Random Access Murder was recently released for Linux on Steam, it came as a featured game in the recent Humble Monthly Bundle and it's possible the single most annoying game I've ever played.
Important note: If you have Epilepsy or any other such condition, do not watch the video.
Before I get into it, let me state for the record I consider myself a massive FPS fan. I've played FPS games for as long as i can remember. It's nothing to do with the genre, at all. I also paid for the game myself in the Humble Monthly Bundle, so it was not sent by the developer.
Take a look at just how freaking annoying this thing is:
It obviously doesn't help shooting so close to myself, but even when that particular blinding weapon is let off half-way across the map the effects are still awful.
This was a featured game in the Humble Monthly Bundle. Not some kind of "made for the bundle" game. It's also not an Early Access game, which is surprising considering the lack of polish and overall lack of features it has. This is supposed to be a finished product worth enough money to be considered worthy by Humble.
Not only does it have almost no players for an online game, it doesn't even have any simplistic bots. The maps are full of unintended glitches (You can see at the start of the video I'm not even in the map!), the effects are incredibly over the top and will easily induce seizures in people and it's just not a fun experience.
At one point you seem me suddenly pop into another part of the map, even though there's no portal. Even the portal system is completely buggy.
Even though I don't suffer from any medical issues, the effects are constant, over the top and headache inducing. Not to mention the constant blinding flashes hurting my eyes.
Clicking to join a server gave me no feedback at all, it felt like the game had just crashed until it suddenly popped into a game. It also starts on the wrong monitor since I have two.
Massive shame really, as the entire idea is brilliant, but the execution however is completely pants. I don't know what to expect from a game usually sold for £1.99, but to mention this again, this was featured in a Humble Monthly Bundle.
I very rarely, if ever have to say this, but, don't get it. It seems the majority agree with me, going by Steam reviews as of right now only 28% are positive.
What were Humble thinking? I expect better from such a "curated" buy-in subscription service.
It was also "published" by Ludosity, the same developer who made Ittle Dew and Card City Nights, did they actually play any of it? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Important note: If you have Epilepsy or any other such condition, do not watch the video.
Before I get into it, let me state for the record I consider myself a massive FPS fan. I've played FPS games for as long as i can remember. It's nothing to do with the genre, at all. I also paid for the game myself in the Humble Monthly Bundle, so it was not sent by the developer.
Take a look at just how freaking annoying this thing is:
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This was a featured game in the Humble Monthly Bundle. Not some kind of "made for the bundle" game. It's also not an Early Access game, which is surprising considering the lack of polish and overall lack of features it has. This is supposed to be a finished product worth enough money to be considered worthy by Humble.
Not only does it have almost no players for an online game, it doesn't even have any simplistic bots. The maps are full of unintended glitches (You can see at the start of the video I'm not even in the map!), the effects are incredibly over the top and will easily induce seizures in people and it's just not a fun experience.
At one point you seem me suddenly pop into another part of the map, even though there's no portal. Even the portal system is completely buggy.
Even though I don't suffer from any medical issues, the effects are constant, over the top and headache inducing. Not to mention the constant blinding flashes hurting my eyes.
Clicking to join a server gave me no feedback at all, it felt like the game had just crashed until it suddenly popped into a game. It also starts on the wrong monitor since I have two.
Massive shame really, as the entire idea is brilliant, but the execution however is completely pants. I don't know what to expect from a game usually sold for £1.99, but to mention this again, this was featured in a Humble Monthly Bundle.
I very rarely, if ever have to say this, but, don't get it. It seems the majority agree with me, going by Steam reviews as of right now only 28% are positive.
What were Humble thinking? I expect better from such a "curated" buy-in subscription service.
It was also "published" by Ludosity, the same developer who made Ittle Dew and Card City Nights, did they actually play any of it? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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I hope they got some kinde of epilepsi warning on this game. Luckly Im not suffering from it. But my eyes burned everytime those screen flashes appered.
atleast they got the blue screen right :P. And I wonder if the game name is a reference to Daft Punk.
And dont hesitate in the future if you find more games you do not like for various reasons.
Linux is starting to get a big gaming libraray and Im thinking its only fair to be critital, not negativ only critical.
