Depraved
- July 20, 2018
- evilbite
- 17h median play time
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Reviews
- The game offers a unique Wild West theme that sets it apart from other city builders.
- It provides a relaxing gameplay experience with simple mechanics, making it accessible for casual players.
- The game has a solid foundation and potential for future updates and improvements.
- The game lacks depth and can become repetitive after a few hours of play.
- There are significant balancing issues, particularly with resource management and building requirements.
- The user interface is clunky and not very intuitive, making it difficult to manage resources and citizens effectively.
- gameplay70 mentions
- 24 % positive mentions
- 69 % neutral mentions
- 7 % negative mentions
The gameplay of this game has received mixed reviews, with many players noting its potential but criticizing its execution. While some enjoy the city-building and survival mechanics set in a wild west theme, others find the gameplay simplistic, lacking depth, and plagued by broken mechanics and illogical loops. Overall, it offers a fun experience for casual play but requires significant improvements and content additions to fully realize its potential.
“Game may not have the best visuals, but gameplay-wise, it certainly is a fun little city builder with survival elements akin to Banished but set in a wild west setting.”
“The mechanics and gameplay of this game are good, and I was really getting into the game.”
“Excellent well-thought-out game with plenty of gameplay, especially when you consider it's still in early access.”
“Cool setting and soundtrack but a huge waste of potential due to lack of gameplay content.”
“Broken mechanics, illogical gameplay loops, and other things make this one to avoid.”
“The gameplay's too simplistic at the moment, lacking depth and complexity to hold your attention for long.”
- graphics54 mentions
- 31 % positive mentions
- 54 % neutral mentions
- 15 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with some players appreciating the art style and thematic fit for the wild west setting, while others criticize them as outdated and poorly optimized. Many users report performance issues, particularly on mid-range systems, leading to significant frame rate drops. Overall, while the visuals may not be cutting-edge, they are deemed acceptable for the game's price point, with potential for future improvements.
“The graphics look good for the tier of pricing it sells at.”
“This game is pleasing to the eye with the art style chosen.”
“Graphics are spot on and the wild west setting makes it feel much different than playing the same old early day survival games that there are so many of.”
“It's outdated mechanics and graphics, while the management part of the game is too linear and boring.”
“The graphics are not great and the coloring and animations are unnatural at best, which would be a bit more excusable if everything else about the game didn't strive for (albeit simplified) realism.”
“Graphics are very bad in this game, it takes me back to the early 1990s in terms of graphics.”
- music21 mentions
- 52 % positive mentions
- 33 % neutral mentions
- 14 % negative mentions
The music in the game is generally praised for its lively and evocative quality, effectively capturing the wild west ambiance, with some considering it one of the best aspects of the game. However, many users note that the limited number of tracks leads to repetitiveness, which can diminish the overall experience over time. While the soundtrack enhances the atmosphere, it is often described as a double-edged sword, providing enjoyment initially but becoming tiresome with extended play.
“The music is one of the better parts of the game, which is lively and has a few different tracks, but I feel even that will get old quite quickly.”
“One of the best western city builder games, the soundtrack is one of the best ones ever in my opinion.”
“The in-game music is wonderfully evocative of the spaghetti westerns of old and is a joy to listen to.”
“There isn't even much in the way of sound: after you turn off the instantly annoying music, all that's left is the background noise of your city's laborers, which is probably more useful as a sleep aid.”
“For the love of god, the same handful of songs have driven me crazy!”
“No real objective to the game other than to fathom out how to get resources, sell a few horses, hunt some bandits then keep on resourcing.. then repeat until you wish to gaffa tape your ears up with the sound of the music stuck in repeat.”
- story18 mentions
- 17 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 33 % negative mentions
The game lacks a traditional campaign or narrative, functioning instead as a sandbox experience with no defined goals or quests, which some players find leaves it feeling unfinished and monotonous. While it may appeal to those who prefer open-ended gameplay, many reviewers express a desire for a structured story or challenges to enhance engagement and depth. Overall, the absence of a compelling storyline or missions detracts from the game's potential, making it feel shallow and repetitive.
“Game is fun; it's like a wild west version of X-COM in-game battles with a fun story of money making and power.”
“I enjoyed it; I wished they had a campaign or story to play through.”
“- A campaign or a storyline would be nice, instead of just a random map.”
“The game has no campaign or story; it's just a sandbox with no winning conditions. It just goes on and on, and while this type of game isn't bad in itself, this one feels unfinished.”
“The lack of a proper story is obvious.”
“An exceptionally boring city-building sim with no depth, and no quests or story to move things along or give you any guidance as to what to do next.”
- stability18 mentions
- 17 % positive mentions
- -11 % neutral mentions
- 94 % negative mentions
The game's stability is a mixed bag, with many users reporting significant bugs and crashes, particularly during gameplay, leading to frustrations and refunds. While some players have experienced smooth performance without major glitches, the overall consensus leans towards it feeling unfinished and buggy, resembling an early access title. The user interface also contributes to the instability, with occasional freezing and functionality issues.
