Deadly Traps

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Deadly Traps is a single player action game. It was developed by BT Studios and was released on August 29, 2017. It received negative reviews from players.

Battle yourself through dangerous traps in this fast-paced platformer.

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38%

Audience ScoreBased on 13 reviews

graphics3 negative mentions

The level design is well done, with each of the 30 levels featuring unique twists and challenges.
Controls are simple and responsive, allowing for precise movements that are essential for navigating traps.
The game offers a satisfying challenge, making it enjoyable for players who appreciate hardcore platformers.

The game suffers from poor mid-air control, making it difficult to navigate precisely during jumps.
Traps and enemies do not reset upon death, leading to frustrating situations where players must wait for conditions to align.
The graphics and overall technical quality are subpar, failing to meet the expectations of modern PC gamers.

graphics
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics of the game are criticized for being simplistic and reminiscent of low-effort flash or mobile games, lacking resolution options and meaningful tweaks. Users report various glitches that detract from the experience, indicating that the visual quality does not meet the expectations of PC gamers, especially for a challenge platformer. Overall, the graphics are deemed inadequate and poorly executed.
- “There's no option to change the resolution and no useful graphics tweaks.”
- “The game features somewhat lazy, simplistic 2D graphics, of the type you normally expect to see in low-effort flash/browser games and mobile apps.”
- “Considering this is being evaluated as a PC game, having the graphics phoned in like this isn't going to result in a high quality, visually impressive game that PC gamers are used to seeing.”
grinding
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious and less enjoyable, with some reporting that even a few hours of playtime can feel like a chore rather than an engaging experience.
- “I was AFK for a while, so playtime isn't accurate, but it was still around 2.5 hours that felt more tedious than fun.”
- “The grinding in this game is mind-numbing and feels like a chore rather than an enjoyable experience.”
- “After hours of grinding, I still feel like I'm not making any real progress, which is incredibly frustrating.”
stability
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's stability is criticized for various glitches, including issues with door graphics, mines not resetting upon death, and inconsistent wall interactions that disrupt gameplay. These problems significantly detract from the overall quality expected in a challenge platformer.
- “Add to that glitches like door graphics and mines not resetting on death, and walls randomly messing up your jumps. I can comfortably say this game is nowhere near the necessary quality for a challenging platformer.”
- “The game crashes frequently, making it nearly impossible to progress without losing significant progress.”
- “I've encountered numerous bugs that disrupt gameplay, including freezing and unexpected crashes that ruin the experience.”
replayability
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game offers significant replayability by allowing players to start from any of the three worlds, providing freedom in level selection. However, this flexibility comes at the cost of a lack of a challenging difficulty curve, which may diminish the incentive to replay.
- “You can start the game from any world; all three worlds are playable from the get-go, which gives you freedom in how you tackle the levels.”
- “You can start the game from any world; all three worlds are playable from the get-go, which gives you some freedom in how you tackle the levels. The downside of this is that the difficulty curve is basically non-existent.”
- “Once you've completed the game, there's little incentive to replay it. The lack of new content or challenges makes it feel repetitive.”
- “The game offers minimal variation in gameplay on subsequent playthroughs, leading to a sense of monotony after the first run.”
gameplay
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay is criticized for being janky and unsatisfying, with a lack of polish in the control scheme that detracts from the overall experience. Many players feel that the handling and responsiveness are inadequate, suggesting insufficient gameplay testing by the developer.
- “It's janky and unsatisfying to play. Any experienced gamer will tell you that the handling, responsiveness, and general gameplay feel of the control scheme must be well polished for this kind of game to succeed.”
- “Unfortunately, this is something the developer seems to have phoned in, with little to no apparent gameplay testing.”
story
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's story is criticized for its lack of plot, leaving players unmotivated to progress through the levels. The absence of a narrative context for the character's journey through the challenging environment detracts from the overall experience.
- “There's no plot to the deadly traps, so I don't know why my glowing shadow person has to scoot through 30 levels of an insanely twisted garbage world. A little story might have given me the motivation to get through more than 5 of them.”