We are not making a riot for a witch hunt here.
We could probable do that when we are getting near 10% marketshare, like hate on blizzard so they bring games to linux or something like that lol. Im joking ofcourse :)
atleast they got the blue screen right :P. And I wonder if the game name is a reference to Daft Punk.
And dont hesitate in the future if you find more games you do not like for various reasons.
Linux is starting to get a big gaming libraray and Im thinking its only fair to be critital, not negativ only critical.
We are not making a riot for a witch hunt here.
We could probable do that when we are getting near 10% marketshare, like hate on blizzard so they bring games to linux or something like that lol. Im joking ofcourse :)
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I see where they thought they were going with this, yes, but yeah... it's really annoying. A shame.
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Wishlisted.
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Crazy Penguin Aug 6, 2016
Humble? Once a glorious Knight of Light fighting for DRM-Free Games and Linux-Support has turned to the Dark Side and has become a cheap Reseller for DRM-Infested Keys which gives a damn about quality. All in the name of Charity! So I'm not really surprised that they have picked that game.
Sorry, but Humble has become one of biggest disappointments over the last years :(
Well, the game has an interesting idea, but is a huge fail!
IMHO Vektor Wars does a lot better, but has no Multiplayer yet *sigh*
A TRON-Game in that Style would be nice :)
Sorry, but Humble has become one of biggest disappointments over the last years :(
Well, the game has an interesting idea, but is a huge fail!
IMHO Vektor Wars does a lot better, but has no Multiplayer yet *sigh*
A TRON-Game in that Style would be nice :)
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I still buy from Humble, but I have never bothered with their monthly pack. No guarantee of Linux games in the pack at all. I just pick and choose the weekly and indie bundle packs that have linux games that I want, and crank all the windows-only games down to 0 in the tip distributor.
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johndoe86x Aug 6, 2016
I... Kinda think this looks cool. Definitely pretty original!
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Schattenspiegel Aug 7, 2016
Is VR support planned? ,-)
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Kimyrielle Aug 7, 2016
Honestly? It looks like a 12 year old tried to explore game programming in the late 80s and thought it's ok to publish the results. Indie publishing brought us games like Stardew Valley and Prison Architect, and that's a good thing for sure, but for every indie pearl there are 10 other games made by untalented hacks without any design talent whatsoever that makes us wish back for the times when games got quality filtered by professional publishers. Like...this one. Whoever made this joke of a game should put their "talents" to better use. I dunno what. Really anything but making games. Don't worry Liam, it's perfectly ok to call out rubbish games like this one as what they are - rubbish that never should have been published.
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This looks pretty fun. Yeah, epilepsy warning is in order but I disagree with the implication it's some sort of unplayable gaming abortion.
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Honestly? It looks like a 12 year old tried to explore game programming in the late 80s and thought it's ok to publish the results. Indie publishing brought us games like Stardew Valley and Prison Architect, and that's a good thing for sure, but for every indie pearl there are 10 other games made by untalented hacks without any design talent whatsoever that makes us wish back for the times when games got quality filtered by professional publishers. Like...this one. Whoever made this joke of a game should put their "talents" to better use. I dunno what. Really anything but making games. Don't worry Liam, it's perfectly ok to call out rubbish games like this one as what they are - rubbish that never should have been published.
Why is it such a problem? You can, just, you know, not play the games you don't like, as it's always been? And don't talk like back in the "good old games" lot of garbage trash didn't get published, because it definitely did. The apparent entitlement to be OFFENDED about every unfinished game that gets released baffles me.
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This isnt about entitlement, this is as usual my personal thoughts on a finished game.
Anyone who thinks otherwise, honestly, go buy it and tell me i'm wrong. I dare you.
Anyone who thinks otherwise, honestly, go buy it and tell me i'm wrong. I dare you.
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This isnt about entitlement, this is as usual my personal thoughts on a finished game.
Anyone who thinks otherwise, honestly, go buy it and tell me i'm wrong. I dare you.
It's okay to dislike games and I am not really arguing against your point, it was more of the notion of "...but for every indie pearl there are 10 other games made by untalented hacks..." in the post I quoted.
