Buy it if you like
- Gameplay: 28 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Story: 20 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Combat: 16 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
- Optimization: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Bugs: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Controls: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 295 player reviews · updated
What players think
The recurring themes across 105 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Why players love itThings to know
55% of themes are praise105 helpful reviews45% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
28 of 105 sampled reviews raised it
Fear the Timeloop - Prologue takes the familiar foundations of third-person survival horror and gives them a clever sense of urgency through its central time-loop mechanic.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
20 of 105 sampled reviews raised it
I think it was good and I do see that I mentioned I liked the story.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
16 of 105 sampled reviews raised it
At least enemies react to your shots, their attack patterns are much more readable, their hitboxes are reasonable and they even have RE 4 style deathrattles as they can live on for a brief moment after you get a headshot and attack you which was impressive to see.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
14 of 105 sampled reviews raised it
Out of the box everything was maxed out textures shadows reflections anti-aliasing shaders global illumination all of it.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
7 of 105 sampled reviews raised it
The developers also added changes after release, including saving abilities after death, better enemy hit detection, additional difficulty options and improvements to the shooting.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
7 of 105 sampled reviews raised it
It did create an extremely good atmosphere when paired with the good sound design, especially when the jank wasn't pulling me out of it.
Theme by theme
Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.
Players love
Gameplay28 reviews
Story20 reviews
Combat16 reviews
Graphics14 reviews
Difficulty7 reviews
Audio7 reviews
Divided opinion
No themes split opinion in this sample.
Players complain
Optimization71% still recommend
Bugs86% still recommend
Controls71% still recommend
Performance50% still recommend
Interface67% still recommend
What you get
Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.
Play modes
- Single-player
Controller
Steam lists no controller support.
Store features
- Custom Volume Controls
- Family Sharing
- Playable without Timed Input
- Steam Achievements
- Stereo Sound
Platforms
- Windows
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