Cereal Soup

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Cereal Soup is a multiplayer role playing game. It was developed by Wild Arts LLC and was released on June 2, 2018. It received neutral reviews from players.

Cereal Soup is an MMO-style animal roleplaying game set in the dangerous and strange world of Primordial. Take the role of a completely unique character that grows as you do. Join a tribe, become skilled, make new friends, and change the world; together, for you are never alone.

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44%

Audience ScoreBased on 565 reviews

graphics11 positive mentions

stability102 negative mentions

Impressive and diverse character customization options allowing for unique animal designs.
The game fosters a friendly and welcoming community, with active developers who engage with player feedback.
The concept of aging, multiple species, and roleplaying in a large open world provides potential for an enjoyable social experience.

The game suffers from significant bugs, glitches, and optimization issues that cause crashes, long loading times, and unplayable moments.
Controls and camera mechanics are frustrating, sensitive, and cause disorientation for many players.
Lack of content, unclear objectives, broken progression systems, and dwindling or inactive playerbase make gameplay dull and lonely for newcomers.

stability
105 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
3%
97%
The game is widely criticized for its pervasive instability, marked by frequent bugs, glitches, lag, and freezing issues that often render it unplayable. While many acknowledge it's still in early access and undergoing development, the slow updates and persistent technical problems significantly hinder the gameplay experience. Despite this, a dedicated community and promising features keep players hopeful for future improvements.
- “The amount of glitches, bugs, eternal loading times, log in problems and frame rate issues make the game unplayable.”
- “Trying to give this game a try but it's too buggy; I'll try again 3 months later but right now it is not playable at all.”
- “Okay so when I finally got the game and tried to play it, it couldn't even get into the game as it freezes my laptop while it loads.”
gameplay
46 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
17%
66%
17%
The gameplay is generally seen as minimal, repetitive, and often frustrating due to bugs, poor controls, and unpolished mechanics, with many players finding it boring or aimless beyond character customization. Some appreciate the game's ambition and role-playing potential, but overall, core gameplay elements require significant improvement and polish. Updates are gradually enhancing the experience, yet many features remain unfinished or underdeveloped.
- “The gameplay is great if you love to roleplay.”
- “It's being improved with every update and so far I love the gameplay and features.”
- “Let’s look at the gameplay first because it’s clever, alluring, beautiful.”
- “There is almost nothing to see, nothing to do, every single game mechanic is broken, only one of four types of animals is accessible for creation, you may be the only player online at the moment in a socially oriented game.”
- “Apparently the game sort of had to be completely remade for the migration, which is understandable as to why it has so many problems right now, but I feel like fixing the flawed core mechanics like the movement should be top priority for any development cycle.”
- “The gameplay is boring, confusing, chaotic, and aimless, the controls are hard and confusing, the maps are poorly designed and visually displeasing.”
graphics
41 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
27%
56%
17%
Graphics receive mixed feedback: while some praise the game's beautiful landscapes, character models, and aesthetic filters, many report poor optimization leading to lag, crashes, and limited graphic settings. The visuals are often described as inconsistent—ranging from impressive and charming to dated and taxing on systems—even on capable hardware. Overall, the graphics show promise but are marred by performance issues and lack of polish.
- “Beautiful graphics, fun wonky running, filters that make your gameplay pretty, animals look good for an alpha, diverse animal customizer, menu animations are cute.”
- “From the flawless world design and the state of the art graphics just makes you want to play more, with the thriving community full of fantastic players that welcome with open arms.”
- “Although the performance of this game has a long way to go, the graphics and storyline is wonderful, and character creation feels comfortable and fun.”
- “Graphically is a mess, a wall of tutorial text that is impossible to read due to the use of white on a super light background. Not to mention the terrible camera and even the simplest stuff is badly made.”
- “Poor UI, super dated unappealing graphics, and riddled with bugs to the point of complete unplayability.”
- “Graphics and especially terrain textures are bad; sometimes they're even worse than Feralheart.”
story
13 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
31%
46%
23%
The game's story and lore are praised for being rich and engaging, with a strong foundation appreciated by longtime fans. However, many users criticize the lack of beginner guidance, quests, and story progression, which hampers immersion and direction. Additionally, some players are frustrated by locked content and character creation restrictions that prevent advancing the story.
- “Although the performance of this game has a long way to go, the graphics and storyline are wonderful, and character creation feels comfortable and fun.”
- “First off, the concept, the story, graphics, idea are all great.”
