Recent reviews by KahMehKahZeh

Game is just so, limited I know its a demo but its called mall manager not store manager, I read about the homeless person and I thought that would be better than the clown, I wouldn't let yourself get pushed around by some whiny over sensitive people whining about diversity in an incomplete demo.

I was able to overprice items to pretty much unlock everything, but I wanted to clear a table for computers but sadly you cant remove or UNDERprice items to be sold, I feel like I completed the entire store in such a short time, and had so much unused space, this more seemed like a shop simulator, if I was managing a mall I would think I would vet and choose who moves into vacant spaces, hire fire paul blarts to deter violence and theivery, overall if my goal is to run 5 stores and not the mall itself it seems to need a different name, like overworking simulator, or I will never see my family again workaholic simulator, running every shop in the mall.

it wasnt too bad on functioning, just looks like a bone structure and not anything I could see myself being invested in, need more events and things going on, ability to have sales get discounts on products, tons more products, in short I do not see how this can be released this year.

I will look for updates and see what else happens. as I am still curious on its evolution, I wouldn't mind a snowflake option to turn on and off to switch between homeless and clowns,

Real final edit: I completed the demo and it did not feel liminal, it was far too guided after the pools and simple puzzle on level 2, when I reached the back rooms part I was hoping I would get more of a feel for it, but then I was handed the path to go the entire way which didnt feel like a liminal space, I literally walked through all the remaining levels in minutes, I have to say that the hole puzzle was interesting and a nice touch to the exit sign. overall this was far to small to feel like liminal spaces ive seen and all 1 way and short small maps , the backrooms was the largest but you were guided all the way through, I will try this again and change my review if it gets expanded on GREATLY. All in all I was not impressed. I will keep looking into this if it updates.

Final Edit: was talking with Dev on his discord to make a ticket and troubleshoot, and I kept running into more issues and he indicated that now I am just looking for bugs, which I hit respawn on level 2 to rehear what I was supposed to do, which broke the game again, I wasnt looking for them but wether I am or not bugs are bugs if I did it someone else down the line may do it and it should be fixed, This game for a liminal space is not intuitive at all, and I kept getting lost or breaking things. so maybe in a few months I will try it again but right now it is unplayable for me because every time I have to restart the game I have to start from level 1 and go through the unskippable cutscenes again and again. I hope this game works out for you but it is currently unplayable for me.

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Tried to play the demo and every time I died it disabled my crouch, so I got stuck then when I died and it respawned me, the level to flip the world was already pulled so I couldn't pull it again, thus I had to restart the game from the start, with that long unskippable cut-scene, the settings don't set from the main menu because they don't save and has you on really low settings and makes the game look horrid, the only settings that make the game look decent is Cinematic, and you have to set that after the game starts, which I had to do 4 times since I kept restarting when dying, this demo isn't even finished, as well as I noticed it seems all of the current reviews are from people on the devs friends list or friends of friends, So this was pretty much unplayable to the point I didn't even make a recording of it.

Edit: I keep trying it seems hit or miss on the switch if you die sometimes I got it to work sometimes I didn't, I did get the settings to save finally, but I still lose my ability to crouch after I hit the switch, which I originally thought was from dying.

since it disables the crouch I can't get past the slide part because your too tall to walk there and you can't jump around it.

the stamina is abyssmal, and I tried to see if I could power through it,k but it just isn't happening.

The only real irritation I have is the fake positive reviews. let real people review.

Edit 2: so was told by dev I was going a way I shouldnt have been able to, and made it to the next area, Still making the attempt to try to see if it gets better

Edit 3: I keep running into game breaking bugs that make me have to restart the game, with unskippable intro to each level and having to go through the pools over and over to get just to the second stage, and if I have to do this all the way through 5 levels I really can't do that.

I will wait for updates and may come back to this in the future

Though I didn't finish the DEMO on my recording I did enjoy this game very much and am excited to see its release! It gave me such a Bioshock vibe that I was really excited to keep going, Only downsides.

- No Rusty Cactus
- Enemy spawns in "fight rooms" were slow and poorly paced
- I did not get a cat to pet

Everything else was positives! I enjoyed it a lot!

Might as well link the gameplay if anyone is interested, I did not FINISH the Demo so there is more to explore! go play the demo!
https://youtu.be/RPGfFVzdkJw

The fact that the achievements hide the fact there is far more to find in this game made it absolutely a blast to replay I usually never go searching but I know I haven't even found half of the things, no spoilers but there are 2 endings in this game (that I found), good-luck, there may even be more for all I know I am going to dive back into MEATCRAFT again and go looking.

The Dev does not like bad reviews, so I want to make sure everyone can see the gameplay, so I decided to add my recording here.
https://youtu.be/mPXV67Akr6k

This isn't a game, nor an experience, this is a bad jumpscares slow walking and nonsensical story, I wont ruin for those who do want to play, but this has been by far one of the worst games I have played recently. I felt like all it was was a point and click adventure, you buy $20 hotdogs to satiate yourself.

I requested a refund because the ending just made me completely unsure of what was going on.

Edit: it also appears he has the same people write GREAT reviews for his other games as well, this makes me think that the dev doesn't even believe he made anything good.

The Camera system in the game has no purpose at all its just there to add time making you "earn money", and limits you for a non existent promotion, like the dev was going to do more with the game, but then gave up. food system and pill system are just as pointless...

I have learned valuable life lessons from this game... it opened my eyes to what the backrooms really is... and what it does to your mind...

I'm more richer

Badly made Tutorials, and ABANDONED

DO NOT BUY

Instead of making something new, and updated graphics and functionality wise, they release a release that looks like its 15 years old port with broken servers, rarity based advantages gained from an EXPENSIVE GACHA CASH SHOP.

At the time the reviews 20% positive, showing that all Bandai was aiming was quick port for quick money, I doubt the servers for this game will get much better, and as long as they make a buck, they will BARELY keep this game running.

The recent economic choice by Gaijin, is an equivalent to bud lights recent choice