Orc Raid Reviews

Fun game, a step up from their previous game

Its a walmart version of "Orcs Must Die!"

solid fun for an evening. basic, but effective gameplay and interesting weapons to learn

[h2]3h Update[/h2] After playing this game and beating the campaign I encountered many bugs. Sometimes the orcs spawn underground or up in the sky and you have to find them - however the orcs can still hit you (somehow). The most concerning thing is that on survival once you kill 1000 orcs the game starts to lag and drop to 1fps. This is quite disturbing because I have quite good computer. [h2]Original review[/h2] This is a hard decision to make because the price is fair for what the game has to offer. However, it is a very basic game with some annoying bugs. For example the pause menu doesn't work and you need to press alt+f4. Overall, you get what you paid but I recommend getting it on sale.

Orc Raid is a shoot everything that moves first person shooter. Similar to games like doom where you have to keep moving, picking up weapons, while an angry mob chases you and you constantly blow them apart to bits. The game contains two game modes, campaign with 9 chapters[haven't finished it yet] and survival mode with 1 map and 2 coming soon. The game delivers on it's promise, blowing tons of enemies is entertaining. With this, it is easily worth the 5 dollars (3.5 at the moment) However, since the game has just launched, you can EASILY spot bugs and issues here and there. But that's to be expected of a game handling tons of enemies and their respective bodyparts flying around. I have seen the game being updated, so before I list the rough parts of the game, I'll wait a bit more before writing my full review... but yeah, if you like mindless action, buy it. TO BE CONTINUED....

Enjoyed the game, but, on one map mobs spawned suck in the air or in the ground, (the map with the tower) also I could not load final map at all. could have been broken by a windows 10 update, but seems more like game bugs.

The game is pretty fun. My only concern is that while I do meet the minimum requirements, the game ran pretty slow to me. Ok I have a potato pc. But I do think that the minimum requirements of the game should be increased. I also played the game in my brother's hi-end pc and it ran like a charm and looks beautiful. So, I think that either the minimum requirements of the game should be increased or the low graphics setting of the main menu needs to lower the graphics even more. Besides that I think that the ice orcs achievement activated at the wrong time. Those are all the negatives I have found and hope this will be fixed because I want to play smoothly on my wooden potato powered pc that is in my room. Other than that, the game is entertaining, it plays like unreal tournament/doom where you are constantly on edge with enemies coming from every direction and the content seem fair for the price. Read on the forums that the devs plan to add more stuff so, that's welcome. Finally, I don't recommend this to you if you aren't a skilled first person player, this isn't a casual game, it is actually challenging to some degree.

......................WHAT THE UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH Well any way this game is a pretty glitchy game first off I will talk about the graphics the style to me looks like a cartoon which I think is pretty good for the game as well as the Cran berry that comes out of orks or you know Blood but yes orks just get ripped apart sometimes by A BOW AND ARROW so lets talk about weapons the weapons are pretty good for this game not gonna lie because the weapons you get a sword and also you get shield to protect yourself from enemies you get a bomb and like elementle staffs I guess Idk But yep ork raid is I guess kinda a good game for that gameplay but now its all about the glitches BOSSES sometimes dont spawn and enemies spawn above you I remember one level I spent around 15 minutes on looking for the orks because they were above me some of them did not spawn also I want to talk about the story its actually a cool concept but its pretty boring because theres build up for the end and the end boss is like GLITCHED I managed to beat the game and was not really happy about you know the glitch WHICH I WANT THERE TO BE THE SIDE I like this and hate it

Endless Orc genocide fun with no Orc UN to intervene and sanction you. Few bugs, you cant do anything in the main menu when in campaign for some reason, not even exit. When in survive mode if there are at one point too many orcs spawned, you may suffer a frame rate drop. And the last one was Orcs trapped in the sky in Chapter Three, where you then have to be a little creative to kill them and be able to progress to the next level. But even with all this mentioned, the game is actually quite fun and a great pass time, worth the price it costs.

