- December 9, 2021
- 10 Chambers
- 9h median play time
GTFO
While GTFO is a blast with friends, once you get a good feel of the game, going solo can be a less than ideal experience
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About
"GTFO is a 4-player cooperative first-person shooter where you and your team play as prisoners navigating a treacherous, monster-filled complex to fulfill Work Orders. With the Final Edition, you have over 80 challenging expeditions to survive, relying on communication, teamwork, and resource management. Bots can fill your team if needed. Join the discord for updates and discussions."











- The graphics are stunning, with detailed environments and eerie lighting that enhance the horror experience.
- The gameplay offers intense cooperative mechanics that require strategic planning and teamwork, providing a rewarding experience for those who enjoy challenging gameplay.
- The game features a refreshing monetization model with no microtransactions, allowing players to unlock cosmetics solely through gameplay.
- The gameplay can feel tedious and repetitive, with a steep learning curve and lack of meaningful rewards for completing missions.
- The game suffers from frequent crashes, bugs, and performance issues, leading to a frustrating and unpolished experience.
- Character development is criticized for its lack of depth and customization options, leaving players wanting more in terms of progression.
story
3,624 mentions Positive Neutral NegativeThe story of *GTFO* revolves around players taking on the role of prisoners sent by a mysterious corporation to complete dangerous missions in a dark, subterranean facility filled with horrifying creatures. While the narrative is primarily conveyed through environmental storytelling and scattered lore found in terminals, many players find it intriguing yet challenging to piece together, often requiring external resources to fully grasp the plot. The game emphasizes teamwork and strategy, with missions that can last several hours, making the sense of accomplishment from completing them particularly rewarding despite the steep difficulty and lack of traditional storytelling elements.
“The story is interesting too, and the level designs are well-made.”
“The story is there but it takes some digging for you to piece it all together, sort of like how FromSoftware handles the stories for their Souls and Soulslike games. Thankfully with GTFO, you get just enough story told to you to make you interested in it, and thus make you want to know more.”
“The atmosphere is stunning and its approach to storytelling is unexpected yet effective.”
“The story is hard to follow at first, but is very deep and interesting once you get into it.”
“The game is cool and all, however if you don't have friends to play with then there's no point in getting it, it is beyond hard to an unfair point, and unless you mod the heck out of the game you will find not only are the missions impossible to do, your own AI bots will generally end up shooting you.”
“The game is not for everyone, but I can highly recommend it to people who are not afraid to fail some missions and are looking for a challenging game to tackle with friends.”
GTFO
GTFO is a developer taking those arcade first-person, horror shooters and making a game for the people who enjoy a challenge, such as the Dark Souls series, but forming a cooperative experience that genuinely sticks to the idea of horror. The gameplay upholds the idea of being outnumbered and fighting for true survival, rather than going gun blazing in a field full of zombies. This game is not for everyone. It is for a specific set of people looking for a stimulating cooperative title that relies so much on patience and testing how well people can work together. It is hard, it will make players suffer and those players will have to learn and adapt otherwise the same team wipes will be repeated. GTFO oozes amazing atmosphere and tense gameplay, it is well designed with a philosophy taken from old game design about learning while playing to let players discover how to overcome the game’s challenging missions. This game delivers on making players feel isolated, stuck in claustrophobic environments surrounded by the deadly sounds of monsters awaiting their next snack. GTFO stands out as a unique cooperative horror experience due to its gameplay design, one that I am fully relishing, even after countless deaths and failed runs.
80%GTFO Review
While GTFO is a blast with friends, once you get a good feel of the game, going solo can be a less than ideal experience
80%GTFO Review – The Art of Strenuous Co-op
GTFO’s focus on tight team coordination brings something new to the co-op shooting genre but its difficulty is not for everyone.
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