Разработчик: Mehsoft
Описание
Особенности игры:
- Приятная ретро-графика.
- Постапокалиптическая тематика.
- Проработанные персонажи.
- Локация в виде уютного бара.
- Уникальная система "биографии" героя: вы пишете её сами, и она применяется во время прохождения.
- Девушки-наемницы, которые помогут вам в вашем приключении.
И многое другое.
Поддерживаемые языки: english, russian
Системные требования
Windows
- ОС: Windows
- Процессор: Pentium 4
- Оперативная память: 1024 MB ОЗУ
- Видеокарта: Intel HD4000
- Место на диске: 204 MB
- ОС: Windows
- Процессор: Pentium 4
- Оперативная память: 1024 MB ОЗУ
- Видеокарта: Intel HD4000
- Место на диске: 204 MB
Отзывы пользователей
Just obnoxious and janky. Played it on-stream and immediately hit incredibly homophobic content in the first few minutes. Just all around kind of meh.
READ THE FULL REVIEW (Steam has a word limit) HERE: https://gemsimov.com/game-reviews/f/the-underground-man-%7C-a-review
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Simple review details - I rank games on an out of 10 basis, granting up to 3 points in 3 categories, as well as a last, single point from my own self, depending on my experience with it.
GAMEPLAY
"The Underground Man" (TUM) is the first true "strand-type" game, predating "Death Stranding."
It combines text-based and adventure game elements in a way that makes gameplay obscenely difficult and obtuse. The game has a split screen, with the top half displaying the game world and the bottom half showing text interactions between Characters, which Players must take part in by typing words out manually.
Movement is basic, using the A and D keys for left and right, with limited utility for jumping. Players can pick up items and attack with specific keys, but the mechanics are clunky and frustrating. Before starting, players must create a backstory of at least 140 characters for their character, and any misstep during the tutorial results in a game-over, forcing a complete restart.
The gameplay is punitive: players navigate through numerous areas with minimal health, while enemies become progressively tougher, often exploiting Player expectations to induce failure. Combat is tedious, involving repetitive and stiff movements, and any wrong dialogue choice results in instant death. Hints are available but are often unhelpful or inaccessible, and the game employs arbitrary and bizarre logic for many 'puzzles' and encounters.
Platforming sections exist and are poorly designed, with imprecise jumps, no shadows to gauge landing spots, and hazards that punish mistakes severely. A particularly egregious section mimics the infamous bike level of Battle Toads, moving at unreasonable speeds with little guidance, leading to frequent game-overs. Boss battle(s) are, naturally, just as punishing, featuring unfair mechanics such as contact damage and invulnerability frames that far exceed those of the Player.
Overall, TUM is a relentlessly unpleasant game, with design choices that actively punish and frustrate the Player, making it more an exercise in endurance than entertainment. Despite the inclusion of a hint system, it fails to mitigate the overwhelmingly negative experience, rendering TUM a fundamentally unenjoyable game.
0/3
PRESENTATION
TUM features mediocre visuals that scream: retro 16-bit graphics, (loosely) reminiscent of Fallout 1. The 2D side view for the game world is inconsistent in quality—sometimes featuring backgrounds and other times lacking them, with confusing foreground elements that look interactable but aren't. The art style is bright and stylized, but the lack of animation detail and poor readability, especially in combat scenarios, detracts from the overall experience.
TUM struggles with poor design choices, such as enemy attacks that damage the Player instantly without clear visual indicators. The inventory system is poorly implemented, offering no way to check collected items, and sometimes not even informing the Player of what they’ve picked up.
The text-based interaction section features decent to good Character portraits, but is marred by slow text speed, a lack of scrolling options, and poorly translated English with frequent grammatical errors and misspellings. The writing is crude, filled with swearing and sexually explicit content, oddly aimed at degrading the Player through their Character.
Audio in TUM is a mixed bag; while the music and ambient tracks are passable, sound effects are often out of place and low quality. In addition, there is limited voice acting in Russian, which loops on game-over screens until manually dismissed, adding to the game's overall weirdness.
Many game options are non-functional, existing solely to create the illusion of complexity, which misleads Players. Overall, while some elements are notable, TUM's presentation is mediocre, plagued by inconsistencies and design flaws that hinder the gameplay experience.
1/3
STORY
TUM is a satirical and poorly executed adventure game that heavily borrows from Fallout’s themes and aesthetics but fails to deliver a coherent or engaging story. The plot revolves around the Player Character(PC)'s mission to find food (specifically corn dogs) for their underground dwelling, which is running low on resources. Along the way, the PC encounters a series of bizarre and nonsensical events, including being arrested, battling thugs, and eventually finding their estranged father. The story lacks character development, with the additive of most Characters behaving in illogical or excessively cruel ways.
The tone is inconsistent, and the narrative frequently mocks both older and newer games, attempting irony but often coming off as simply crass and disjointed. The game's treatment of female characters is particularly troubling, portraying them in demeaning and objectifying ways that reinforce unhealthy stereotypes.
Ultimately, TUM’s story is nonsensical, filled with improbable scenarios and Characters that act irrationally. The game’s narrative tries to critique gaming tropes but ends up as a confusing and unpleasant experience that falls into said tropes, leaving the Player with a sour impression.
1/3
Legendary Point
Does this game get the legendary point, so craved and wanted by all and none at the same time? Again, I will reiterate that I liked the hint system - it was actually supreme in concept - but everything else about this game is so dreadful that I can’t even consider giving it the point. Thus, NO, The Underground Man does not get the Legendary Point. 0/1
CONCLUSION
2/10. A horrible game. A pile of burning garbage - do not play this, at all cost! I’d even advise against bothering to find anything on YouTube resembling a playthrough to watch, because they’re either 10 hour long attempts or some russian dude playing the game in russian. The worst thing is that I have no idea how this game wound up being the way it is.
Was the developer intent on making an unpleasant, horrible game, and also failing to present a discernible message, aside from “lol people in horrible conditions suck, dude”, on purpose? Or was this all some wicked ironic joke, or was this just the result of rookies failing to do things properly, yet going at it and doing something?
Regardless, it’s a horrible thing. Do not play it.
On the wall of shame. Immediately. Hang it as though it were some foul criminal, to loom over the fiends of the future. God save us all from things like this!
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READ THE FULL REVIEW (Steam has a word limit) HERE: https://gemsimov.com/game-reviews/f/the-underground-man-%7C-a-review
I'm refunding my 79c. Not because I can't afford to lose 79c, but in order to make a point.
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Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Mehsoft |
| Платформы | Windows, Mac |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 31.01.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 36% положительных (222) |