FLOOR X Reviews

6/10 I thought I would give this a try since I love this dev's pervious works. Currently I've played the first level and part of the second, with a total of 3, and for a anomaly game this is very straight forward. The title screen has a anomaly counter, with a total of 40 anomalies, and will keep track as you play. You must make it to Floor 0 to win. You are given a camera and must take photos of ALL anomalies before re-entering the elevator. It seems that you unlock anomalies as you beat each level. (After completing level 1 I've seen 11 of 40.) I was a little confused at first because even when you find a anomaly you need to keep searching for similar anomalies in different areas of the office. There is no indicator when you find them all and some floors you can take up to four photos to clear it. The first level has no jump scares or even a creepy atmosphere, just a simple office with a couple basic anomalies. The music is all right, but feels a little out of place. Maybe some office or city ambient sounds might help. The textures of the level are very matte and bland. This level you start at floor 10 and win at 0. The second level starts at floor 20 and win at zero. This one amps up the anomalies, adding a nice mix of unique looking floors in with basic more subtle ones. I like the use of subtle movement, and not just a tiny missing or misplaced item that counts as a anomaly. So far I've seen one platform anomaly that you can be killed, but no jump scares. A slight creepy atmosphere in a couple of these but nothing gory (one levels is a crime scene but it is grayed out). After completing the second level I've seen 27 of 40 anomalies. (At one point it reset my game and I had to start over, not sure how that happened without pressing the reset button.) The third level starts at floor 30. As you progress through the levels the title screen changes from a simple plain office to a sort of broken apocalyptic scene. I was hoping the game would reflect the same changes in the title screen. Unfortunately as the levels progress the anomalies mostly remain the same. You see repeated anomalies from previous levels. There is a jump scare and chase in the third level but other than that it is very disappointing. I was hoping the anomalies would progressively become more intense but they do not. It would have been interesting if the anomalies reflected the office worker's descent into madness or an apocalypse occurring around him as you complete each level. One drawback is the platform anomaly, you must jump across cement blocks to the other side to the elevator. if you get too close to the edge of the block it immediately drops you and starts you at the beginning. Also if you get this anomaly early in the level it can repeat again later, so I don't know if that can be fixed because it is definitely one of the more frustrating anomalies. Once time this anomaly repeated I made it to the other side and an invisible barrier kept me from entering the elevator. So I had to cross again and exit through the side I started on. Overall I find this game worth the price.