Pakicetus

About Pakicetus

Pakicetus is a single player action game. It was developed by Polymorphic Games and was released on August 7, 2020. It received neutral reviews from players.

Pakicetus is a deep-sea rogue-lite exploration game. As captain of the Salvation, you must balance resource collection, system upgrades, and a dwindling food supply as you battle against an unknown enemy bent on stopping your search for a new home.

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50%Audience ScoreBased on 10 reviews

graphics3 negative mentions

Unique concept exploring the evolution of an ancient ancestor of whales, appealing to fans of evolutionary simulators and natural history.
Atmospheric visual style and lighting create a distinctive and pleasant aesthetic.
Educational and intriguing lore provides an interesting backstory and thematic depth.

Gameplay is shallow, repetitive, and lacks meaningful progression or content variety.
Technical issues including broken tutorials, poor controls, stuttering, lack of sound effects, and UI problems severely hinder playability.
Unfinished feel with buggy mechanics like malfunctioning weapons and upgrades, leading to frustrating player experience.

graphics
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
40% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 60% negative mentions
The graphics in the game are passable and somewhat reasonable but fall short of impressive, lacking the polish seen in top-tier titles. While visually acceptable, the game's shallower gameplay and clunky mechanics detract from the overall experience, making the graphics insufficient to compensate.
- “The idea of this game is, perhaps a little bit like a shallow version of Sunless Sea meets Aquanox, only with slightly worse graphics and much, much shallower gameplay.”
- “It's not fun to play, it's a clunky and sadly uninteresting mess despite the almost reasonable looking graphics.”
- “The graphics in this game are passable, but could be better.”
gameplay
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
60% positive mentions, -20% neutral mentions, 60% negative mentions
The gameplay is widely regarded as shallow and lacking depth, with poorly integrated mechanics that fail to complement the interesting premise and lore. Critics note the absence of meaningful level design and narrative progression, resulting in an overall disappointing experience despite the game's potential.
- “The idea of this game is somewhat like a shallow version of Sunless Sea meets Aquanox, with slightly worse graphics and much shallower gameplay.”
- “To be worth a gamer's time, the game must match top-tier visuals with top-tier gameplay, and that's not happening here.”
- “The developer chose not to create meaningful bespoke levels or narrative-based gameplay progression.”
- “The idea of this game is, perhaps, a little bit like a shallow version of Sunless Sea meets Aquanox, only with slightly worse graphics and much, much shallower gameplay.”
- “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.”
- “Has promise but the game mechanics are currently trash.”
story
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 67% negative mentions
The story begins with a promising cut-scene but is hampered by technical issues, poor voice acting, and slow pacing, resulting in an overall weak narrative experience.
- “The tutorial is broken, guns fire automatically, and there seems to be very little story.”
- “The game starts out with an interesting backstory cut-scene, but the experience is ruined by aggressive screen-shake and stuttering.”
optimization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions
The game suffers from poor optimization, characterized by stuttering and excessive screen-shake that disrupt the initial cut-scene and overall gameplay experience.
- “The game starts out with an interesting backstory cut-scene, but the experience is ruined by aggressive screen-shake and stuttering.”