Lot of dubious games make it out these games, but I don't understand how's it an issue - you can always just not play them. As for Humble Monthly including it, it's fine to complain to the Humble Store about their selection, but personally I find the choice of buying completely random games willingly somewhat dubious on it's own. I feel like "beggars cannot be choosers" KIND OF applies because, even though you are technically paying for the game, it was your conscious choice to be faced with games you wouldn't have bought otherwise as you presumably already have these.
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This is a real interesting discussion, Teal. On one hand I do understand your point of view. It's just to not purchase them. Except, it's not "just" that. They are noise also for those who don't buy them.
Let me draw a very relevant comparison with the music industry. Back in the days, the available music for you were in essence decided by a quite few large distributors/labels and their sub labels, and then again it was curated by the manager of your record store. So a LOT of filtering were done before it came to your decision to purchase or not.
In the mean time it's not an exaggeration to say there's been a revolution in this industry. There's never ever been released as much music as today. The marketplace is completely, utterly flooded. Not with quality, but junk. The ratio of good shit vs junk is off the charts.
Problem now, is to wade through all this garbage in search for something worth picking up. It's a shit job. No fun at all.
The gaming marketplace is not there, not yet. But we don't want to get there either. We really don't.
Let me draw a very relevant comparison with the music industry. Back in the days, the available music for you were in essence decided by a quite few large distributors/labels and their sub labels, and then again it was curated by the manager of your record store. So a LOT of filtering were done before it came to your decision to purchase or not.
In the mean time it's not an exaggeration to say there's been a revolution in this industry. There's never ever been released as much music as today. The marketplace is completely, utterly flooded. Not with quality, but junk. The ratio of good shit vs junk is off the charts.
Problem now, is to wade through all this garbage in search for something worth picking up. It's a shit job. No fun at all.
The gaming marketplace is not there, not yet. But we don't want to get there either. We really don't.
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So a LOT of filtering were done before it came to your decision to purchase or not.I wonder how Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus were able to pass the filtering :D *scnr*
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This is a real interesting discussion, Teal. On one hand I do understand your point of view. It's just to not purchase them. Except, it's not "just" that. They are noise also for those who don't buy them.
Let me draw a very relevant comparison with the music industry. Back in the days, the available music for you were in essence decided by a quite few large distributors/labels and their sub labels, and then again it was curated by the manager of your record store. So a LOT of filtering were done before it came to your decision to purchase or not.
In the mean time it's not an exaggeration to say there's been a revolution in this industry. There's never ever been released as much music as today. The marketplace is completely, utterly flooded. Not with quality, but junk. The ratio of good shit vs junk is off the charts.
Problem now, is to wade through all this garbage in search for something worth picking up. It's a shit job. No fun at all.
The gaming marketplace is not there, not yet. But we don't want to get there either. We really don't.
I never felt like I ever missed a genuinely good game because there's too much "noise" of the bad ones. Good games don't need to be paraded on spotlight on Steam or HiB, people talk about them because they are good!
Similarly with music - good content wins it's way through by being received positively - listen to communities which deal with music, listen to your friends. In both cases, it's a good conversation topic.
I don't feel the need to have only the best choice media served to me on a silver platter, I can make my own opinion and look for them, damnit.
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At first I thought that those glitches and on-screen corruption were part on the video footage, then my PC crashed... Frickin' nVidia drivers (sorry for the rant, and closed source isn't an option, this is a live stick).
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Teal, part of the point of this and all articles where I give an opinion on a game is to help people form an opinion, if you disagree, fine, but many others want to know if an interesting looking game just isn't worth it.
How are you going to form an opinion on something without buying and playing it? Money is limited for most people, so many people like knowing what not to spend money on.
Not only that, but we have how many games on Steam now ~2,384? People deserve to know what they may want to steer away from to spend their money on better presented games.
Edit: spelling errors and additions
Last edited by Liam Dawe on 7 August 2016 at 4:06 pm UTC
How are you going to form an opinion on something without buying and playing it? Money is limited for most people, so many people like knowing what not to spend money on.
Not only that, but we have how many games on Steam now ~2,384? People deserve to know what they may want to steer away from to spend their money on better presented games.
Edit: spelling errors and additions
Last edited by Liam Dawe on 7 August 2016 at 4:06 pm UTC
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