NEO Scavenger

It's a Flash game. I would not have touched this if I had known that. I would have much preferred a native DX9 Windows game, WINE can handle those quite well.

This game is a simulator of everyday London in the far-flung future of 2019, after the surprie election of Commisar Comrade Corbyn left 'woke but broke' London barely functioning. So, very different to today. All joking aside, this title proves that creativity and nous but tiny amounts of money can stand longside much more well-financed and resourced projects. Atmosphere is top-drawer and actually worth your money espeially on sale, since its an older title nowadays.

I regret getting this one instead of something else. NPCs even humans are simple cannon (or here crowbar, makeshift-spear etc.) fodder. The communication options are a joke and prompt 'em at most to maybe retreat. That and too little story CYOA style events make this a simplistic repetitive affair. Let us not even begin to talk about that cheap wraith enemy.

This title has a cool concept but is unplayable because of the difficulty navigating the incredibly poor UI. The gameplay is also hampered by over-reliance on RNG to advance past the earliest stages of the game. Usually, you will simply be reduced to 1 movement and freeze to death within a few turns unless you happen to find the exact correct type of shoes.

I could write a review if those feral dogs wouldn’t find and eat me at the start of every damn game :( https://pixelloot.com