The Light Keeps Us Safe

——————————— I got a NEW COMPUTER. It seems to work. It was probably my problem. Read my review if you want, you might want to keep it in mind. I think my opinion has changed since writing this. ———————————

I hate to give this review. I really do. And honestly, if it weren’t for ONE GLARING PROBLEM... I wouldn’t review it yet because I’ve just begun the game. But this doesn’t stop me from writing a review, because the major issue I have comes from something you can observe from the very beginning of the game. And that’s what stopped me from getting any further it, because it was so bad I couldn’t keep trying to play it. I also have a couple problems with the gameplay and instruction decisions. So let’s begin.

This game looked really good. Sir, You Are Being Hunted was great, and I thought this game would be just as good, since it’s made by Big Robot as well. I eagerly awaited it to come out of early access. And when it did, I snatched it up. But I’m afraid this game has some major issues. Really just one major issue honestly. I’ll explain. So the game begins, and I start playing, it’s a little laggy, and I definitely don’t have a gaming laptop, but I didn’t think that would stop me. Later I even tried to play it on a gaming PC, a really good one too. Didn’t solve my problem. In fact, it might’ve been worse.

Anyways, I was getting things figured out, I met the first enemy type, and I left to go out into the auto-generated world. That’s when it hit. The Loading Screen. It takes. So long. I haven’t timed it, but it takes too long to be reasonable for any game. It takes so long, that when I tried it on the Gaming PC it had actually crashed and I was just sitting there waiting, reading something for 10 minutes before I realized. YEAH. I’m not even joking. And it shows all that it’s doing while it’s loading, you know, typing out everything that’s being loaded and turned on and launched, etc. So when it finally loads, it’s pretty cool. But that Loading Screen. It was bad.

On top of that, while on the laptop it loaded the world, the gaming PC didn’t. In the world, the function of the flashlight gun and the scavenging has already been explained a little. But the enemy towers, or probably anything else I might’ve met, hasn’t been explained how the function. And I can’t tell what they do. Neither has the stealth really been explained other than that the light is safe. But how safe? Am I invisible immediately? Can I still be harmed there? Can they see me? Or do they just avoid the light? And does the darkness make me stand out? Or can they not see me there either? Everywhere is dark, with only a little light. I was intrigued by the stealth mechanic of light and dark being reversed, but I’m not even sure that is how it works. They just sort of throw you into the open world, like in SYABH but at least I had a butler telling me everything I needed to know, and this game has very unusual gameplay mechanics. Where do I find upgrades for my flashlight gun? What can I do to fight against the robots? What strategies work better for some and not for others? How do these robots even work? And at one point (the game is so dark I could hardly see), I was walking into what I think was a lake, seeing if I could swim. Suddenly, a burst of light and a screaming thing came out of the water. When I closed my eyes afterward to recover from the flashy jump scare, I thought I saw what looked like a woman-thing/idk. I still have no idea what it was. There were too many questions that the nice Irish girl in your character’s earpiece isn’t apparently going to answer.

The main character sounds like he needs a brain. The Irish girl friend talking to him over walkie talkie is like “Why didn’t you come with us? You’re probably out of food and supplies by now! You’ve just made things harder for yourself!” Apparently there was some sort of robo-apocalypse (I see a theme here Big Robot), and this guy just decided to stay behind and whimper with his tail tucked between his legs because “BiG RoBotS!” (instead of staying with the pack like he should have on their way to some safe place IDK LOLZ). He decides now is a good time to leave. Slow golf clap. Nice. I guess that’s a video game premise. Maybe there’s a plot, or a reason why he stayed, but I’m not even sure.

It looked cool. I wanted to like it. And I might’ve actually figured out the gameplay on my own if it weren’t for the horrible loading screens/times. It’s unreasonable Big Robot. SYABH didn’t have that. I know they’re not the same. But FIX IT. I want to like this game. Until then, I can’t recommend this game. Sorry. I’m afraid not even The Light can Keep Us Safe from those awful game-crashing loading screens.

