Prevent The Fall

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Prevent The Fall is a single player and multiplayer hack and slash game with fantasy, medieval and historical themes. It was developed by D.W.S and was released on July 31, 2017. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Prevent the Fall is a Role Playing Game/Dungeon Crawler. Advance through 20 character levels, as you acquire items of power, and attempt to conquer dungeons which are a mixture of hand-crafted and generated content. Both VR and non-VR and single player or multiplayer coop are supported.

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66%

Audience ScoreBased on 68 reviews

gameplay5 positive mentions

music3 negative mentions

The game features a large variety of weapons with unique gesture-based attacks and a solid loot system that motivates continued play.
Supports both VR and traditional play with crossplay multiplayer, allowing players with or without VR to play together.
The developer is very active and responsive, frequently releasing patches and engaging with the community.

Gameplay is simplistic, repetitive, and lacks depth with limited enemy variety, basic AI, and minimal quest diversity.
The visuals, animations, and audio are low quality and feel outdated, contributing to a lack of immersion.
The UI and controls, especially for VR, are clunky, unintuitive, and lack customization options such as key binding.

graphics
20 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics are generally considered simplistic and outdated, resembling older generation RPGs rather than modern standards, with some users noting blurry visuals and occasional glitches. However, equipment visuals are appreciated for their uniqueness, and overall, the graphics are deemed adequate or slightly above average for a VR game from 2017, appealing mainly to fans of classic RPG aesthetics.
- “Love the fact that equipment actually has different and unique graphics for them. I wanted to collect as many different weapons and armor as I could.”
- “No, the graphics aren't absolutely stunning, but for a VR game I'd say it's pretty much on par or even slightly above average compared to a lot of others.”
- “The graphics aren't state of the art, but they work fine for this game.”
- “Simplistic visuals that would not look out of place in a 15 year old dungeon crawler, barely tolerable audio samples, and UI and interface ugliness abound.”
- “For being a VR game, being sold at this price range and being in 2017 full release, graphics are not even sufficient.”
- “The graphics are very bad, PS2 era.”
gameplay
19 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay is a basic dungeon-crawling experience with simple mechanics and limited enemy variety, lacking advanced features like enemy teamwork or elemental resistances. While some players find it fun and challenging, especially as a VR dungeon RPG with melee and spell combat, others criticize its repetitive skills, rough controls, and lack of depth. The gear system is noted as a positive aspect, but overall gameplay feels barebones and unpolished.
- “Once you get used to the control mechanics, it's a fun little random generation type RPG dungeon game in VR with melee and spell type mechanics.”
- “I was happy to see how enjoyable the gameplay was, even in the absence of VR equipment.”
- “The gameplay, while it has issues I'll discuss later, is challenging and enjoyable.”
- “Game mechanics are very simple and there really isn't anything motivating me to continue playing other than easy achievements at the cost of my time.”
- “Gameplay for Prevent the Fall is pretty much straight and barebones in many aspects.”
- “There is no such thing as enemies working together with, for example, supporting allies, buffing, AoE auras and such mechanics. These things are totally unknown even if they are some core gameplay features of any decent ARPG / dungeon crawler, so very basic enemies with no depth.”
story
17 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The story in this game is minimal and repetitive, focusing mainly on simple dungeon quests given by an anonymous tavernkeeper with little to no lore or secondary missions. While the randomized quests and dungeon layouts provide some variety, the overall narrative lacks depth and becomes monotonous quickly. The gameplay emphasizes combat and quest completion over storytelling, making it more suitable for casual dungeon crawling than for those seeking an engaging plot.
- “Moral of the story: you never know what life has in store for you, and if I had given up when all odds were against me, I wouldn't be where I am today.”
- “You will impersonate a random hero (male only) and raid various dungeons and locations to complete quests given you by an anonymous tavernkeeper, slay monsters, loot some equipment - the regular day of a hero basically.”
- “The random quest maker and dungeon maker is pretty good and gives enough randomness for the length of the game.”
- “There is no story or lore beyond that.”
- “Each quest in the game involves either killing a certain enemy in a dungeon or collecting a certain number of items, at least after 2 hours of play.”
- “The missions get boring quick and are mostly all the same.”
music
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music received mixed feedback, with some users praising the soundtrack as a relaxing and favorite aspect of the game, especially during dungeon exploration, while others found it merely adequate and criticized certain sound effects as low quality and unrealistic. Overall, the musical score is considered good to okay.
- “The soundtrack was probably my favorite aspect as I navigated all the different dungeons this game has to offer.”
- “The music was good.”
- “Barely sufficient, music is alright, sounds of combat, mobs, and footsteps are mostly annoying and unrealistic. Footsteps in sewer water have a horrendous sound, and most of the sounds are just low quality.”
- “Musical score is okay.”
- “I relaxed for 5 minutes listening to this music, long enough to realize that I would be okay.”
stability
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's stability is mixed, with several users noting persistent bugs and glitches such as walking through doors and unclear progression after tutorial fights. However, some players found improvements after updates and appreciated movement adjustment options, making it more enjoyable despite its unpolished state. Overall, stability issues impact the experience but don't fully detract from the fun.
- “This game is way too overpriced for its unpolished, glitchy, and buggy nature; it seems to be stuck in an unfinished state.”
- “The game had glitches such as walking through doors instead of them opening, and after killing the spider and goblin in the tutorial section, it wasn't clear how to move forward.”
- “The game is fun, though a bit buggy.”
optimization
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game features excellent optimization, running smoothly even at high resolution scales like 200%, delivering crisp visuals without compromising performance. Users appreciate its smooth frame rates, especially given its low price point.
- “If you turn up the resolution scale to 200%, everything looks nice and crisp, the game runs smoothly, and for a randomly generated waggle-combat game that's under 10 bucks?”
- “Game runs smoothly with good FPS.”
- “Performance is solid.”
replayability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game offers limited replayability, as the levels tend to feel repetitive and lack variety.
- “Not much replayability, the levels are all kind of the same.”
grinding
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Users appreciate the game’s design that eliminates grinding by allowing quick quest completion and easy return to the hub via a simple menu button hold, streamlining gameplay and maintaining pacing.