Shrooms

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Shrooms is a single player and multiplayer role playing game with a fantasy theme. It was developed by Immersive Douro and was released on May 8, 2015. It received negative reviews from players.

"Shrooms is a fantasy role-playing game that offers both single-player and multiplayer options, with a focus on survival and adaptation in a rich, colorful world. Players can explore and mutate their characters to gain new abilities, gather resources, craft tools, and fend off enemies. The game is in early alpha stage, expect incomplete features and imbalanced gameplay as it continues to develop."

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16%

Audience ScoreBased on 50 reviews

gameplay6 positive mentions

stability3 negative mentions

The game has a unique concept of mutating your character with various fungi, offering interesting gameplay mechanics.
The art design and character models are visually appealing, particularly the female player model.
There is potential for the game to become something great if it receives further development and updates.

The game has been abandoned since 2015, with no updates or developer communication, leading to a dead game status.
Gameplay is severely lacking, with very few activities to engage in and many mechanics not fully implemented.
Many players consider it a scam due to the lack of content and developer support, making it not worth purchasing.

gameplay
16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
38%
43%
19%
The gameplay features a unique mechanic where players can consume items to survive and adapt, reminiscent of open-world survival games like Minecraft and Rust. However, many users report that essential mechanics are not yet implemented, leading to a lack of engaging gameplay and confusion, particularly with the building system. Despite these issues, the game shows promise with its interesting concepts and potential for future development.
- “Mechanic-wise, it was a good concept where what you ate helped you to survive and adapt better in the environment.”
- “It's a typical open world survival game in the same vein as Minecraft and Rust, but with the unique mechanic of being able to mutate your character with various fungi and give them special abilities.”
- “All that said, still a neat game, interesting unique mechanics, cool environment to mess around in, all in all a promising foundation, very clearly in alpha but with a lot of potential.”
- “I run an i7 processor and GTX 860M graphics card, but I've been having issues with the gameplay, namely delays and other problems.”
- “I have no idea if this is just my machine running poorly or if it's the alpha stages of the gameplay; everyone else seems to be running fine.”
- “A tutorial to explain certain aspects of the game would be helpful; I was really confused by the build item minigame/mechanic.”
stability
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game's stability has been criticized due to its abandonment two years ago, leading to a lack of updates and a decline in player satisfaction. While some users acknowledge the game's potential and unique mechanics, they report issues with multiplayer functionality being buggy. Overall, the game's current state leaves much to be desired, and there is hope for revitalization under new development.
- “This game was abandoned two years ago, and it hasn't aged well. The following of players is mostly disappointed by the updates coming to a screeching halt. While I believe this game had great potential, the current state, especially with the multiplayer being a bit buggy, detracts from the experience.”
- “The game has been left behind for two years, and the lack of updates has left many players feeling disappointed. Although it has great potential, the multiplayer experience is quite buggy, which significantly impacts stability.”
- “After two years of abandonment, the game hasn't aged well, and players are largely dissatisfied with the lack of updates. The multiplayer aspect is particularly buggy, which undermines the overall stability of the game.”
graphics
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users report experiencing gameplay issues, such as delays, despite having capable hardware like an i7 processor and GTX 860M graphics card, indicating potential optimization problems with the game's graphics.
- “I run an i7 processor and a GTX 860M graphics card, but I've been having issues with the gameplay, namely delays and other performance problems.”
- “I run an i7 processor and a GTX 860M graphics card, but I've been having issues with the gameplay, namely delays and other performance problems.”
grinding
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players appreciate the option to instantly craft items when all components are available, as it eliminates the tedious process of manually adding each item to the crafting layout, thereby reducing grinding time.
- “The ability to instantly craft an item when you have all the components instead of tediously clicking on the item to add it into the crafting layout.”