Recent reviews by The Majestic Puggle Wuggle

Yes. Older game, replayed it for the fourth time. Just yes.

I have followed the development of this game since the studio first announced it as an active project, and I am not the slightest disappointed. From concept to execution to gameplay itself, this game is exactly what it promised to be.

I have an older rig (Ryzen 5 1500x, GTX GeForce 1070, and a 1TB SSD), so I play the game on low settings to get 40-45 fps — AND IT DOES NOT IMPACT MY ENJOYMENT. The gunplay, movement, and stealth of the game are completely fine, I legitimately don't have complaints about this.

To those who are worried about the water system, yes, it is brutal — as are the combat, the environment, and the punishments thereof if you fail to stealth/adapt — but you as the player are more than capable of finding 5-6 days of water in a few runs if you pay attention. I have 5 hours in the game currently, my innards are stocked for 2 weeks — and it's this reason that I believe the devs are being more than fair on this. If the mechanic bothers you, the devs may change it, but I personally enjoy it and appreciate that the game is entirely upfront about the mechanic.

I hope that the occasional and genuinely minor bugs continue to be worked out in early access (flying tanks, glitchy ai movement, faulty loading of an area, etc.); and I very much look forward to playing this game for many hours to come.

Easy 9.5/10

This is genuinely one of the best singleplayer games that I have played in years.
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Positives:
+simple but enchanting art style
+exceptional story work (have not had an ending catch me off guard like that in a long time)
+great puzzle work (environmental and linguistic)
+outstanding soundtrack
Negatives:
-I only got to play it for 10 hours for the first play through
-It only costs $20, and it is easily a $45 production minimum — I feel guilty

11/10

Its gameplay is a bit derivative, its characters are a bit imbalanced, and it has its fair share of bugs, but damn it, it's fun.

I can't speak to what the total intention of this game is: the gamemodes available are wildly different, and if you're solo queuing you're gonna have a rough time (because this game does work best in a coordinated team). However, for what the final product is at this time of release, Crucible is enjoyable. There seems to be lots of reviews complaining about the combat, the performance, and the teamplay, but this isn't a free-roaming FPS. By all indications, Crucible is a team built game, intended to be played with friends, and overall meant to involve a lot of communication. That being said, plenty of pros and cons.

Pros:
-Phenomenal art style
-Inventive abilities
-Fun to play characters
-Interactive environments
-Straight forward, if messy, combat and objectives
-Evident rewards for working as a team
-Satisfying payoff for ability combos
-Minor strategy needed, but not overwhelmingly crucial

Cons:
-Occasional ability glitches (never ending hit markers, unrefreshed cooldown til death, glitched placement, etc.)
-Minor, but significant, character imbalances (seen best with Bugg and Summer, who are able to use high damage abilities incredibly fast with minimal interference or prevention)
-UI bugs (black screen on loading, missing countdowns, missing landmarks, the typical in new releases)
-Hitboxes and Weapon Accuracy are off (ex. Ajonah, a sniper player, who has inconsistent accuracy when scoped; Bugg, a small but quick zoner that's hitbox seems to missing from his character model at high speed)

All of these things considered, Crucible is a new release, and the first game of its kind to be released from this producing/developing team. The bugs are minor and need to be fixed, but considering its the first 13 hours of release, I have high hopes for the game in the future. 8/10 fluff balls.

Recent updates make the game a bit flowery for my taste, still solid though.
-Decent replayability
-Cool community artwork/weapons skins
-Half-toxic, half-meme players
6 puggles of 8 wuggles, would recommend

While the game was short, it couldn't have been anymore incredible.
Stunning artistry, inventive mechanics, moderately difficult puzzles, and a seemingly unending load of symbolism about adaption and capability.
By far one of the beautiful games I've played.

Simple mechanics to learn, genuinely entertaining gameplay, and every item is useful. Fantastic game.

Incredibly well made and fun to play. Easy controls to adjust to.