Hell Pie Demo

it was fun to play

Some kinda superisingly generic looking 3D platformer, where you direct the camera with your mouse, what is probably not the worst idea I've seen, but definitely not a common thing I've encountered. If you are fine with that, try it, though I have to also warn you, this somehow wants as much memory as a warhammer-game, aka. a lot. You'll be able to downgrade the graphic from "epic" level after half an hour strougle with the lag, but still.

This game is just the generic old school Rare formula, minus all of Rare's charm, minus Rare's level design skills, and minus Rare's polish. The last one is forgivable. Rare was one of the giants, working with a corresponding budget. But when the characters and worldbuilding just seem like they took the crudest elements of Conker and pushed it into only those elements, there's not much to look forward to there. And then you have the issue of the platforming, which just feels like it exists. Nothing special. No real inspiration there. Everything seems overly simplified and a bit too clunky. Now you could chalk those complaints up to being a demo and that the full game should introduce challenge and more development to the world and its inhabitants. But a demo is supposed to inspire you to buy the game afterward. If you're not going to do the default and just stuff the first level in a limited version of the game and call it a demo, you need to bring out some variety, showcase some of the later game, do something to make players want to see what the game has in store for them. Unfortunately, this isn't that. I'd give it another half star or so if I could, but it certainly isn't worth a full 2.