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Reviews for "Dead Horizon"

Should definitely be worth more than 5 minutes of playtime.

A nicely crafted game that, despite being in a point and click catgory, is actually a decent shoot em up with mechanics that remind me a small bit of GunBlood. I feel like its short size holds it back tremendously. The story is passable and, while i greatly appreciate the attempt, it's simply impossible to both develop and sympathize with a lead character in a grand total of one incredibly short exposition scene, five short duels, two of which aren't really relevant, and one cutscene that seemed rushed out. I didn't find much redemption in the story, but rather a downfall, that again, wasn't exposed very clear, because of size constraints. With some more build-up, the final encounter would've looked much more intimidating. Though i gotta say that the enemies looked quite original and harmonious with the backgrounds, which are also nifty and feature a great deal of detail, and that almost makes you forget about the lack of any difference and distinctness in the duels (except for the fourth one i guess).

The art is very good. Again, the final guy really did look like a boss and your doom. The music... i guess it does the job, but is somewhat forgettable. The artSTYLE though tries to mix some classical western shenanigans with machinegns, arm cannons, samurais and death incarnates, and kinda isn't clear, despite being badass. Also, it's somewhat sad that the objects with which you can interact during duels are barren, and you can't interact with them after said duels. Wish they played some more role in both exposition and gameplay. Also, Testament of a Gnslinger was a great read and a good extra.

Overall, it's an OK game for what its worth that could be much more. It doesn't feel like a game, but rather a demo for a project that could work given a bit more time and polish. 4/5, 6/10.

Emptygoddess responds:

Haha... 4/5 6/10 is like the best review score I've ever seen.

Thanks for playing!

Could not read text and the change from the eye to the gun could be as easy as right click and left click but it is not. Loved what you guys were aiming at. Great concept. Crashed like three times also.

Emptygoddess responds:

Could you e-mail me what rig you're using? I'm trying to figure out what causes the text bug.

Game isn't too bad but the gameplay is basically read the text and click some guys on the screen. Given the genre it is categorized into I expected more brain work to solve it.

Emptygoddess responds:

A middling review for a middling game. Thanko!

The game freezes after you kill the three bandits with the mini gun.

Emptygoddess responds:

Hrm, doesn't seem to be happening to others. What comptuer are you playing this on? Drop me a message please.

So literally the whole game is buildup to one shot, and then it instantly cuts out once you take the shot? Why? Are you imitating hollywood movies with ambiguous ends? Cause this is just bad writing. Other than that the game was good, but that's a pretty big flaw.

Emptygoddess responds:

I disagree!

However I accept that you don't like it. That makes me sad. ; -;