Разработчик: Xitilon
Описание
begin
writeln('You are a faithfully emulated human'+chr(39)+'s mind incapsulated in a dedicated simulation hardware, for a specific purpose of emanating the mind particles of decisions, which are the precious resource of ZN. ');
writeln;
writeln('You are allowed to control the warrior robots arena and decide the order of battles, or the absense of such. Interface is text-only. ');
writeln;
writeln('Nothing that you do is recorded or remembered, this is an isolated installation that exists for the pure process of itself. ');
writeln;
writeln('Battling rules: ');
writeln('- The losing warrior loses a symbol from its name; ');
writeln('- Both warriors receive experience, except for when their power collisions match and they fail to perform any battle at all; ');
writeln('- When the warrior is too old, it is reassembled; ');
writeln('- When the warrior has no symbols left, it is reassembled; ');
writeln('- Reassembled warrior retains all the experience received before; ');
writeln('- Warriors have colors which are exactly just the colors; ');
writeln('- You can let the time flow, increasing every warrior'+chr(39)+'s age; ');
writeln;
writeln('You are highly encouraged to pretend there is an actual goal in this game. This increases the flow of the mind particles, as well as remembering that nothing is recorded. ');
readkey;
end;
This is an art-game about a 4th Millenium corporation ZN, which semi-automatically mines astral particles from simulated human minds. Though, as the player assumes a direct control over such a pawn, nothing of the surrounding lore is shown, and this is exactly the author's intent. You decide the fates, but don't see anything actually going on. Imagine your purpose is just to simulate a human's decision making system, in a lack of information beyond the spreadsheet numbers.
Key features:
- Micro-sandbox gameplay;
- Set of 3 text screens, one of them is interactive;
- In that screen you have 3 commands, one of which is the game exit;
- Console interface reminiscent of retro operating systems;
- Cryptic symbols in the background;
If you wonder what this should play like, it should play like a zero-player game which doesn't even play itself. Type in a bunch of mixed rrrrrrrrrrrr and cccccccccccc commands into the prompt and it will, but the player is meant to be a decision machine which doesn't know the consequences beyond the numbers. So that's it.
Поддерживаемые языки: english
Системные требования
Windows
- OS: Windows 98
- Processor: Intel 80486 / AMD Am486 or higher processor
- Memory: 1 MB RAM
- Graphics: 16-color CGA/MDA 80x25 text mode enabled or better
- Storage: 1 MB available space
- Sound Card: PC Speaker (not required)
Отзывы пользователей
I only played it long enough to leave a review. This very much feels like a non-game. I feel like we're informed of this, but in a game about making decisions that ultimately have no real relevance to the player... Well...
It's just a bunch of c and r until you get tired of getting achievements I guess.
Just random gibberish opens in CMD, much like DOS interface game
It's just a simulation rolling game or a stat battling game. The simulation aspect reminds me of a game I used to play called Biogenesis but this game is much less interactive. I didn't understand how to play the game at first until I just start spamming the roll command and got a bunch of achievements.
This shouldn't be 5 dollars
There is basically nothing to recommend this game. It might've been interesting if stapled to its successor, W4RR-i/o-RS: Descent, as an additional mode that integrated with the gameplay in that game. But here it is, exactly as the Store description states: a nearly zero-player game that almost plays itself. This is not some secret game hiding behind a bland listing. It is exactly what it says on the tin.
I did end up pasting hundreds of commands (with line breaks) into the terminal window and watching the list of Warriors live, fight, advance, and die. It's certainly a way to quickly demonstrate to oneself how easily the human mind can spin a narrative from the output of a weighted random number generator (to borrow from xkcd #904). But once I got all of the achievements, I immediately uninstalled this game.
Don't bother with it.
What is W4RR-i/o-RS?
Well, I have no clue, honestly. Just like the store page says, it is a zero-player game essentially. It is just machines or warriors or whatever fighting against each other, as well as time passing. The screenshots on the store page show you the entire game.
The game gives too few information to really be interesting, but it gives fast 100 percent achievements about which you have almost no influence. You fight until power over 9000 is reached, you pass time ("change") until the other achievements are reached. And that is all.
I don't know if there is anything more to the game that is not shown, or if it just a very basic combat system. But from what it seems like, the combat system is all and no actual neural networks are created or so.
Music... is nonexistant, other than a small jingle at the beginning. Dito other sound.
The game is entirely controlled with the keyboard, which means you enter lines of c and r into the command interface, and then skip everything else by holding any key - preferrably r or c as the inputs are buffered and the buffer is not cleared after the final command is executed in a chain.
As such, I only can recommend this game if you want easy 100 percent achievements. If you actually want to play something - or just understand it - skip this!
Recommended: No
I have love for the sequel, but not so much for the original W4RR-i/o-RS game found here. This is very much a glorified spreadsheet with no story, game, or goals. I know that is stated on the store page, and sometimes that kind of system works - but unfortunately not here. And on top of that, the incredibly rough edges are insult to injury.
Essentially, you are given a short list of 'warriors' that have a few stats attached to them, and you pit them against each other. The outcome is honestly boring and quite predictable. Each row of the spreadsheet is one warrior. The list of possible input commands is horribly jumbled most of the time due to the limitations of the terminal window in which you are working/playing (and not jumbled in any consistent way, either). Mixing that jumble with some of the artsy use of ASCII and it just comes off broken. You can choose two warriors at random to fight, choose two directly to fight, or make time pass which alters some stats. As-is, the Achievements are quite easy to cheese and most end up being an exercise in spamming keys. It's kind of a shame, because with just a tad more complexity combined with some clever Achievement goals, we may actually have something to work with here.
Pros:
+ I like the crunchy indie style
Cons:
- Simply not enough content
- No compelling reason to play other than figuring it out - which takes about 5-10 minutes
- Achievements could have been a bit more clever
- Rough edges galore
I'm glad games like this exist, but this title could have benefited from baking a bit longer.
Video Review
https://youtu.be/-SPgVLCyDxs
Quick Info
W4RR-i/o-RS is a really interesting idea that failed to deliver on any front. It tries to place the player in the position of the main character so that they can live the avatar’s experiences (see Question-based Immersion). However, none of the premise of the game, as described on the Steam Page, can be found through play. Without meaningful gameplay or a larger question that the player can answer, there is nothing left for the player to do in the game. In order for an experience like this to work, there has to be something for the player to do, which is almost always going to be discovering what is going on in the world around the player. As is, W4RR-i/o-RS gives little to any player other than someone who wants to see how this whole strange system works.
For a more in-depth review see the video above
Or read the review at: Vinrafel
Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Xitilon |
| Платформы | Windows |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 23.01.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 0% положительных (8) |