Deadly Flare
- October 24, 2023
- Green Grass Games
Get on Steam"Deadly Flare" is a top-down survival shooter set in a post-apocalyptic world. Players must gather resources, craft tools, and weapons, and fight off mutated creatures to survive. The game features a single-player campaign as well as online multiplayer with Co-op and PvP modes. Explore a vast, open world and uncover the truth behind the apocalypse.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game has a fun art style and good core mechanics, showing potential for future updates.
- The developer is very active in the community, responding to feedback and implementing fixes quickly.
- The crafting and building systems are capable and provide a unique gameplay experience.
- The game appears to be abandoned, with no updates or communication from the developer for over a year.
- It is plagued by numerous bugs and performance issues, making it frustrating to play.
- The gameplay feels incomplete and lacks content, leading to a repetitive and underwhelming experience.
- graphics34 mentions
- 29 % positive mentions
- 47 % neutral mentions
- 24 % negative mentions
The game's graphics receive mixed reviews, with many praising its unique art style and cartoonish visuals, which some find enjoyable and reminiscent of titles like Borderlands. However, numerous players criticize the overall quality, describing the graphics as basic, choppy, and plagued by performance issues, particularly on lower settings. While the art style is a highlight, the technical execution leaves much to be desired, leading to a lackluster visual experience.
“The game has a really fun art style and good core mechanics. Keep up the good work!”
“Cartoonish graphics give this game a cool look, and the wobbling arm waving gait of the zombies is hilarious.”
“The graphics style is different from most survival games, and I think it works and looks great.”
“The graphics are horrible.”
“The graphics look half decent in the videos but in game they don't look very good, especially on lower settings that you'll probably have to use to get a tolerable fps.”
“I was looking forward to this one, set up a stream and my god... endless graphic issues.”
- stability16 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game is plagued by numerous glitches and bugs, leading to frequent crashes and freezes, particularly during saving. While some players find enjoyment despite these issues, the overall consensus is that the game feels unfinished and unstable.
“There are so many glitches, I truly don't want to be here writing them all out for several hours.”
“It is buggy, crashed and hung up over and over.”
“Game crashes & freezes when saving.”
- optimization6 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The game's optimization has been widely criticized, with users reporting severe performance issues, including jankiness, clipping, and texture problems. Many players are unwilling to continue playing until significant updates address these performance concerns.
“It's really janky, with clipping, texture issues, and the poorest performance I've ever seen.”
“I will not play this game until I see an update that says they fixed the performance issues.”
“I know I'm not the only one that has had issues with the performance in this game.”
- story6 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The story aspect of the game features a skill tree system and NPC storylines, but players have reported issues with a bugged tutorial quest that prevents progression by not spawning necessary components. Overall, the potential of the narrative remains uncertain as players await further developments.
“I really enjoy the tree skill system and the NPC storylines.”
“The story has a lot of potential, and I'm excited to see how it develops over time.”
“The NPC interactions add depth to the overall narrative experience.”
“The tutorial quest was bugged out and didn't spawn key components needed to progress.”
“The story is lacking depth and fails to engage the player.”
“The NPC storylines are underdeveloped and do not contribute meaningfully to the overall narrative.”
- humor6 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The game's humor is primarily derived from its cartoonish graphics and the comical, exaggerated movements of the zombies, which feature a wildly flailing arm gait that players find amusing. This lighthearted portrayal of zombies adds a fun and entertaining element to the gameplay.
“The cartoonish graphics give this game a cool look, and the wobbling, arm-waving gait of the zombies is hilarious.”
“The zombies are actually funny.”
“They walk around with a hilariously wild flailing of arms and usually are fast, but not so much that you can't get away and prepare.”
- gameplay4 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 25 % negative mentions
The gameplay features enjoyable core mechanics and a fun art style, but many players find it painfully slow and underwhelming, indicating a mixed reception overall.
“The game has a really fun art style and good core mechanics. Keep up the good work.”
“Gameplay is painfully slow and underwhelming.”
- grinding4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players express that their grinding experience primarily revolves around base building, with little exploration of the game's world or its various resources like cabins, wood, and mines. This focus on construction suggests a potentially limited engagement with other gameplay elements such as farming and exploration.
“I've only been grinding at building a base; I haven't explored the world, its cabins, wood, or mines.”
“Farming?”
- music2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
Reviewers suggest that the game would benefit from an apocalyptic-themed soundtrack to enhance the overall atmosphere and immersion.
“I think this game would do well with some apocalyptic music or something in the background.”
