well getting the NieR Replicant ver 1.22 treatment a few years down the line, which I doubt it will but that's just my take. If anyone takes the time to actually read this, I really appreciate it. If not, well, that's fine too. As for Steel Arts Software, you have a promising baseline to work off of, I would recommend looking into companies like Tinybuild to help smooth out your future endeavors. Also, DEFINITELY get some outside opinions when it comes to things like playtesting.    … Full Review »
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