The Falconeer Reviews

need fix bug

is gud

difficult, but i like it. the dogfighting is fun.

Isn't much but the worldbuilding is stunning.

It only took a few minutes of me trying to navigate controls that only seemed to work when they wanted to while I crashed into things and couldn't figure out what to do to decide this was not a fun game. I've never left a review like this on a game only minutes in and usually I'd be biased because I LOVE birds, but no. Just no.

If you like the idea of being a small part of a larger whole - this is it. Especially if you like airships/steampunk.

I really am enjoying the Falconeer. It is a beautiful and contemplative (kinda open world) dragon/bird riding combat game. This game is relaxing and arcadey at the same time. Currently playing through a second time for "secret" reasons. A previous review mentioned upgrades not doing much, but I have to say cracking out a pterydactyl to pull more Gs or bump health regen is very noticable to me. The badass guns feel more impactful. I mentioned that I'm hooked on this game to my therapist and they told me Benthic Blue wasn't real. Sad face.

Can I recommend this game? No(?) This game appears to embrace that which makes the best games great, 'easy to learn, hard to master.' There's clearly a well developed, well designed, well planned game here. As a matter of fact I would say that about 94.7% of the game is an easy slam dunk. No questions asked. The issue is the learning. It's... not great. I spent a good 20 to 40 minutes trying to figure out how to land. I actually deleted my save data and restarted (that wasn't a huge deal, I was barely into the game) thinking that I had missed something in the tutorial. Oh, My, Gosh, this was rough. Yes, I felt like an idiot for missing the big text on top, but that didn't appear until I had button mashed my way into 'success' a few times. Oh, and the fishing. I still don't know how to catch fish, and I passed the quest for it! That's...bad. Really bad. I get that nobody wants to have their 'hand held' for everything, but that's what optional tutorials are for! Hand holding! I shouldn't pass a quest by sheer dumb luck! Barring that, I should probably know how the mechanic works, even if it is hard/complex/whatever! The worst part about this is that the game dev understood that this game was complex, was hard, and included a walkthrough...that didn't include a detailed method for fishing/landing. While one of those was a small mechanic that will decided your fate in life and death situations, the other is a frustrating slog the longer you struggle through it; though if you figure it out you will use it for the rest of the game. But is the game bad? No. Not at all. If you can struggle through the first few hours while you figure out the basics of what you're doing (taking the game to 'hard to learn, hard to master') then you'll have a blast. Seriously. It'll be a lot of fun for you. And if you do buy it, play it, and enjoy it, please feel free to stop by and tell me how the hell you catch fish. I still can't figure that one out.

Controls are honestly not great. I read here on the store page that it was designed as a "flight stick game". I dont have one of those, just a controller. I does support controller but its honestly pretty meh controls on it. I especially HATE how roll is the same button as dash so when you simply want to go fast and your bird rolls in to a cliff, its not exactly your fault especially as this game seems to expect a deadzone on your joysticks which obviously doesnt exist on hall effect joysticks. In my 30 minutes of playing, this happened over 20 times and when it happened the last time, i gave up and uninstalled the game and requested a refund. Artstyle also is a bit janky especially when it comes to character models and doesn't really vibe well with the rest of the game, and what its trying to do. Voice acting was honestly pretty meh all around as well, almost sounds like an AI voice sometimes. Maybe im just not in the mood for a game like this at the moment, but honestly my first impressions weren't great.