- “The community, the character creation, the worlds, and the storylines are my all time favorite.”
- “The tutorial didn't teach much and had no indication of what to do as a beginner, not even a quest or anything telling us where to go.”
- “The menus are clunky and sometimes glitchy, they aren't the most user friendly and the massive lack of quests is annoying because those types of features are the ones that direct you to places to do things.”
- “I played it before it went to Steam, back when it had a full team and had a strong basis on lore and storybuilding.”
optimization
13 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
23%
54%
23%
The game suffers from severe optimization and performance issues, even on high-end PCs, leading to lag and instability. Although recent rollbacks have improved stability somewhat, major optimization work is still needed to provide a smooth and stable experience.
- “Although the performance of this game has a long way to go, the graphics and storyline are wonderful, and character creation feels comfortable and fun.”
- “Game has been rolled back to a previous more stable version and the performance is so much better.”
- “But right now I can just say for everyone seeing this review: play the game for yourself, or wait until everything gets optimized.”
- “I have a pretty high-end desktop computer and decided to try this game, but it is so laggy and badly optimized—even on my computer that runs demanding games like Red Dead Redemption 2 perfectly smooth.”
- “Giant performance issues.”
- “This game is not at all optimized.”
humor
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game's humor is often derived from its glitches and quirky moments, leading to amusing experiences for players and viewers alike. While some jokes stem from developer antics and community memes, the blend of slow-paced gameplay and unexpected funny elements adds to the overall comedic charm.
- “This game is quite fun, even with its glitches; sometimes these glitches can be funny.”
- “The game became Rock Sim 2018, which I have to admit was a pretty funny joke.”
- “My friend started calling us the 'meerkat overlords,' which really made the game funny.”
music
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
20%
20%
60%
The music in the game is often described as unpleasant and repetitive, with some tracks sounding distorted or mono, leading to a frustrating audio experience. Players have difficulty finding options to disable or adjust the music, which detracts from the overall enjoyment.
- “Music at the intro and throughout the character creation sounds like my speakers are blown; really awful. I tried to find a way to turn it off but couldn't find any option to control the sounds.”
- “Hung out with another mongoose by the crazy kangaroo, which plays the same annoying song on a never-ending loop.”
- “The first issue I noticed is how often the sounds and music appear in mono at times.”
grinding
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
25%
75%
Grinding in the game is extensive and can feel tedious, requiring significant time investment. Additionally, the repetitive music and sounds during grinding can become irritating, detracting from the overall experience.
- “You'll need a second life for grinding.”
- “You'll need a second life for grinding.”
- “The music and sounds are uninteresting at best, grinding on the nerves at their worst.”
emotional
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users express strong emotional connections to the game, highlighting its ability to evoke laughter and heartfelt feelings. Despite concerns over abandonment, the game's flow and supportive community create a warm, uplifting experience that keeps players engaged and emotionally invested.
- “Overall the flow of the game and the heartwarming community makes me want to play this piece of art more and more.”
- “Not only is this a game to love but the community is also heartwarming.”
- “I take it all back, bird squirm glitch revitalized my skin, made me cry of laughter, ♥♥♥ and then die.”
atmosphere
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
67%
33%
The atmosphere receives mixed feedback, with some users finding it dense yet comforting, while others criticize an anti-social vibe and express concerns about the project's transparency and development progress. Overall, the atmosphere is described as immersive but marred by negative community and trust issues.
- “Gameplay, atmosphere, graphics.”
- “It invites you to a somewhat dense environment but the atmosphere comforts you along the way.”
- “Anti-social atmosphere, very little development actually happening, and a sketchy payment history background on where exactly the money donated for this project has actually gone.”
monetization
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The monetization is criticized for relying heavily on aggressive or misleading advertising, which detracts from the game's potential and player experience. Users feel the ads resemble low-quality, intrusive promotions that undermine the game's appeal.
character development
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
50%
Users appreciate the character design editor for its creativity, but find the in-game character development lacking and unenjoyable, citing design flaws that need improvement.
replayability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Replayability is hindered by performance issues like lag, making it difficult and frustrating to unlock additional playable creatures. Improvements in smoothness and accessibility could enhance the overall replay value.
- “It's hard to unlock more playable creatures for some reason.”
- “Just make this game more playable and not so laggy.”