Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle

Visual: 8/10 Story:8.5/10 Gameplay: 8.5/10 Overall a good game and prequel to Daymare: 1998.

A decent game but I recommend a sale to get it. It plays like Resident Evil 2 with a little Dead Space by having a secondary weapon freezing enemies and solving puzzles with it. The gameplay is okay and the story is a serviceable prequel. The graphics are pretty good for an indie game. The game has made some improvements compared to the previous Daymare game. It's easier to try to get away and dodge enemies. Unfortunately it still has the same problem of controls locking. Sometimes trying to aim won't aim. Sometimes I can't run when trying to get away from enemies. It takes a long time to switch to a new gun but the animation to switch is fast so there is an annoying lock on the controls for a while. Unfortunately the game goes on for way too long, 5 to 7 hours. You get the most out of the game within the 2 to 3 hours. It then starts to get repetitive. You only get 2 guns in the whole game, a shotgun and a machine gun. You'll also have to use your secondary weapon a freeze device to freeze enemies and solve puzzles. This game still has the same problems with the facial animations. This game has the Unreal Engine 5 problem of some stuttering. The story is serviceable but the execution is kind of bad. It tries to have twists like Hideo Kojima stories but some twists doesn't work and the bad facial animations takes away any emotional payoffs.

I liked it, story was interesting if you care to read it. I would like to see it expanded.

Daymare 1994 too often falls into the trap of copying much better games, hoping that as a result their game will also be good. Unfortunately, 1994 strips that charming, albeit janky, call back to classic RE games that its predecessor (1998) did quite well, in favour of a bland, overly-serious attempt at mimicking RE 2 and RE 3 Remake. While the game does have some positives, chief of which being its visuals and environmental design; it's let down by a predictable and cliche ridden narrative, led by a woefully boring main character; serviceable third person shooting gameplay that never evolves past its opening hours, and a vast lack of meaningful exploration and puzzles which are often keystones of the genre.

I love the atmosphere and all of the details in the environment, I've just got my 4th upgrade and have to say that I was disappointed when I got my first upgrade and noticed there where only 4 upgrades available... you will get more, and your choices will probably matter for those ( more-so in future play through's ) because certain ones can make the game more tailored to fast paced player or a strategic player. Hopefully a short way in and looking forward to the rest.

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