Somerville

 Xbox Series X
User Score
5.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 77 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 77
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 77
  3. Negative: 33 out of 77

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  1. ReviewThangs
    Nov 24, 2022
    4
    Hate to say this as I'm a fan of inside and limbo but this game is awful. Controls worse than a point and click game. Runs terribly, super buggy. The puzzles are straightforward, the difficulty is fighting with the game to register what you're doing. Couldn't wait for it to be over. Which is a shame because the concepts are cool.
  2. The-Light-Saber
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Another lesson I learned the hard way.

    This game tried to climb on Limbo and Inside reputation, but instead it came with an ugly cloned game with no purpose at all. As this game came from the cofounder of Playdead Studio (Limbo and Inside games maker), I expected a minimum level of quality that could make me enjoy the new experience, but everything in this game is a huge step down.    Another lesson I learned the hard way.

    This game tried to climb on Limbo and Inside reputation, but instead it came with an ugly cloned game with no purpose at all.

    As this game came from the cofounder of Playdead Studio (Limbo and Inside games maker), I expected a minimum level of quality that could make me enjoy the new experience, but everything in this game is a huge step down.

    The Gameplay is really bad, a 2.5D game, almost a walking simulator with simple to medium difficult puzzles, I know it is a linear game, but you cannot go any where except what the developers wanted you to be, if you skip a tiny pixel, you cannot proceed further and keep roaming until you find the accurate path.

    The camera angles are awful most of the time, and with a lot of obstacles and terrain in your way, makes finishing each level an achievement.

    The story, oh god help me here.....they tried to clone the same concept of the previous games storytelling, nonspeaking characters doing actions that let you figure out the story yourself blah blah blah...

    The problem in Somerville that unlike Limbo and Inside, that story is very superficial, Aliens invasion and person is escaping and looking for his family, WoW...How Genuine!!! that is not a spoiler by the way, you will get that the first 5 min of the game.

    They tried at the end to add some events with no common sense to give mysterious endings, but it just added salt to injury and made it worse and worse.

    You will literally lose the interest of playing after 30 min, and whatever you do, you will never care about the characters if they live or die, because it is so boring.

    I won't talk about the graphics much, I just played plenty mobile games with such better graphics, and this game for Series X.

    I played it on Gamepass, and even that I spent no money on this game, but I'm sorry for the time I wasted playing it. it is a big disappointment for a game I was waiting since I saw its trailer.    … Expand
  3. Broyax
    Dec 4, 2022
    0
    Tiens, encore un étron indé tombé dans le Daube Pass… ramassons-le pour voir… avec des gants parce qu’on voit bien qu’il est déjà tout poisseux de merde. Alors, à jouer ou à tenter d’y jouer plutôt, bonjour les dégâts…!

    C’est tout de même en 3 dimensions mais selon des angles de liberté (et de vue) très restreints, on se retrouve en fait devant de la 2d et demi mais de façon toujours    Tiens, encore un étron indé tombé dans le Daube Pass… ramassons-le pour voir… avec des gants parce qu’on voit bien qu’il est déjà tout poisseux de merde. Alors, à jouer ou à tenter d’y jouer plutôt, bonjour les dégâts…!

    C’est tout de même en 3 dimensions mais selon des angles de liberté (et de vue) très restreints, on se retrouve en fait devant de la 2d et demi mais de façon toujours trop éloignée, ce qui rend la maniabilité hasardeuse, pour ne pas dire injouable la plupart du temps.

    Les graphismes restent en tout cas fort limités et l’ennui s’installe bien vite, alors qu’on se demande ce qu’il faut bien faire pour espérer avancer un minimum dans ce petit jeu de merde à la petite semaine. Tout est minimaliste là-dedans, y compris l’interface et le personnage se déplace mollement et maladroitement comme s’il était soûl.

