Insectophobia : Episode 1
- July 4, 2017
- Proximity Games
Get on SteamInsectophobia is an episodic platformer. It's the story of John and his struggle against monster insects.
PC
Windows
Reviews
Audience ScoreBased on 14 reviews
graphics3 negative mentions
- The game offers unintentional hilarity and can be entertaining in a janky way.
- It appeals to fans of retro PC game graphics and those who enjoy poorly reviewed games.
- The concept of the game, involving scientific experiments on insects, has potential.
- The game suffers from poor mechanics, such as respawning enemies and unresponsive hit boxes.
- Technical issues abound, including lack of resolution options and uncustomizable controls.
- Overall, the game is poorly executed and fails to meet basic standards expected by modern gamers.
- graphics6 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 17 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game are reminiscent of old-school PC titles, appealing to fans of retro aesthetics. However, players are frustrated by the lack of options to adjust resolution or customize graphics settings, leaving the low-quality visuals unchangeable.
“There's no option to change the resolution for the game or customize the graphics settings.”
“There's no way for gamers to try to improve the low-quality graphics.”
“The lack of customization options for graphics settings is disappointing.”
- monetization2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The monetization strategy of the game has been criticized as a cash grab, with users expressing frustration over the release of an incomplete product labeled as "episode 1" without any subsequent episodes being developed.
“This is for some reason 'episode 1', but the developer couldn't be bothered making any other episodes, and dumped this incomplete mess onto Steam as a cash grab.”
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