The Bunker

 PlayStation 4
User Score
5.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 46 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 46
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 46
  3. Negative: 13 out of 46
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  1. mbrigham1223
    Apr 13, 2017
    3
    The Bunker is a live action horror adventure title that is lost somewhere between a movie and a game. Unable to fully commit to one or the other, The Bunker finishes as a jumbled mess that is best avoided.

    Pros: - Interesting world view - Good plot twist - Chapter 8 Cons: - Often difficult to select interactions, with the buttons located in unintuitive places - The constant    The Bunker is a live action horror adventure title that is lost somewhere between a movie and a game. Unable to fully commit to one or the other, The Bunker finishes as a jumbled mess that is best avoided.

    Pros:
    - Interesting world view
    - Good plot twist
    - Chapter 8

    Cons:
    - Often difficult to select interactions, with the buttons located in unintuitive places
    - The constant floating crosshair is annoying and immersion breaking
    - Cuts in film are jarring and immersion breaking
    - Losing on a QTE jumps you back to minutes of unskippable cut scenes - mostly of the character climbing or descending stairs
    - Far too often a scene is broken up simply for an excuse to give the gamer a button to press. E.g. stopping a stair climbing sequence to make me press the button to climb more stairs.
    - Poor productions values; bad lighting and sets that feel like sets rather than locations

    Mixed:
    - While the acting is mostly awkward and stunted, and the actress playing the mother is atrocious, it is overall not as bad as I would expect from a live action game.

    The Bunker tried to situate itself between a movie and a game, but failed to deliver on either medium. There isn't enough gameplay to succeed at being a game, and if it were a feature film it would be a low-rate B movie at best. Even at it's 90 minute run time, this experience ran on for too long. Avoid, no matter the price.    … Expand
  2. BlitZeR_95
    Apr 28, 2018
    4
    A really boring game! You don't even know what's going on throughout the game and the game doesn't really hold your hand on explaining the story either.
  3. SS_Talon
    Jul 1, 2017
    4
    Very tedious and boring FMV game, which lasts for only a few hours. You control one main character who interacts with objects in the environment to progress the story. The story was interesting, but the game was bogged down by VERY slow pacing and poor gameplay mechanics. I recommend checking out LATE SHIFT by the same developer, Wales Interactive. After I finished this game, I deletedVery tedious and boring FMV game, which lasts for only a few hours. You control one main character who interacts with objects in the environment to progress the story. The story was interesting, but the game was bogged down by VERY slow pacing and poor gameplay mechanics. I recommend checking out LATE SHIFT by the same developer, Wales Interactive. After I finished this game, I deleted it from my hard drive and will never be playing it game again. Thank goodness I bought it on sale at the PS store and didn't pay full-price for this lackluster title!!… Expand

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69

Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. GameCritics
    Apr 17, 2017
    80
    Although I hate to be so vague about The Bunker, giving away too much would be doing a great disservice to anyone reading this review. Instead, I’ll simply say that it’s one of the most enjoyable FMV games I’ve ever played, and that I’d recommend prospective players block out two hours and go through it all in a single sitting. My compliments to Splendy Games, and I’m now officially on record as being quite prepared to drop a few dollars on whatever they turn out next.
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  2. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Nov 21, 2016
    60
    A beautifully made project, indeed, but one with limitations that peg it behind the likes of Virginia or Dear Esther. [Dec 2016, p.73]
  3. Gaming Age
    Nov 11, 2016
    75
    It’s difficult to speak in detail about the story simply due to the amount of spoilers and the overall length of it. Some people value their game prices based on length alone and for those players, The Bunker isn’t for you. This is a game that has value beyond gameplay time. If you want a game with an interesting story, with some good twists, and can appreciate a game that uses live action as the base, I would recommend checking it out.
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