Geadows

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Geadows is a single player role playing game. It was developed by CoolDown Studio and was released on May 24, 2021. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Another bad dream? Another bad memory? Fight against your past, defeat hundreds of robots sent by GEA, the artificial intelligence that stole everything from you and condemn you to your present. Welcome to Geadows, a third person shooter roguelike. Do you accept the challenge?

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77%

Audience ScoreBased on 43 reviews

gameplay5 positive mentions

graphics3 negative mentions

The game features fast-paced action with enjoyable mechanics, including a variety of weapons and abilities that keep gameplay engaging.
As a free game, it offers decent entertainment value, with roguelike elements that provide a sense of progression and challenge.
The movement mechanics are generally well-received, allowing for dynamic gameplay with jumping, dashing, and dodging.

The game suffers from significant stability issues, including frequent crashes, bugs, and performance problems that detract from the overall experience.
Visuals are low quality and lack polish, with uninspired level design and repetitive enemy encounters that can make gameplay feel tedious.
Many players report frustrating gameplay experiences due to glitches, such as getting stuck in menus or unresponsive controls, which can lead to lost progress.

gameplay
13 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
38%
39%
23%
The gameplay features a mix of solid mechanics, including diverse abilities, weapons, and fast-paced movement, which contribute to an engaging experience. However, the level design is criticized for lacking depth and meaningful progression, and technical issues like crashes detract from overall enjoyment. While the roguelike elements are well-executed, the basic gameplay and some slow shooting mechanics leave room for improvement.
- “The mechanics are good, with plenty of abilities, weapons, movement, and upgrades, which keeps the action fun.”
- “The game also has a few interesting mechanics - the hitstun for the sniper, for example, seems to freeze the entire world for a fraction of a second, which I actually appreciated.”
- “And it's also quite challenging; there are some cool mechanics, some surprises as well, some prove to be helpful and some that will try to hinder your progression, and it can become very intense very fast.”
- “The developer chose not to do the job of a real game developer and create meaningful bespoke levels, narrative-based gameplay progression, and so on.”
- “The gameplay is a bit basic, has lots of broken English, and chews up my GPU.”
- “Fine game, but after like 12 restarts because the game crashed on me for the hundredth time, my interest in what happens in the plot or gameplay evaporated.”
optimization
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's optimization has received mixed feedback, with players experiencing significant performance issues, particularly in later stages, leading to stuttering and crashes. Bugs related to settings not saving and erratic aim have also been reported, indicating a need for further polish and optimization. While some aspects of the visuals are praised, the overall stability and performance detract from the enjoyment of the game.
- “If the second area gets optimized, maybe the game is worth a try.”
- “Visually it looks great sometimes, but the game needs some polish on the optimization of the particles and the character designs.”
- “Played it for a few and it's quite fun and I'm enjoying it so far; although its stability isn't the greatest, I have a pretty good gaming laptop and on the second stage it doesn't run smoothly. If it ran smoother and the game was optimized a lot better, I'd be interested in playing this a lot more.”
- “List of bugs I experienced in my few minutes of playing: settings that use sliders in the pause menu seem to still be affected sometimes even after you unpause the game, so things like mouse sensitivity and volume just can randomly change while you're playing; your aim randomly jerks around sometimes for some reason, I don't know if it's a performance thing or what; not really a bug, but the default sensitivity at the start is ridiculously low, so you will probably definitely experience the aforementioned pause menu bug almost immediately.”
- “I will not leave this a positive review until the devs address the severe performance problems.”
- “However, right now it lacks some polish, and some optimization too (stage 1 was silky smooth 180 FPS, odd considering my monitor is 185, but once I hit stage two, it was stuttery and almost unplayable).”
graphics
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
14%
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43%
The graphics of the game are characterized by low-quality, low-poly 3D visuals that may deter many players, as they lack polish and variety. While some aspects, like the different scenarios, are appreciated, the overall art style and user interface are considered awkward, with no options to adjust graphics settings. This lack of visual refinement is seen as a significant drawback in a medium that heavily relies on visual appeal.
- “Also, the different scenarios and the graphics of the game are very cool.”
- “In terms of visuals, this features fairly low quality low poly 3D graphics which will deter a lot of gamers, understandably.”
- “Gaming is a visual medium, and while some developers struggle with creating high quality visuals, failing to do so is a disservice to gamers.”
- “And while one could certainly critique the messy art style and lack of variety, that isn't really the point of this negative recommendation.”
stability
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game suffers from significant stability issues, with players reporting frequent glitches such as freezing between levels and unresponsive character controls during combat. While some find the gameplay enjoyable, the pervasive bugs detract from the overall experience, leading many to advise against playing unless curiosity outweighs the frustration.
- “Of my 3 runs, 2 ended because of glitches: the first was getting stuck on a black screen between level switches, the other was getting hit during an attack animation, causing the character to become unresponsive to any weapon inputs.”
- “Does have some bugs; for instance, the game freezes between levels.”
- “Game is free, but also extremely and immediately buggy, so therefore I wouldn't really recommend bothering with it unless you're absolutely curious.”
grinding
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players find the grinding aspect of the game tedious, as it involves repetitive waves of the same enemies due to the procedural generation, leading to a lack of engaging content.
- “It's a wave survival shooter with procedural generation instead of content... it's just tedious repetition as you fight waves of the same enemy over and over again.”
- “The grinding feels endless and uninspired, making it hard to stay engaged with the game.”
- “After a few hours, the repetitive tasks become a chore rather than an enjoyable challenge.”
story
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The story of the game struggles to engage players, particularly due to frequent crashes that lead to frustration and diminished interest in the plot and gameplay.
- “The game is fine, but after about 12 restarts due to constant crashes, my interest in the plot and gameplay evaporated.”
- “The story felt disjointed and lacked any real depth, making it hard to stay engaged.”
- “I found the characters to be one-dimensional and the plot predictable, which really diminished my overall experience.”
character development
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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While the game's visuals are occasionally impressive, players feel that character development suffers from a lack of polish, particularly in the optimization of particle effects and character designs.