Past Cure

 PlayStation 4
User Score
4.7

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 52 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 52
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 52
  3. Negative: 30 out of 52
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  1. SuperkenGaming
    Mar 3, 2018
    7
    Past Cure
    All over the place
    Pasture Cure is a 6 hour long game about a former soldier named Ian.. youre dealing with memory loss due to an experiment that was done to you… The game starts in a dream, where youre introduced to woman.. and the game is set around trying to understand this dream and the different figures in this dream, and government projects, and pills, and mind powers..    Past Cure
    All over the place
    Pasture Cure is a 6 hour long game about a former soldier named Ian.. youre dealing with memory loss due to an experiment that was done to you…
    The game starts in a dream, where youre introduced to woman.. and the game is set around trying to understand this dream and the different figures in this dream, and government projects, and pills, and mind powers.. but assigning a single genre to this game just isn’t possible.
    Past cure is all over the place with what it is.. and some of these things are good.. some not so good..
    And depending on the type of player you are you may actually end up really hating certain parts of this game and loving others…
    Theres a great focus on narrative which is perfect for a game delivered in the way that it is..
    Theres an interesting story full of intrigue to pull you through the section of the game you may not like.. as really there are no repeating sections here..
    The game at first is a resident evil styled horror game as youre learning the shooting mechanics…
    It feels like a quantic dream styled game while youre running around your home, and then all of a sudden it’s back to dream land where youre doing puzzles with your telekensis and time manipulation powers.. but this is really just the game using a clever tutorial to teach you how to manipulate later sections of the game…
    As youre then in a 3rd person shooter, health pickups and blue pills are important here as youll be using your powers and taking damage as youre taking out enemies from behind, grabbing their guns and getting into gun fights.. using your telekinesis to take out cameras to not alert more..
    But now all of a sudden it’s a hitman feeling stealth game which was my personal least favorite chapter of the game where time manipulation is now important are being detected fails the mission sending you back to the last autosave
    and then bits feel like dishonored while youre trying to crack safes, then youre in a horror outlast feeling chapter with puzzles and stealthy sections with monsters you cant attack
    The game is non stop changing things up which is really great if youre into variety..
    Its also great because it stop the game from feeling boring or like a drag to get through
    Its bad however because none of these chapters feel like quality chapters indevidually, it’s a bunch of mediocre versions of really great games and genres stapled together, though the sum ends up being greater than its parts…
    As an experience its an overall enjoyable one
    The 3rd person shooting is probably what will stand out as the worst aspect of this game..
    The hit detection is just awful.. you feel like youre getting lucky everytime you finally take out an enemy… but these moments are spaced out and checkpoints are frequent enough for them to not feel like too much of a hastle
    Past Cure is a hard game to describe, but if its anything its like nothing you’ve experienced before and everything you’ve experienced before all at the same time.
    Sometimes this is a 3rd person shooter, sometimes this is a horror games, and sometimes this is a stealth game.
    Its unique and worth checking out.
    I give Past Cure
    a 6.5/10    … Expand
  2. That_DL_Kid
    Feb 27, 2018
    6
    This game had a lot of potential. It was ruined by a vague storyline with very little character development. The game-play was fun but the lack of a solid story really took away from the experience.
  3. moNkeybOi
    Jun 14, 2018
    5
    The idea(s) behind the game and the tone (which feels similar to Psi-Ops or Second Sight) laid a solid foundation for what could become a stellar game. The game itself opens in a solid fashion but due to the slow pacing and vague story it really falls flat after the initial sequence. In all honesty, I could only make it about halfway through before I lost all interest in the protagonist.The idea(s) behind the game and the tone (which feels similar to Psi-Ops or Second Sight) laid a solid foundation for what could become a stellar game. The game itself opens in a solid fashion but due to the slow pacing and vague story it really falls flat after the initial sequence. In all honesty, I could only make it about halfway through before I lost all interest in the protagonist.

    Mad props to the team who created this as any completed project deserves credit. You can tell there was hard work and passion involved in creating this. However from an objective point of view, it doesn't do much in terms of entertainment, making one think, or excitement.    … Expand

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Metascore
37

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 22
  3. Negative: 15 out of 22
  1. GameGrin
    May 22, 2018
    30
    I’ve read scarier issues of the Beano in this clunky, buggy mess of a wanna be Deadly Premonition.
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  2. Worth Playing
    Apr 16, 2018
    35
    Past Cure is many things: technically infuriating, a slog, and thematically inconsistent. While one can appreciate the effort of a small team trying to craft a game that does many things, it can't seem to do any of them well enough to warrant any attention. With a glut of better games that tackle similar elements on the platform, it's very difficult to recommend Past Cure to people, even as a quick diversion.
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  3. Meristation
    Apr 5, 2018
    30
    We find few reasons to recommend Past Cure. It is quite far from what is expected of a video game: having fun with it.
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