Animal Rescuer
- December 21, 2020
- Turquoise Revival Games
Get on SteamAnimal Rescuer is helping lovely animals through exploring an epic world with faster gameplay and increased quest and combat intensity.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game features beautiful graphics and a charming concept centered around rescuing animals, which many players found appealing.
- The main game loop of exploring, gathering plants, and healing animals is enjoyable and provides a relaxing experience.
- The developers offer a free prologue, allowing players to try the game before purchasing, which is appreciated by many.
- Combat mechanics are clunky and unresponsive, leading to frustrating gameplay experiences, especially when cornered by enemies.
- The game suffers from repetitive and tedious fetch quests, with a lack of clear direction and progression, making it feel grindy.
- The storyline is poorly executed, with major plot holes and a lack of engaging narrative, leaving players confused about the main objectives.
- story80 mentions
- 5 % positive mentions
- 78 % neutral mentions
- 18 % negative mentions
The story in the game is widely criticized for being poorly written, lacking depth, and feeling rushed, with many players expressing that it detracts from the overall experience. While the main focus is on healing animals and completing fetch quests, the narrative is often seen as an afterthought, leading to frustration with mission organization and engagement. Overall, players suggest that the game would benefit from either a more developed story or none at all, as the current narrative fails to captivate.
“With such a small development team, it's easy to see they put their heart and soul into everything else about this game, but sacrificed the story in order to do so.”
“And honestly, I didn't totally mind not having a huge emphasis on the story so that it didn't distract me from enjoying healing the animals.”
“I wish there was more of a story.”
“The storyline is perhaps the worst written thing that I've ever had the displeasure of playing through.”
“First off, the story is absolutely crap; there are major holes and either unnecessary or rushed plot points.”
“If you'll be sorely disappointed because there is little to no story, then this game isn't for you.”
- graphics14 mentions
- 57 % positive mentions
- 21 % neutral mentions
- 21 % negative mentions
The graphics in the game are generally praised for their beauty and realism, particularly the main character, though some NPCs lack lifelike quality. However, a fuzzy filter effect has been noted as annoying, and there are calls for further refinement and polishing of the environments and character designs. Overall, while the visuals are impressive, there is a consensus that they could benefit from additional attention to detail.
“Beautiful graphics.”
“The graphics are a lot better than most people are saying.”
“The nice thing is you can make the game very relaxing by exploring and enjoying the scenery and animals (great job on the graphics!) or you can go at it from the leveling up fighting aspect.”
“The graphics have a fuzzy filter which I found a bit annoying.”
“If they would pull back a bit on graphical content and refine and polish the animals and landscapes a bit more, adding some color accent to the main character would help.”
“The storytelling was pretty bad.”
- gameplay10 mentions
- 20 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 30 % negative mentions
Gameplay reviews highlight a mix of opinions, with some players finding the combat mechanics janky and less impressive than the trailer suggested, while others appreciate the overall mechanics and the game's concept. Despite criticisms, many feel that the gameplay is playable and that understanding the mechanics can enhance the experience.
“Overall, I loved the mechanics and the idea of the game.”
“A lot of the negative reviews make me laugh because people complain about things that are really more them being dense and unwilling to try to learn a game's mechanics and why it does things the way it does.”
“The combat mechanics are janky.”
“Nearly 3 hours in and so far the trailer looked better than gameplay.”
“The game is playable, and the battle mechanics are decent all things considered.”
- music10 mentions
- 30 % positive mentions
- 40 % neutral mentions
- 30 % negative mentions
The music in the game is praised for its beauty and distinctiveness, with each city featuring unique soundtracks that enhance the atmosphere. However, some players experienced issues with the music continuing to play even when muted, alongside control lag during combat, which detracted from the overall experience.
“The music was beautiful.”
“Each city had distinct music.”
“The music so far seems unique to each area as well.”
“On top of that, I was trying to play around with some settings to reduce motion sickness, and when turning off motion shake, there wasn't much of a difference - music played even when I had the music muted, and the controls lagged during combat.”
“On top of that, I was trying to play around with some settings to reduce motion sickness, and when turning off motion shake, there wasn't much of a difference - music played even when I had the music muted, and the controls lagged during combat.”
“On top of that, I was trying to play around with some settings to reduce motion sickness, and when turning off motion shake, there wasn't much of a difference - music played even when I had the music muted, and the controls lagged during combat.”
- stability8 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Overall, the game demonstrates strong stability, with users reporting very few glitches, primarily minor ones that are easily manageable. The attention to detail in player experience, visual, and auditory quality further enhances the impression of a well-polished product.
“Overall, there were very few glitches of any kind, which is very impressive.”
“The attention to small details, player experience, visual quality, auditory quality, and a lack of glitches was surprising and greatly impressive.”
“I only had a couple minor glitches that were easy to work around.”
- humor4 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The humor in the game is highlighted by its absurd scenarios, such as juxtaposing serious combat with lighthearted tasks like saving a pig, which adds a comedic twist. Players enjoyed the overall fun experience, although some noted that certain animal animations could be improved for better comedic effect.
“It was hilarious; you kill people like in The Witcher, but you're saving a pig or something. We had a great time with this game.”
“A couple of animals could have used their animations tweaked because they looked funny.”
- atmosphere4 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 25 % negative mentions
Reviewers feel that the game's atmosphere could benefit from more background information on the cities and world, particularly at the beginning, which is crucial for establishing an engaging setting. While some hope for improvement as the game progresses, the initial lack of context is noted as a missed opportunity.
“The start is the most important part of setting the atmosphere.”
“A little bit of background on the cities and the game world would have been nice for some atmosphere.”
“I don't know if it improves later, but the start is the most important part of setting the atmosphere.”
- grinding2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be overly repetitive, leading to a tedious experience that can quickly become monotonous.
“The game is extremely repetitive, and thus gets tedious and grindy real fast.”
- optimization2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The game performs well on ultra settings with a GTX 970, Xeon 1231v3, and 16GB DDR3 1600 RAM, indicating solid optimization for mid-range hardware.
“The performance was good on ultra settings with a GTX 970, Xeon 1231v3, and 16GB DDR3 1600 RAM.”
- emotional2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The game is praised for its emotional appeal, featuring a wholesome narrative centered around saving cute animals, which resonates positively with players. Additionally, the friendly demeanor of the developers enhances the overall emotional experience.
