Niche: a genetics survival game

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  1. PoundShopOrwell
    Jan 18, 2021
    0
    Awful awful “game”. Extremely lazy UI, overly complex, movement is ridiculously cumbersome, appalling graphics (the characters rotate like a SNES game when you move the camera), repetitive objective, no sense of achievement even if you play well, boring and zero fun.

    I’d rather chew my own foot off. The developers are fortunate this has not been reviewed more widely. I so wanted this    Awful awful “game”. Extremely lazy UI, overly complex, movement is ridiculously cumbersome, appalling graphics (the characters rotate like a SNES game when you move the camera), repetitive objective, no sense of achievement even if you play well, boring and zero fun.

    I’d rather chew my own foot off.

    The developers are fortunate this has not been reviewed more widely. I so wanted this to be good. I bought it pre-launch and I feel utterly robbed.

    AVOID.    … Expand
  2. HelRose
    Dec 5, 2022
    0
    It has a great idea based on genetics, evolution, and habitat but the game glitches often, only three moves per character to feed, collect, and move is just not realistic. The final thing that real got under my skin is that there's no feeling of achievement or progression, very stagnent and unfufilling.

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  1. Cubed3
    Sep 14, 2020
    50
    Niche is cute, and has some interesting ideas about evolution and adapting to changing circumstances. One of its best charms is the feeling of connection with the first animals as it fades away into a unique connection simply with the continuing family line. These are marred by a very repetitive turn structure, and an exceedingly complex gene system - both serve to get in the way of having fun. The vision is exciting, but the reality is too much of a grind to recommend in any large capacity, beyond the novelty of interacting with life/death in a memorable way, if nothing else.
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  2. NintendoWorldReport
    Sep 8, 2020
    60
    I, personally, did not find it enjoyable. There are a boatload of Steam users who think it’s the bee’s knees. If you’re big on sim or survival games, this might suit your fancy. Just don’t expect a lot of sizzle on this steak, aesthetically speaking. There’s a lot of micromanagement here. But also, there are a range of technical or gameplay problems.
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  3. Finger Guns
    Sep 8, 2020
    60
    While it’s far clunkier than it’s PC counterpart, Niche on the Switch is still an interesting strategy game that uses population genetics as a core gameplay loop to both entertain and inform. It has its issues but it’s weapons grade cute and anyone who enjoyed Spore will get something out of this.
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