Reviews for Down the Brain

[Hayther]

Good game, im afraid if i keep playing I'll became depressed.

Metalcan responds:

Thanks, stay positive.

[CresIsis]

Interesting game. I liked the movement system where when you move a square all the enemies on the screen also move a square. I reached floor -75 before starting this review, since I'm not too sure if there's an actually ending or not. I reached a point where I was extremely over powered as well with 900 anger. Pretty nice game, very depressing - Very unorthodox since your goal in the game is to become MORE depressed and angry rather than happier. I recommend adding extra enemies or bosses to keep the game fresh, or at least making the enemies stronger as they seem to have a uniform strength. The eerie music went along nice so that's a plus point.

Metalcan responds:

There is indeed an ending to the madness. We would have added more stuff, but ran out of time. Thanks for your comments.

[MrSuperWeeGee]

Decent game, but needs a bit more depth. More enemies that do different things, maybe a boss stage to end it around level 50? Powerups were nice, but were one of 2 things, gain health or damage. Would have been nice to see some effects like berserk etc. All in all a pretty solid game for the time frame you made it in.

Metalcan responds:

Yeah I wanted to make different spells and stuff, but ran out of time. Thanks.

[Julayy]

Very interesting concept and way to portray slipping into depression. I especially like the beginning quote: "you set out to explore your own mind". It gets a bit repetitive after a while though, maybe that's the message? That depression is overwhelming and you can't see an end to it?

Metalcan responds:

Thanks! Perhaps you're right. :)

[Endiment]

It's a funny little dungeon crawler, though it really hasn't anything to do with the topic it highlights.
I know, as I'm one of those who suffer from returning depressions.
When depressed you aren't active at all, because nothing matters - it's not that you're sad per se, it's just an overall sense of greyness and odd indifference.
A depressed person wouldn't even bother to move, even when faced with danger.

Metalcan responds:

Thanks, yeah it's definitely not meant to portray any sort of real depression, see answer above.