Miscreation: Evolve Your Creature!
- November 18, 2019
- Chronicle Ltd
- 5h median play time
Get on Steam"Miscreation: Evolve Your Creature" is a survival sandbox game set in a vast open world. Players create and customize their own unique creature, then hunt, gather resources, craft tools, and build bases to survive against other players and NPCs. With a focus on player freedom and creativity, "Miscreation" offers a unique and dynamic gameplay experience.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game features a fun evolution mechanic that allows for extensive customization of creatures.
- The art style is cute and colorful, making the game visually appealing.
- Many players find the gameplay enjoyable and engaging, especially for those who appreciate creature-building games.
- The game is plagued by numerous bugs that can disrupt gameplay, including freezing and unresponsive controls.
- Boss difficulty spikes can be frustrating, with some bosses being significantly harder than others.
- The lack of direction and a minimap can make navigation confusing, leading to a tedious experience.
- stability74 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game is widely criticized for its numerous bugs and stability issues, including character freezes, glitches that hinder gameplay, and a generally unfinished feel. While some players find enjoyment despite these problems, many report that the bugs significantly detract from the overall experience, making it frustrating at times. Overall, the game's stability is a major concern, with frequent glitches and performance issues that can disrupt play.
“An example of what happens to a good game concept when the development is incompetent or lazy - bugs that make you walk to one side, bugs that freeze you and only you, so every enemy can have a go at you, bugs that keep you stuck in the menu, bugs that lock you from areas you could normally travel to.”
“However, it is still quite buggy, to the point where it makes it incredibly hard to play at times, especially when fighting bosses or tough enemies.”
“The camera just freezes on some screens, you run into invisible walls and hooks, and the screen freezes every time you attack something.”
- gameplay50 mentions
- 16 % positive mentions
- 78 % neutral mentions
- 6 % negative mentions
The gameplay is characterized by a promising evolution mechanic and a relaxed platforming experience, but is marred by numerous bugs and a lack of polish that significantly detracts from the overall enjoyment. While the core mechanics are simple and initially fun, players report frustrating issues such as input drops and glitches that hinder progress, leading to an unplayable state at times. Despite its potential, many reviewers express disappointment, hoping for future updates to improve the experience.
“O inspired gameplay minus the grinding makes for a friendly and enjoyable adventure.”
“A great variety of parts to create your own little monstrosity; got no problem so far, the gameplay is relaxed.”
“The gameplay seems fun and simple at first: kill enemies, get points, evolve into better creatures. It's a different take on a platformer, and I've enjoyed the time I put in.”
“The evolution gimmick was a good idea, but the gameplay is so bad it sucks all the fun out.”
“Currently, it has quite a few bugs and polish issues that make for a sometimes frustrating gameplay feel.”
“There are bugs that get in the way of fun, such as the screen locking on a random position instead of your character, your character automatically moving for roughly 4 seconds after respawning and ignoring button inputs, and dropped inputs randomly throughout gameplay.”
- music24 mentions
- 13 % positive mentions
- 63 % neutral mentions
- 25 % negative mentions
The music in the game has received mixed reviews, with many players finding it catchy and cute but ultimately repetitive and lacking originality, as it primarily features royalty-free tracks. Some users noted that the sound effects, particularly the damage sound, can be annoying, and the default volume settings are excessively loud. Overall, while the music complements the game's art style, it may detract from the experience due to its repetitiveness and absence of a unique soundtrack.
“While I am appealed to by the cutesy art style and music, if you're looking for a monster customization game... try Spore instead.”
“I loved everything including the bright colors, cute style, way the creatures moved, and the music.”
“It's fine in my books because Kerbal Space Program did the same thing with their music, and it is a great game, but this game needs some work before it is worth $10.”
“The music is repetitive and I really dislike the sound of when you take damage.”
“It uses Kevin MacLeod's music and what seems to be stock sounds.”
“Another thing to note, though not a real issue, this game didn't have an original soundtrack.”
- story18 mentions
- 17 % positive mentions
- 67 % neutral mentions
- 17 % negative mentions
The game's story is generally perceived as lacking depth and direction, with many players noting that it feels more like a series of tasks rather than a cohesive narrative. While some appreciate the overarching theme of evolution and the creative elements introduced in New Game+, others criticize the main storyline for being too short and offering little guidance. Overall, the story is seen as a mixed bag, with some enjoying its simplicity and others finding it insufficient.
