frogbound 最近的评测

Whole studio has been laid off. Another great concept gone to waste. The dream of a proper living and breathing MMORPG world lives on but the realization of that dream is gone.
Maybe I'll live to see the StarTrek Holoroom, the Sword Art Onlines, the Log Horizon, etc. come to life in my lifetime but probably not.

Server issues aside, this is a really good game. If you like to play by yourself play offline and enjoy the game to it's fullest.
Visually pleasing game, combat feels visceral and fluid, campaign can be a bit easy but that isn't that big of an issue.
Being able to look up things via the in game help library is a big plus in my book.
I'd say this game is a nobrainer to get.
Maybe wait another week or two if you really can't be bothered to wait for a while when transitioning zones while playing online.
8/10 goog game

Currently the best game on steam.

/edit: 11/25/25 - Still is.

My time in Hogwarts Legacy was spent mostly away from school dodging classes.
I did however enjoy my brief time there.
I enjoyed the overarching story and I really enjoyed all the side activities and quests.
The one thing that I would complain about is the overall performance of the game and the fact that there were 95 Merlin trials for me to solve. That bit was a bit tedious. Everything else was awesome.

The choice of House seems to matter in a couple regards. So far however I have only seen one major difference between the houses. But I did not get too far on the other 3 characters.
It took me about 60 hours to complete the game on my main character - the baddest Witch in Ravenclaw - Haruhi Kurosawa. And that time includes all of the Sidequests, collectibles, and challenges.
The latter 30 hours were spent idling or playing the other characters.

I'd say it is well worth a try.

This game is possibly the best game I have ever bought.

Understand that I only played an hour of the game before I refunded it but I still wanted to give some feedback.

The game looks beautiful, it sounds beautiful and walking around feels good.

But that's about where it stops for me.

You can't craft tools, instead you use some sort of psychic ability that you just have as a baseline thing. No need to upgrade or train it, you can just do everything. Mine Crystals, pick up Clay, skin / harvest animals, etc. all in one ability.

You can craft a spear to kill said animals but the boar that I encountered died in one hit.

The tutorial missions are okay but having to wait for 30 minutes until it gets night and you can sleep to progress was kind of boring. I ran around the area and picked up random stuff. My inventory filled fairly quickly and I started building everything I had access to. Sadly none of it was even remotely exciting to build.
The rabbit trap was placed near a location where I spotted a rabbit but nothing was caught after I woke up from sleeping so not too sure how it works.

And that is the segment into "Not sure how it works".
For some reason I got affected by a pathogen. It slowly drained my HP.
There are no hints or anything that explain how to deal with this pathogen.
I don't even know where I got it from. Did I drink stagnant water? Did I catch it from running around in the rain?
No idea but hey now I am sick and need to find a cure. Sadly nothing in the UI/Inventory gave any hints as to how.
So I explored more while being on the hunt for the tutorial quest "Find ruins and meditate".

The two hexagonal indicators sent me to anywhere but the ruins so I am now running around the island completely lost. Couldn't remember the way back to my original camp. I was still sick with this pathogen, no idea what I am doing when I suddenly encountered a snake and got bit.
Now I was also poisoned. So my health is going down even faster.
I decided with my full inventory that I should maybe just build a second shelter, fire, etc.
So I did, I also thought: Hey let me at least look at some cooking recipes before I died. So I built the cook pot and lo and behold there it is.
Things to cook to fight off the pathogen and the poison.

So I went and started getting the stuff to survive. It was a nail biter but I somehow managed to not die.

Great! Now to find the ruins.
I wandered the island aimlessly until I stumpled upon a golden glowing sphere which seemed to be the correct spot.
I sat down and meditated and it was explained to me that once a day one of those spheres near ruins glows golden and teaches you a new recipe.

While meditating it dawned on me that this game is not for me so I hit alt + f4 and refunded it.

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For those that need a tl;dr:

Pros:

+ game looks beautiful
+ animals are cute
+ the guided meditation I stumbled upon was fun to follow along irl

Cons:

- navigating is confusing as there is no map nor quest indicators
- You have to figure everything out yourself or look up a guide if you want to find antidotes and cures
- cooking recipes give you buffs but don't say for how long and there are no UI indicators at all
- meditating is mandatory to keep your character sane but it's annoying to constantly have to meditate
- the crafting UI is horrible as you can't even see what item exactly you need to craft something. Going by icons only isn't it.
- Game gives no hints about anything besides the couple of words of the tutorial quest in the top left corner.

I actually clicked the cookie.

I picked this game up for about 50% off.
I didn't expect much but despite all the issues I have encountered, I can barely put it down

I spent a full weekend playing through the single player stuff and then ventured on to build my own track and then I spent a couple hours driving against other players online.
Here is my opinion:


The Gameplay is what keeps me coming back. It's simple yet effective and you can really push yourself to do better each lap. Finding the lines and shortcuts is fun. Using the boost similar to Rocket League to cut down your time gives you a lot of options to get ahead on maps without many checkpoints.
The gravity might seem a bit low but if you remember how often your Hot Wheels would jump out of your track as a kid you know they are staying true to the Hot Wheels feeling.

Visually the game looks great, it runs smooth and the visuals stay true to what Hot Wheels is all about in your living room.

The difficulty - I played on medium - starts out fairly easy to beat but the more you progress through the city, the harder it actually gets to beat them. Sometimes you can be miles ahead for the first two laps, but one mistake on the third lap can cost you the race. It will feel rubberbandy to some, but I liked that little extra challenge. You certainly do not have to be driving perfect racing lines, hit the perfect drifts or never crash to win races but the Time Trial Challenges will ask you for almost near perfection unless you find shortcuts later on.

