Bleeding Border
- November 8, 2015
- Curse Box Studios
Get on Steam"Bleeding Border" is a challenging pixel art platformer with curse-themed levels. Players must navigate through treacherous environments filled with traps, enemies, and permadeath. With procedurally generated levels, each playthrough offers a unique and brutal experience.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game has a unique and intriguing concept of using one's own blood as a weapon against monsters.
- Some players found moments of humor and enjoyment despite the game's flaws, indicating potential for fun.
- The game features cinematics that, while needing improvement, show effort from the developers.
- The game suffers from severe technical issues, including unresponsive controls and numerous bugs that hinder gameplay.
- Graphics and overall design are outdated and poorly executed, resembling low-quality games from the mid-90s.
- The gameplay is repetitive and lacks urgency, with a short playtime that leaves players feeling unsatisfied.
- gameplay16 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 31 % neutral mentions
- 19 % negative mentions
The gameplay features a unique mechanic where players stab themselves to use their own blood as a weapon against monsters, which is both innovative and bizarre. However, the execution suffers from clunky combat, frequent bugs, and a lack of polish, leading to a frustrating experience that detracts from any potential enjoyment. While the core concept has promise, it currently falls short due to its numerous flaws.
“Super weird, but a unique mechanic of survival.”
“I like the mechanic that you're your own ammo, so you need to be careful not to attack too much without healing or you'd die.”
“After this, you get introduced to one of the two main mechanics, the medkit.”
“Running around constantly losing health with clunky combat mechanics and too many bugs kills any possible idea of fun.”
“The idea of stabbing yourself with a screwdriver to fend off monsters is certainly a bold mechanic, but it quickly loses its charm under the weight of the game's many flaws.”
“The main mechanic is stabbing your stump arm with a screwdriver to profusely bleed on the monsters to pass through.”
- story12 mentions
- 17 % positive mentions
- 58 % neutral mentions
- 25 % negative mentions
The story is a straightforward survival narrative involving a protagonist escaping from demon-like creatures after their squad is killed, but it suffers from a lack of coherence and depth. Players find the lore, presented through scattered pages, to be simplistic and reminiscent of juvenile writing, making it difficult to engage with the overall plot. While some scenes are decent, the overall execution leaves much to be desired, leading to confusion and disinterest among players.
“Basically, it's a simple survival story where these demon things are hunting you down after killing your squad, and you need to escape the building crawling with them that you entered for whatever reason.”
“Moral of the story: you never know what life has in store for you, and if I had given up when all odds were against me, I wouldn't be where I am today.”
“The story is hard to follow and even I have no clue what happened.”
“The story scenes are decent, but that’s where the praise ends.”
“The lore of the story found through scattered pages across the game reads like a zombie survival story I would write in 5th grade; I never bothered to read half of them anyway.”
- graphics8 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 75 % negative mentions
The graphics are widely criticized for being outdated and reminiscent of mid-2000s horror games, with some reviewers likening them to poorly designed maps from the mid-90s. Many players report that the visuals are unoptimized, contributing to a frustrating gameplay experience characterized by sluggish movement and broken aiming mechanics. Overall, the graphical execution is seen as a significant drawback, detracting from the game's potential.
“The graphics feel outdated and unoptimized, movement is sluggish, and aiming is so broken you’ll need to mess with settings just to make it playable.”
“The graphics look like a bad Doom map from the mid 90s.”
“The idea seems cool in concept, however, the execution of it was terrible, along with janky movement and poor graphics makes this a terrible experience.”
- optimization6 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 33 % neutral mentions
- 67 % negative mentions
The game's optimization is widely criticized, with players noting outdated graphics, sluggish movement, and broken aiming mechanics that require extensive adjustments to settings for a playable experience. Many feel that these issues severely detract from the potential of an otherwise interesting concept, leading to frustration and disappointment. Overall, the optimization is considered subpar, even compared to older titles.
“The graphics feel outdated and unoptimized, movement is sluggish, and aiming is so broken you’ll need to mess with settings just to make it playable.”
“Really cool idea, but this game’s disgusting design, disgusting optimization, and disgusting character models ruin what might’ve been a decent horror experience.”
“My rig is nothing to brag about, in fact, it’s kinda shit, but Jesus… COD: Ghosts had better optimization than this.”
- music4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The music in the game is generally calming and soothing, providing a relaxing atmosphere for players. However, some users suggest that the addition of more intense and frightening tracks during enemy encounters would enhance the overall experience.
“I'd add a more intense and frightening music for the moments when an enemy appears.”
“I relaxed for 5 minutes listening to this music, long enough to realize that I would be okay.”
- humor4 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The humor in the game is derived from its overall poor quality, with players finding amusement in its shortcomings and absurd moments, such as characters being flung into the air. Despite its lack of genuine scares, the game's unintentional comedy provides a source of entertainment for some players.
“It flings you into the air, so that was kind of funny.”
“Whenever I wasn't trashing the game, I was laughing at how bad it was, so I had a good time nonetheless.”
- grinding4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Reviews indicate that the grinding aspect of the game is tedious and unengaging, detracting from the overall experience. While some may find it suitable for farming, the lack of excitement and challenge makes it less appealing for players seeking a more dynamic gameplay experience.
“I'd be willing to lay that to one side if the game itself were any good, but for a title that sees you trying to flee to a rooftop cable car before you wring yourself dry out of your mangled arm, it's a tediously placid experience.”