“Its long, it's a good story and I just like it.”
“While the main story may be a little on the short side, New Game Plus has a creative spin on it and makes it pretty entertaining to keep playing.”
“Even the overarching story of being a simple, defenseless creature tasked with a mission to evolve, defeat stronger creatures, and become blessed by some all-powerful deity to be released into the world is very similar to Evo.”
“There really isn't much of a story to it; you just do things.”
“There was no story, no guidance, no real sense of direction aside from 'reach Yggdrasil', 'I haven't been here before' when discovering a new area by chance and lonely arrow signs in some of the more sparse areas.”
“Way too short in its current state, and forced new game plus so can't go back to collect all parts after the story.”
- grinding16 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Reviews highlight that the grinding aspect of the game is often tedious and frustrating, with many players finding it repetitive and glitchy. While some appreciate the ability to carry over points from previous runs to reduce early grinding, others feel that the overall experience is marred by scarce checkpoints and the need for excessive grinding to unlock parts. Overall, the grinding detracts from what could be an enjoyable adventure, making it a significant point of contention among players.
“It is misleading, repetitive, glitchy, grindy and has massive issues with hitboxes.”
“It was a stupidly frustrating experience that leads me to my next suggestion - when we pay currency to unlock a part, it should stay unlocked to reduce grinding.”
“With as large as some of the levels are, it gets really tedious to do the old school platformer tactic of banzai'ing off random platforms to find new things, especially since checkpoints are pretty scarce.”
- graphics16 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 31 % neutral mentions
- 19 % negative mentions
The game's graphics are characterized by a charming and colorful art style that many players find appealing, despite some basic elements. While the aesthetics are cute and enjoyable, there are concerns about gameplay mechanics, such as hidden pitfalls and hit-box issues. Overall, the visuals contribute positively to the experience, with potential for improvement as the game evolves.
“I really cannot recommend this game at its current state, however I do feel that it has great potential and in the hopes that the devs push more quality of life updates in the future, I feel that this game deserves a positive review for its evolution-based gameplay, adorable and yet terrifying graphics style, and enjoyable platform challenges.”
“It's art style is amazing.”
“The aesthetics are basic but colorful and enjoyable.”
“Other annoyances are pitfalls hidden behind the foreground, and fire pillars with hit-boxes that extend far past the fire graphic.”
“While I am appealed to by the cutesy art style and music, if you're looking for a monster customization game... try Spore instead.”
“Many people seem to compare it to Spore, though the evolution mechanics, 2D art style, and platformer-based gameplay are more similar to Evo: Search for Eden on the Super Nintendo.”
- replayability8 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 38 % neutral mentions
- 38 % negative mentions
Overall, the game's replayability is noted but limited; while players can revisit it to experiment with different strategies and body parts, many feel that it lacks significant new content to encourage multiple playthroughs. Most reviewers find it enjoyable enough for one or two runs, but the desire for further play is minimal.
“The game is pretty fun, worth playing through once or twice; not too much replayability though that may change seeing as this game recently came out.”
“Replayability is there, but not appealing for me.”
“Despite the fact that it allows for replayability after defeating the final encounter, I don't really find myself wanting to make another playthrough, since it doesn't add anything new.”
“The game is pretty fun, worth playing through once or twice, but there's not much replayability, though that may change since this game recently came out.”
“There's some replayability as after you finish the game, you can go back and try out different body parts and new strategies.”
- humor6 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Players find the humor in the game to be both entertaining and endearing, often leading to repeated playthroughs as they experiment with different upgrades. The comedic elements, highlighted by the influence of content creator dangerouslyfunny, contribute to the game's charm and replayability.
“Every time I started my game over, I would change what I chose to upgrade and it is quite humorous but still somehow adorable.”
“This game is actually pretty funny and entertaining; I bought it because DangerouslyFunny posted something about it.”
“I can't stop playing this every day and I always watch DangerouslyFunny with it too.”
- emotional2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The emotional aspect of the game is negatively impacted by frustrating hit-box mechanics, leading to player dissatisfaction and a sense of unfairness during gameplay.