Earning gears to repair and currency to buy more boxes to unlock cars is rewarded for everything you do except split screen multiplayer.
Car variance is decent and you can feel differences for every car you choose. A heavy bus is easier to flip than a sleek small race car with more traction.




Multiplayer:

There is only match making, no custom open lobbies.
Although your friends can invite their friends and their friends can invite their friends and so on, playing with friends is the ONLY way to choose the tracks you want to play.
The other option is voting, which always shows three default tracks and two community tracks to choose from. The option with the highest votes wins.
The community maps shown are completely random and some of them are really good, but most of them are troll maps. Think of Mario Maker and the ridiculous stages people built over there.

Many lobbies have a hand full of AFK farmers in there because everyone gets rewarded coins at the end of the track. That means if you actively race, you will never be last but there also isn't much of an incentive to push for first - except maybe bragging rights.


Now my biggest gripe is with the
TRACK BUILDER:

The controls are horrible and very finicky.
It's a lot of work to get pieces just the way you want them to and if you mess up you can completely lock yourself out of editing or continuing to build a track.
There are no auto saves and a game crashed caused me to lose almost 2 hours of work on my track.
Another track I worked half an hour on got somehow messed up and I was not allowed to edit any parts of the track anymore so I had to abandon the project and start over.

Not being able to choose to host an open lobby really hurts showing off your own tracks to everyone.

BUT finishing your track you worked for a while on feels really rewarding when it works. SO that's a plus.
The Validation is horrible though. While you can test your track with all cars you own, the validation has to be done with the clunkiest, biggest and slowest Bob the Builder looking tractor car. That car rolls over more often than a wheel rolling down a hill and it is an absolute pain to finish any decently sized track with it.




GOOD GAME but it needs some patches to become an absolute BANGER!

I only played 15 hours so far and only solo.
Will be dabbling with a coordinated group soon.

My take on this game:

I am having a blast.
I still have so much to learn but it is more complex than I thought when I first started out.
I learned how to play VS certain characters by picking them a couple times and I have no issue with only having 62 FPS.

Yes I tried unlocking them, but it wrecks the engine or whatever and makes it almost completely unplayable.

Now, why do I enjoy this game?

It is tactical, stealth is fun and can be used to gain an advantage.
While people think it is not necessary to stealth, I believe giving away your location is a very bad idea in coordinated group match ups.

Okay. I don't usually write reviews so bear with me here.

Characters:

Robin:

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ bad ass! A bit slow less AGILE as promoted but ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hell does he pack a punch on range. Get the high ground and train your aim, it's gonna be worth it! Let's goooooo!

John:

Kinda slow, very BIG, very easy target but ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ does he pack a punch - especially if your enemy has no idea what blocking/dodging is. With the right perks against the wrong perks almost guaranteed to oneshot your ass. Very fun to play, although you might need a bit of practice or else Marianne's will eat you for breakfast.

Marianne:

OH BOI! Tasty tasty assassinations. By far my most played character. The sound when her bolts hit a head is *chefs kiss* the BEST. So satisfying. He assassinations are quick and effective, easily dismantling the Sheriff's underlings. You CANNOT execute sprinting people - gives you a lot of headaches when you first start out. Just give up and let them run or stalk them and pounce once you get the chance. EASILY one of the best close quarters fighter. Her bolts slap, good range on the dodge and if you hit your shots you can go 1vX without caring about ammo. Love her.

Tooke:

Has a lot of potential, still practicing the guy. Feels VERY strong and his ult is an AOE HEAL TO FULL for everyone. Best paired with a John or two in the middle of the fight so he can pop his ult an dheal everyone up. Range on his light attack is a bit high but that's good for Tooke players and his right click SLAPS. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Don't like his cosmetics too much tho.


Maps:

Love all the maps. A good mix of small and big maps to play around with. Gotta be a bit tactical on some maps, others you can literally zerg until it's over. There is a lot I haven't found and discovered yet so map knowledge might be very important once people know how to play their characters in the future.

Overall my experience was very good.
The time I put in did not feel wasted, I am constantly getting better and the better I get the more I enjoy myself.

Don't write this thing off. Remember it's only 30 bucks so give it a whirl.
Also if you want real opinions I'd skip over all these less than 2 hour played reviews. Those people have only scratched the surface and have no idea what they are talking about.

I honestly don't know how to express this but this game is one of the very few games that actually made me try and get all achievements.
Achievements are like little personal goals you can set for yourself in Risk of Rain 2.
After every run or unlock you check your Log Book to see what you want to do next.
Need a new Survivor to change up the playstyle?
Need a new Item to progress further into your runs?
Found a new stage, hidden portal, secret room?
This game has it all.
I am honestly mind blown that I bought an early access game and it just felt good.
Crisp controls, smooth performance and interesting survivors.
Can't wait for them to add more stuff. Every Update has been a blast with a crap ton of new stuff to discover.
Now that it has been officially released it might be my favorite game on steam.

Even after getting all achievements there are still things I haven't done - mainly progressing through the Eclipse game mode but that is something I will tackle next.

Also have I mentioned that this is the only game where it feels genuinely good when your teammates abandon a run with you? More items for yourself HECK YES ! MORE POWER!!!!! UNLIMITED POWER!

It's so much fun to challenge yourself to go as far as possible never knowing when you get wiped out.

10/10 Game!
10/10 Price Tag!
10/10 Experience!