[h1]Overview:[/h1] '[i]Orc Raid[/i]' is a first person wave/survival game where you fend off an onslaught of orcs with various types of weapons including bombs, arrows, staffs and let's not forget your ([i][b]very[/b][/i] trusty sword. '[i]Orc Raid[/i]' throws you into the shoes of an unnamed hero set off to save not just the kingdom but all of humanity from a seemingly endless horde of merciless orcs. You essentially fight through a 9 chapter campaign killing orcs until the game decides that you've killed enough and sends you to the next chapter. There [i]are[/i] other chapters labelled as "DLC" but they haven't been released and seeing as how this game came out almost 2 years ago with no updates suggesting their completion, I'm confident when I say they probably aren't going to come out anymore. The story itself is obviously not the best but I do give the game credit for actually having one that at least makes sense. Many games of this fashion tend to not have a coherent story or plot that makes sense so at least '[i]Orc Raid[/i]' has that going for it. Aside from that, the game doesn't have much if anything to offer. Spelling and grammar are also not the best making the story telling rather funny but also feels a bit overly dramatic at the same time. Apart from that, '[i]Orc Raid[/i]' is not the [i]worst[/i] game I've played but it's definitely up there because of just how sluggish and unstable it is to play. [h1]Gameplay:[/h1] To begin, the game plays extremely slippery. You're quick on your feet and can cover the rather large map in record time, but so can your enemies. The objective is to essentially run around picking up weapons you feel are best suited for fighting the enemies that will stop at nothing to kill you. There are arrows and staffs that can kill a single enemy from range and bombs that can be lobbed for crowd control. There are also swords and blades infused with elements that you can also use to further up your arsenal but if I have to be honest, I don't see the purpose of them as all none of the elements really have diverse affects on foes. It only makes sense to use the sword you're already given since it kills everything in one hit making pretty much every other weapon obsolete except ranged weapons. This is due to a bug in the second level where the enemies are suspended in mid-air and can only be killed with projectiles. The issue with this is that while they're stuck in the air, most of them aren't able to move or attack the player so you end up having to run around looking for them. I honestly thought I was stuck in limbo til I realized I just needed to kill enough orcs to progress the story so thankfully although the game appears broken, you'll still be able to move forward, just have a bit of patience. Another gripe I have with this game is the unstable hitboxes and registry. At one point in the game you'll befriend knight who fights alongside you in your battle to save humanity although he's not very strong. Enemies coup up around him faster than he can execute them and if he manages to rile up enough orcs in one area, they will be impossible to engage up close as they will decimate you in less than a second as there is no post hit invincibility. This can obviously be countered with any ranged weapon but the fact remains that you shouldn't die so abruptly from being close to enemies that aren't even attacking you. It just puts an unexpected (and frankly unfair) end to a mission that actually takes quite a bit of time to beat. The game also offers a survival mode which is exactly that: survive for as long as you can. The thing is, the main game already behaves like a survival game. The only difference is that after killing a certain number of orcs, the chapter ends following a cutscene and the cycle repeats 8 more times. But the gameplay is literally the same. There was almost no reason to have a survival mode had it not been for the achievement of killing a staggering 7777 orcs. Overall, it isn't completely terrible but the controls and feel of the game is sluggish, slippery and you'll honestly feel like you're fighting on ice the entire time. [h1]Controls:[/h1] As already mentioned, everything feels slippery and fast. It's like the entire map is made of ice. Moving faintly in any direction covers a generous amount of ground and slight taps of the keyboard can send your character careening off a platform. I'm guessing the mentality was that the game would be fun with fast and agile controls but it just doesn't feel good cause you have little to no control over your own character. [h1]Graphics:[/h1] Many players aren't fond of graphics that resemble a game for younger audiences and when I first saw this game I honestly thought it was a game for kids. That was until I discovered that there actually [i]IS[/i] blood and enemies can even become dismembered and gib making a rather gruesome mess on the floor. I personally don't mind and actually quite adore these types of visuals as they're easy on the eyes, bright, colorful and compliments the whole fantasy theme. [h1]Audio:[/h1] Oh boy, the developers sure dropped the bomb with this one. The first thing I noticed, was that increasing the volume for music not only makes it louder, but it butchers the quality of it as well. As if the game had a built in speaker that couldn't handle the games music being so loud. Sound effects alone are lacking and can probably be counted on both hands. Nothing special here aside from the quite peculiar ear raping volume setting for the music. The sound doesn't have the same problem, so why just the music? [h1]Conclusion/TL;DR:[/h1] '[i]Orc Raid[/i]' is a first person wave based survival game with fast, slippery controls and a range of obsolete weapons pertaining to the main one. With little variety in gameplay along with awkward physics and movement, '[i]Orc Raid[/i]' isn't a great game to play if you're wishing to scratch that wave based survival itch.