Monstrum Reviews

Top-notch.

don't forget your fire extinguisher

I bought this game just to say. It's Granny.

*Cries indefinitely at super spooky ragey game* 4/10 - Addictive to watch, but playing leaves soggy undies

Props to this game for making 100%ing it a reasonable experience. Overall, this game is worth the 3.59 I spent on it, but not much more. [spoiler]After you get past the starting fear, you kinda realize that walking holds no purpose. You can just run around. The enemy can hear you, but its not that acute. If they notice you, you can outrun them. You can follow this simple two step plan repeatedly: 1) Loot until the monster finds you/ gets near you 2) Run across the map from them even if they aren't aggrod. 2/3 monsters have to directly follow you across the map, so doing so buys you time. [/spoiler] Which basically makes the game boil down to a looting experience. You're just looking for a set of key items to use one of the three main escape paths. Sometimes you can search what feels like every nook and not find what you need if you're going for a specific escape, so honestly, don't be afraid to restart. [spoiler] I dislike how hiding is punished far more than running. I dislike how the throwing objects are basically useless. The noisemakers do what they do but better. They don't exactly tell you what you need, but you figure it out eventually. Some things are intuitive, and some things aren't. Example: You can throw the egg timer into a locked damaged door to have the monster break down the door for you. [/spoiler] On the other hand, you can't loot the cabinets, but you can loot the drawers. Which I didn't realize until much later. Overall, this game quickly goes from a tense game, to a time sink as you spend several minutes at a time hiding in a locker waiting for the monster to leave the vicinity so you can either continue looting or run across the whole map. The rogue like element is interesting, but ultimately doesn't add as much to the game as you wish it would. It takes more away than it adds. A competent 4 dollar game, so Ill up vote it.

it ain't good. there is no difficulty scaling, monsters jump you with little to no warning, enemies 1 shot kill you (and one of them can do this from across a hall!). permadeath doesn't add anything to this game, just makes it more tedious and unfun as at any second your run ends instantly. As the entire game is hallways you can't run past monsters either, monsters home in on you and linger for way too long as well, another unfun addition to this game. Each new run doesn't benefit the player as items randomise location so it isn't like you gain any info or abilities, just gives a different monster spawn. overall a tedious and unenjoyable game that is overly punishing. game can be easily skipped.

I remember watching Markiplier playing this years ago and I thought at the time it wasn't that scary, So I decided to try it for myself and I spent most of my time hiding in lockers. The game does a good job at making you tense and scared, I also appreciate the small details like seeing your player model with animations. Good Game, I got it on sale so it was cheaper than usual but I feel that it could be cheaper since how long ago it was released.

After spending about an hour avoiding a monster, cameras, and failing to get the sub escape in a run, I managed to get all the elements for the liferaft escape, after escaping from the monster for long enough to pump the raft completely, the problems started. First of all, it took me a good while to figure out how to get it hooked, and once I did that and moved it with the crane, it bugged out, I accidentally jumped on it while it was still on the ship, at the lower deck and I almost couldn't get out of it to return to the crane, I had to spam Jump to mess with the physics and escape, needless to say, while I was trying to fix it, the psychic monster came back, and this time, he stunned me for long enough to catch me and kill me. Before you buy this, even if on sale, ask yourself this: Are you willing to waste hours of your precious life stressed out of your mind, not knowing where else to go because you have to find one last item in a colossal ship while dodging constant cameras that are more of a nuisance than a challenge to deal with, all of that just for a bug to render all of your hard work pointless. This game may have been popular back when it came out, but that doesn't mean you'll enjoy your time with it. Good night.