    Encore une daube prétentieuse bricolée par des blaireaux qui pètent plus haut que leur cul et n’ont pourtant aucune idée de ce qu’ils font… mais je vais vous le dire : ils font simplement de la grosse merde, point merde.    … Expand
  4. Snake1991
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    One of the worst 3d, 2dgame that I have ever played, so boring and game play is awful stipid character barely move as if he is drunk, environment is not even art just dark corors and repeat **** red and blue stuff, about puzzles there is no puzlles at all just move its slender drunr **** character to unknown location and they last story is for God sake the worst of worst, DO NOT EVEN PLAYOne of the worst 3d, 2dgame that I have ever played, so boring and game play is awful stipid character barely move as if he is drunk, environment is not even art just dark corors and repeat **** red and blue stuff, about puzzles there is no puzlles at all just move its slender drunr **** character to unknown location and they last story is for God sake the worst of worst, DO NOT EVEN PLAY IT For FREE IT MAKEs YOU MAD AND STupid due TO MOVEMENT OF THE CHARACTEE. it make me so angry God damn you developers… Expand
  5. Thetype
    Nov 18, 2022
    2
    Boring... New gen game ? That's a mobile style not really interesting
    Gave us true technical games, not mini games running on ipad
  6. Jgitw
    Nov 17, 2022
    2
    This is a Very Bad Game. It desperately needs button prompts for obscure and inconsistent controls, and highlight for interactive objects, and some sign of climbable surfaces. It's just not playable as it stands. The gameplay design is truly awful, and it all reads terribly to the player. Performance is bad, too—framey, glitchy. The few promising elements—scenario, cinematography, trackingThis is a Very Bad Game. It desperately needs button prompts for obscure and inconsistent controls, and highlight for interactive objects, and some sign of climbable surfaces. It's just not playable as it stands. The gameplay design is truly awful, and it all reads terribly to the player. Performance is bad, too—framey, glitchy. The few promising elements—scenario, cinematography, tracking camera—are just buried beneath the torturous experience of actually playing it.… Expand
  7. d3uzZ
    Nov 16, 2022
    3
    Самый мутный и унылый симулятор ходьбы, который попытался выехать на имени Inside и Limbo. Управление отвратительное, анимации топорные, постоянно приходится заниматься пиксель-хантингом, чтобы персонаж схватился за нужный объект, левел-дизайн отвратный и ты вообще не понимаешь, чего от тебя хочет игра в данный момент. Играть строго по геймпассу.Самый мутный и унылый симулятор ходьбы, который попытался выехать на имени Inside и Limbo. Управление отвратительное, анимации топорные, постоянно приходится заниматься пиксель-хантингом, чтобы персонаж схватился за нужный объект, левел-дизайн отвратный и ты вообще не понимаешь, чего от тебя хочет игра в данный момент. Играть строго по геймпассу.
  8. Yijaaaaa
    Dec 4, 2022
    2
    Juego muy malo, la cámara no enfoca bien en muchas situaciones, gran decepcion
  9. samuhel
    Nov 26, 2022
    1
    eu estava muito ansioso por esse jogo por causa do hype que foi colocado em cima dele com comparações a INSIDE e Limbo, mas a única comparação a ser feita aqui é o estilo de jogo. de resto Somerville está bem longe é impressionante como conseguiram deixar esse jogo tão inconsistente em tantos sentidos. a história tão sem sentido e sem graça, seus personagens tão vazios, parece que eles nãoeu estava muito ansioso por esse jogo por causa do hype que foi colocado em cima dele com comparações a INSIDE e Limbo, mas a única comparação a ser feita aqui é o estilo de jogo. de resto Somerville está bem longe é impressionante como conseguiram deixar esse jogo tão inconsistente em tantos sentidos. a história tão sem sentido e sem graça, seus personagens tão vazios, parece que eles não tem motivo pra tentar se manterem vivos na realidade do mundo que estão vivendo ali. um bando de fantasmas sem propósito correndo de um lado para o outro será que custava mesmo colocar opção de fazer carinho no cachorro? uma coisa tão simples que ajudaria a deixar o jogo 0,5% mais tocante. mas nem isso teve.… Expand

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#92 Best Xbox Series X Game of 2022
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#32 Most Discussed Xbox Series X Game of 2022

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67

Mixed or average reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 27
  3. Negative: 1 out of 27
  1. Cubed3
    Jun 7, 2023
    40
    Somerville's greatest flaw is just how boring it is. It is more of a walking-sim than a platforming-adventure game. Reactive objects are also colour-coded yellow, so there is never any question about what to do. This robs any sense of discovery in a title that is already so tightly focused on pushing players forward. The terribly slow walking speed will pad out Somerville's length to around four to five hours, when there is maybe only two hours of actual substance. Traditionally, these kinds of games are short but make up for it with excellent pacing. Somerville feels like a flatline for most of the entire run.
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  2. IGN Japan
    Jan 27, 2023
    70
    With low quality puzzles and unpolished motion for certain objects, Somerville feels rough around the edges when compared with the games that made its creators so well regarded. Sudden twists in the game’s second half feel unnatural, and the multiple endings don’t feel different enough from one another. That being said, the studio’s potential can be felt throughout the game.
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  3. ComicBook
    Dec 15, 2022
    60
    Somerville feels like a game that is going through growing pains. As the first title to come from Jumpship, there's a fair amount to like here and quite a bit that can be built off of moving forward. Still, Somerville isn't also without its problems, especially when it comes to creating an enjoyable gameplay experience. As a result, Somerville itself isn't something that I would deem a must-play, but Jumpship as a whole is a studio that I'll continue to keep an eye on as time goes on. 
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