Buddy Simulator 1984
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3.49 average rating based on 39 ratings
- Developers
- Not a Sailor Studios
- Publishers
- Not a Sailor Studios
- Event
- The Game Festival: Autumn Edition
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
- Genres
- Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator
- Themes
- Horror, Thriller
- Steam
- View on Steam
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This game wants to be Undertale so bad.
This review is for the PC (Microsoft Windows) version
It just doesn't have the good music, characters, or gameplay. Morton forever, though.
Good concept, but messy
The first hour of this game is incredible. The way it builds, from a basic graphical interface, hangman, to a text adventure, to an rpg - all with a feeling of some sinister undercurrent - is incredibly atmospheric and intriguing. The text adventure section is unbelievable, so compelling and exciting.
But once it gets to the rpg, and the mystery of the game takes a huge backseat to a very lifeless rpg with bland characters, mechanics, art - it’s such a grind. And the game really just stays in that pocket for like 80% of the time. And there’s no big payoff, it just kinda squirms and ends.
Comparing it to other meta-narrative games like inscryption, where the gameplay is just as incredible as the mind*^+^ of the game, this just feels very tedious and pointless.
But man that text adventure was so good.
Finished this in two play sessions - roughly six hours. I enjoyed this game a lot. There's no surprising twists in the story and the 2.5D rpg part started to drag a bit but overall I had plenty of fun.
Really cool game. I didn't hear about it from anyone. I was simply on steam scrolling and Buddy Simulator caught my eye. I was intrigued and decided to purchase it for the very fair price of $10 ($9 on sale).
The game itself is interesting and provides a sense of nostalgia for games similar to it. I get a strong sense that the dev(s) were inspired by Undertale, Doki Doki Literature Club, and Portal just to name a few. I can really feel those games present in this one, and I think it's done nicely and with taste.
The game is fairly short and sweet, though it does drag at times. However, I think the good parts make up for it. This kind of game is what I would call an experience, which is something I can never get enough of, Please give it a try if you like stuff like that at all.