The Light Keeps Us Safe ——————————— I got a NEW COMPUTER. It seems to work. It was probably my problem. Read my review if you want, you might want to keep it in mind. I think my opinion has changed since writing this. ——————————— I hate to give this review. I really do. And honestly, if it weren’t for ONE GLARING PROBLEM... I wouldn’t review it yet because I’ve just begun the game. But this doesn’t stop me from writing a review, because the major issue I have comes from something you can observe from the very beginning of the game. And that’s what stopped me from getting any further it, because it was so bad I couldn’t keep trying to play it. I also have a couple problems with the gameplay and instruction decisions. So let’s begin. This game looked really good. Sir, You Are Being Hunted was great, and I thought this game would be just as good, since it’s made by Big Robot as well. I eagerly awaited it to come out of early access. And when it did, I snatched it up. But I’m afraid this game has some major issues. Really just one major issue honestly. I’ll explain. So the game begins, and I start playing, it’s a little laggy, and I definitely don’t have a gaming laptop, but I didn’t think that would stop me. Later I even tried to play it on a gaming PC, a really good one too. Didn’t solve my problem. In fact, it might’ve been worse. Anyways, I was getting things figured out, I met the first enemy type, and I left to go out into the auto-generated world. That’s when it hit. The Loading Screen. It takes. So long. I haven’t timed it, but it takes too long to be reasonable for any game. It takes so long, that when I tried it on the Gaming PC it had actually crashed and I was just sitting there waiting, reading something for 10 minutes before I realized. YEAH. I’m not even joking. And it shows all that it’s doing while it’s loading, you know, typing out everything that’s being loaded and turned on and launched, etc. So when it finally loads, it’s pretty cool. But that Loading Screen. It was bad. On top of that, while on the laptop it loaded the world, the gaming PC didn’t. In the world, the function of the flashlight gun and the scavenging has already been explained a little. But the enemy towers, or probably anything else I might’ve met, hasn’t been explained how the function. And I can’t tell what they do. Neither has the stealth really been explained other than that the light is safe. But how safe? Am I invisible immediately? Can I still be harmed there? Can they see me? Or do they just avoid the light? And does the darkness make me stand out? Or can they not see me there either? Everywhere is dark, with only a little light. I was intrigued by the stealth mechanic of light and dark being reversed, but I’m not even sure that is how it works. They just sort of throw you into the open world, like in SYABH but at least I had a butler telling me everything I needed to know, and this game has very unusual gameplay mechanics. Where do I find upgrades for my flashlight gun? What can I do to fight against the robots? What strategies work better for some and not for others? How do these robots even work? And at one point (the game is so dark I could hardly see), I was walking into what I think was a lake, seeing if I could swim. Suddenly, a burst of light and a screaming thing came out of the water. When I closed my eyes afterward to recover from the flashy jump scare, I thought I saw what looked like a woman-thing/idk. I still have no idea what it was. There were too many questions that the nice Irish girl in your character’s earpiece isn’t apparently going to answer. The main character sounds like he needs a brain. The Irish girl friend talking to him over walkie talkie is like “Why didn’t you come with us? You’re probably out of food and supplies by now! You’ve just made things harder for yourself!” Apparently there was some sort of robo-apocalypse (I see a theme here Big Robot), and this guy just decided to stay behind and whimper with his tail tucked between his legs because “BiG RoBotS!” (instead of staying with the pack like he should have on their way to some safe place IDK LOLZ). He decides now is a good time to leave. Slow golf clap. Nice. I guess that’s a video game premise. Maybe there’s a plot, or a reason why he stayed, but I’m not even sure. It looked cool. I wanted to like it. And I might’ve actually figured out the gameplay on my own if it weren’t for the horrible loading screens/times. It’s unreasonable Big Robot. SYABH didn’t have that. I know they’re not the same. But FIX IT. I want to like this game. Until then, I can’t recommend this game. Sorry. I’m afraid not even The Light can Keep Us Safe from those awful game-crashing loading screens.