Pulse Shift

The idea behind the mechanics is cool: switching the gravity axis to find your way into a volumetric maze, that's neat. But there are a bunch of unpleasant problems: 1. slow jump, slow walk, slow everything. Your character is a snail that has as much control over its jump as you'd have over Superman 64. A platformer with a timer where you don't feel like walking around because it's too slow and unwieldy feels like a...

29 found this helpful, 2016-08-29

At least I got it for super cheap. I figured it wouldn't be so bad, but several bad design choices lead to a frustrating experience. The main gimmick is rotating, but it feels clunky. It's slow by default, but can be sped up with Control-clicks. The first person camera feels really distanced from your character. A physical body and feet would really help for jumping in first-person. Also requiring first-person jumps...

5 found this helpful, 2017-02-25

I got this game on Desura when it was in alpha. Since then I played it a lot and I really like changes and effort of developers to deliver good gaming experiences and fun. Game may look hard at beginning but once you understand game mechanisms you will like it a lot. I am fan of time travel theme so this game was like designed for me. Game modes are nice addition in this game. However some people may have troubles...

6 found this helpful, 2016-08-30