“Pretty much no glitches, and everything runs smoothly.”
“The game maintains a consistent frame rate, making for a seamless experience.”
“I haven't encountered any crashes or major bugs, which is impressive.”
“Abandoned and buggy game, give it a pass.”
“Brought the game on Steam, but had to get a refund as the game just keeps crashing, just after you start building your lumber yard and sawmill, it just freezes.”
“Game is very buggy, started a new game and cannot move around for more than 3 seconds before the game freezes due to high power consumption, which is not ideal if you want to actually play the game!”
- optimization12 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 25 % negative mentions
The game's optimization has received significant criticism, with many users reporting poor performance on mid-range systems and laptops, leading to overheating issues. While some players find the game enjoyable, they highlight major memory leaks and a lack of support for multi-core CPUs and SLI graphics cards. Overall, the consensus is that the game requires substantial optimization to improve speed and performance, though it shows potential for future development.
“Just a little more optimization; aside from that, it's lots of fun to play.”
“When they have fixed all the bugs and optimized the FPS, this game is definitely worth picking up. Its potential is to become a bit better than Banished, due to there being more going on, but not quite at the level of RimWorld. However, it definitely has the potential to become a solid game.”
“Game is good and one to buy in the future, but this game needs a lot of optimization. For instance, build and walk speed is slow; the fastest mode is normal mode in other games.”
“As with many indie games, it is very poorly optimized and programmed: despite its dated (but nice) graphics, a mid-range computer will run it very sluggishly; if you run it on a laptop, it will overheat to frying pan level.”
“There are some major memory leaks going on or a dire need for optimization and better coding.”
“This game needs a lot of optimization; for instance, build and walk speed is slow, and the fastest mode is normal mode in other games.”
- replayability11 mentions
- 27 % positive mentions
- 45 % neutral mentions
- 27 % negative mentions
Overall, the game has limited replayability, with many users noting that while the random map generation offers some variety, it ultimately lacks depth and intuitive balance that would encourage multiple playthroughs. Players enjoyed the experience but felt that it doesn't provide enough incentive for repeated gameplay, suggesting that future updates could enhance its replay value.
“There is always replayability in city-builders.”
“+ random map generation, so it makes for high replayability.”
“You won't get too many hours out of it for replay value, but the western theme is visually stunning and I've played it more than once.”
“There is not a whole lot of replay value.”
“The random map generation and random placement doesn't provide the replayability that the other reviews say it does.”
“There's not a ton of replay value - if I tried to build a second city, it would end up being just like the first.”
- grinding9 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious and lacking in depth, with many mechanics feeling clumsy and underdeveloped. The resource management system requires constant resetting of work areas, leading to frustration, while the low incentive to engage in various gameplay elements makes much of the content feel superfluous. Overall, the game is perceived as overly grindy and incomplete, detracting from the overall experience.
“Achievements are a joke; it's just grinding, and the 25 years achievement involves spending half a day building up a sustainable town and leaving it on for 2 or 3 real-life days while time passes in-game.”
“Feels like an incomplete early access game; the potential was there but it's too grindy, too buggy, and just generally lacking in content.”
“Problem is you have to reset this area every time a resource becomes exhausted, making it painfully tedious after a few games.”
- atmosphere4 mentions
- 75 % positive mentions
- -25 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The game's atmosphere is praised for its fantastic music and immersive visuals, effectively capturing the essence of the old west with glowing lights and ambient sounds. However, the enjoyment is marred by poor AI and tedious micromanagement, which detracts from the overall experience.
“All the glowing lights on the buildings, the campfires of the homeless, the night sounds of crickets, etc. all aspects add up to create a wonderful atmosphere of the old west.”
“With detailed graphics, I could feel more 'wild west' atmosphere here.”
“Super atmosphere, created with game soul.”
“The music is fantastic and the atmosphere is great, but the game's terrible AI kills the fun. Hunters only hunt in a tiny area, and you have to manually set the same for loggers. It gets old real fast having to do endless micromanagement that the devs should just program better. Unless the devs stop being lazy, you don't have to be bored. Avoid this game.”
“With detailed graphics, I could feel a more 'wild west' atmosphere here.”
- monetization3 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The monetization of the game is criticized as a cash grab, with users feeling it resembles an overpriced demo rather than a fully developed product. There are concerns about the developers' intentions, questioning whether this release is a strategy to secure funding for further development or simply a final attempt to profit before potentially abandoning the project.
“The lack of testing is not that bad and the game is still playable, but seriously, it's a cash grab or just an overpriced demo.”
“But hey, that was a nice little cash grab the developers were able to pull off.”
“So, now the question is, did the developers release this now to raise more capital to continue development, or is this a final cash grab before they disappear?”
- humor2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The game's humor is highlighted through its amusing anti-piracy measures, which have garnered attention. However, players note that the gameplay experience is hindered by frustrating navigation issues, detracting from the overall enjoyment of the humor.
“I stumbled upon this game because of a report on its funny anti-piracy measures.”
