Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG

For current price it's definitely worth it, would give score like 7/10. Good type, quite similar to ATOM RPG or Wastelands 2, obviously to classic Fallouts. And this is the biggest advantage of this game, which by default suggests its good. Still have some bugs present, mostly smaller ones. From these annoying - several times my alt stopped working so I couldn't highlight items and had to restart game. Or, quest item kept disappearing from my inventory so I had to find cheat command to add it. Or quest that just "stuck" and I couldn't progress (mayor elections). Main minuses except bugs: 1) Big cities which seems empty in a great part, 2) Many quests required tiring travel between various locations back and forth, you just have a feeling of time lost while waiting for your party to run from one marker to another, 3) Experience system need balancing, at the very high levels I could level up by killing 2 standard enemies in one minute. 4) For me there is too many items that you can search - sound strange but there is a lot of searchable items in each area, usually contain junky stuff, and many have second or two of "animations". It was ok at the beginning, but later I was really tired. 5) Haven't noted any companion related quests, 6) Haven't felt a lot of depths in NPC, usually dialogues are quite short and can be summarised as "do this". Not sure if I will remember any of them in few days. 7) Dunno really how you can obtain any car. I just got "movable HQ" which a method of transport, however again a bit of wasted potential, as you cannot i.e. improve it anyhow - i.e. speed or looks. Anyway, had quite good fun with it, happy had a chance to play, however game could have been significantly better.

So, I haven't played too much of it, basically just the day I bought it. The story seems super interesting, right off the bat. It's a cool concept, and if you want a point-and-click type of game just for the story then this is probably for you. I imagine with different stats you could take different dialogue options and get different results on other playthroughs. The combat however is probably one of, if not, the worst systems I've played. The fact that I basically do the same amount of damage with a three round burst and a single shot was super annoying to me. I don't understand how a single shot does 13 damage, then I come in with a burst and each shot is now doing 4 or 5 damage? I get that maybe they did that for balance reasons or something but I feel it's kind of dumb. In that case there's no reason to ever use the burst to get just about the same amount of damage. I like the whole anomalies thing, and scanning different things and people, but I could not keep going with that combat system. I also would have liked the ability to pause in the real time parts in order to issue commands and what not, but that's not in the game either. I guess they were going for a "realistic" (well, as realistic as a game of this type can be at least) with the whole no pausing, having thirst, hunger, fatigue, etc which I actually like, but then they give us bullets that somehow lose their kinetic force or something when firing in bursts (pretty sure that's not how guns work, last time I checked 3 bullet holes should = more damage than 1 bullet hole. Anyways, might boot up the game again and try melee or something, but not planning on playing this again anytime soon. Stick with Wasteland.

While this game has part of what is needed to be a good game in its genre, it falls well short so far. In its current state, it appears to be a partial imitation of games that are much better, falling short of those games. If I had a future choice between buying this game or much older games, I would buy the older games instead. Encased fails to fulfill the entire sense of depth that is fulfilled by games that are decades older.

Really good. Really bring back memory on Fallout 1 and 2. Buy in sale as well. Excellent. Many hours to spend in game

When I first saw ENCASED I knew the developer was doing something unique so I´ve bought the game but didnt touch it or watched any video until I could have my time with the final version, which I´ve spent around 30 hours until know. I´m not into writing reviews but this one is special, so... THE GOOD: * The prologue does a great job hooking players into the story, which is compeling * World building is great, a lot of attention to details * Stats, skills and even items can influence over dialogue, oportunities and quests * Overall dialogue/writing does the job very well without overwhelming players with too much unnecessary text. Voice overs are also just great, high quality * Lots of possibility to interact with the world really contribute for the immersion THE BAD: * Confusing combat mechanics, armor class and evasion struggle to be significant when resistances are so strong. * Big lack of items diversity specially jackets/pants/helmets/backpacks. Also weapons having their own levels, only increasing in damage, also dont contribute for variety. * Inventory management is weird, space doesn´t really matter (it should) only weight. THE UGLY: * Lack of communty contet. Its hard to find information on the internet, even about basic stuff * Lack of ammo diversification, no armor piercing/hollow point/FMJ/etc * Bribe should be a conversation hability only * Stealth is quite strong, * A LOT of containers can be looted without being considered stealing Overall Encased is a great game that was heavy influenced by older crpgs game and still maintain its own personality. The non combat part is pleasant while the combat itself could have some more attention. Also there´s a huge room for improvement since the foundation is quite solid, maybe a few patches and DLC´s could make it better? Really hope so