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Instinct

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66%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere
Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
81% User Score Based on 32 reviews

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Instinct is a single player open world shooter game with horror and violence themes. It was developed by Newtonic Studio and was released on October 17, 2024. It received positive reviews from players.

INSTINCT encompasses horror on a whole new level — experience the chilling gameplay and story through the eyes of three different playable characters in this third person action game! They are members of an elite American military squad specializing in covert ops and complete annihilation in enemy territory. Their relationships are torn apart and fade away as the three are separated to face Nort…

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81%Audience ScoreBased on 32 reviews
atmosphere1 positive mentions
stability2 negative mentions
  • Interesting retro FPS experience with satisfying shooting mechanics and good weapon feel.
  • Atmosphere and level design feature a mix of indoor and outdoor environments with a distinctive Eastern European aesthetic.
  • The game features three playable characters with intertwined stories, adding variety and perspective to gameplay.
  • Frequent technical issues including crashes, camera glitches, and bugs that require workarounds or patches to fix.
  • Sluggish and clunky movement with imprecise aiming; enemy AI and bullet sponge enemies can be frustrating.
  • Story and dialogue are largely inaccessible due to language barriers and minimal localization, hindering narrative understanding.

  • story

    11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    27% positive mentions, 46% neutral mentions, 27% negative mentions

    The story centers on a Ukrainian special forces team on a mission to recover a zombie virus vial, presented through comic book-style cutscenes. While it features familiar zombie-genre tropes and character archetypes, the narrative is considered typical and somewhat convoluted but benefits from intertwined perspectives and a longer campaign. Overall, the story is viewed as standard zombie action fare with some engaging set pieces but lacks depth or originality.

    • “Of the bundle, this is one of the more complete games, having a longer campaign than most and featuring some interesting bits of story and gameplay.”
    • “The stories are intertwined as they are all on the same mission just separated doing different things.”
    • “Inter-level cutscenes in a comic book style convey most of the story.”
    • “Don't ask me what the story is about; I only caught a few subtitles during some of the comic book cutscenes mentioning a Ukrainian special forces team sent to find a zombie virus vial.”
    • “Story-wise, it's typical zombie virus schlock with a cast of two cool soldier men and one hot soldier girl love interest (you play as all three during the story), plus a couple of evil crazy bad guys.”
    • “I really enjoyed the environments, atmosphere, and visuals, and there were some very nice set pieces; however, the gunplay is nothing to write home about (just a small pool of enemies), and I couldn't tell you what the deal is with the story, other than that it's overly ambitious in a typical fashion for this genre.”

  • graphics

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    40% positive mentions, 20% neutral mentions, 40% negative mentions

    The graphics feature appealing environments with detailed indoor and outdoor settings, creating a strong atmosphere and visuals. However, some find the graphics outdated and the movement slow and clunky, slightly detracting from the overall experience.

    • “Good aesthetics with wet corridors, pipes, hallways, laboratories, and—when you believed there would be only more indoor levels—a beautiful outdoor landscape.”
    • “Really enjoyed the environments, atmosphere, visuals, and there were some very nice set pieces.”
    • “Graphics are okay but movement is slow and clunky.”
    • “Outdated graphics for time”

  • gameplay

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 34% neutral mentions, 33% negative mentions

    The gameplay offers a relatively complete experience with a longer campaign and engaging story elements, though it suffers from sluggish movement and underwhelming firepower. Despite these issues, it remains manageable and not overly frustrating, even on the hardest difficulty.

    • “Of the bundle, this is one of the more complete games, having a longer campaign than most and featuring some interesting bits of story and gameplay.”
    • “The gameplay is rough with sluggish movement and wholly underwhelming firepower, but it's not too annoying even on the hardest difficulty.”

  • atmosphere

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 67% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The atmosphere is praised for its immersive environments, striking visuals, and memorable set pieces, creating a compelling overall mood. However, the experience is somewhat dampened by limited enemy variety and an overly ambitious, unclear story.

    • “Really enjoyed the environments, atmosphere, visuals, and there were some very nice set pieces.”

  • stability

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game exhibits notable stability issues, including scripting errors that can cause crashes and camera glitches if not launched first. Frequent gameplay problems, such as erratic enemy behavior and forced frequent deaths, further impact the overall stability experience.

    • “Always firing at the hip at enemies who act like bullet sponges, lots of dying, and a couple of scripting errors with one of the levels that you have to fix before it freezes the whole game.”
    • “It has to be the first program to run after booting your PC, otherwise the camera glitches out and starts shaking.”

  • music

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The music is characterized primarily by its soundtrack, which plays an integral role in the overall experience. However, no specific details about its style or quality are provided.

  • optimization

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Optimization is generally solid, with occasional audio stuttering issues that can be resolved by enabling VSync in the settings.

    • “Audio stuttering, enabling VSync in the menu fixed it for me.”
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3h Median play time
3h Average play time
3-3h Spent by most gamers
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Instinct is a open world shooter game with horror and violence themes. Common tags for Instinct include first-person, 3D, politics, linear, psychological and others.

Instinct is available on PC and Windows.

On average players spend around 3 hours playing Instinct.

Instinct was released on October 17, 2024.

Instinct was developed by Newtonic Studio.

Instinct has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked Instinct for its atmosphere but disliked it for its story.

Instinct is a single player game.

Similar games include The Stalin Subway, HyperViolent, Shadow Ops: Red Mercury, Shadow Ops: Red Mercury, Alien Rage: Unlimited and others.