Snipe Hunt
- October 24, 2022
- Flux-Soul
Get on Steam"Snipe Hunt" is a first-person horror game where you play as a detective specializing in the supernatural. You must navigate procedurally generated mazes to find clues and utilize special tools to identify and capture mysterious creatures. Be careful not to get caught, as you are not the only one hunting. Manage your inventory and stay one step ahead to survive.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game has a strong atmosphere that effectively creates a sense of unease while exploring the maze.
- The horror aspect is well-executed, with jump scares used sparingly and an engaging environment.
- The developer is actively working on updates and improvements, showing potential for future content.
- The game suffers from numerous bugs and performance issues, particularly in VR, making it feel unpolished.
- There is a lack of clear instructions and tutorials, leading to confusion about gameplay mechanics.
- The content is overly simplistic, with limited maps and objectives, making it feel repetitive and lacking depth.
- gameplay12 mentions
- 17 % positive mentions
- 58 % neutral mentions
- 25 % negative mentions
The gameplay is straightforward and accessible, making it suitable for newcomers, but it also features a strong atmospheric element, particularly through its audio design. Players experience a sense of unease while navigating randomly generated mazes, with the added challenge of a space warping mechanic that enhances the urgency to escape. Overall, it has been rated 3/5 for its simplicity and immersive qualities.
“While a mechanically simple game, it has a strong atmosphere, especially on the audio front.”
“It creates a great sense of unease while exploring the maze for evidence and makes you urgently feel the need to leave, something which can be made more difficult by the random nature of the mazes and the space-warping mechanic found when traversing the corn.”
“Gameplay: 3/5”
“Mechanically, the gameplay is simple but also easy to understand for anyone who is new.”
“It creates a great sense of unease while exploring the maze for evidence and makes you urgently feel the need to leave, something which can be made more difficult by the random nature of the mazes and the space warping mechanic found when traversing the corn.”
- atmosphere10 mentions
- 40 % positive mentions
- 30 % neutral mentions
- 30 % negative mentions
The game's atmosphere is highly praised for its unique and refreshing take on horror, particularly through its use of isolation and a corn maze setting, which creates a perfect spooky ambiance. Reviewers highlight the strong audio design as a key element that enhances the overall experience, with many giving it a perfect score of 5/5. While the game is mechanically simple, its atmospheric depth stands out, and there is speculation that VR could further amplify this effect.
“A corn maze is familiar and a perfect spooky atmosphere for a game I haven't seen before.”
“While a mechanically simple game, it has a strong atmosphere, especially on the audio front.”
“I have no comment to make on the VR as I do not own a VR headset, though I can only imagine it enhances the already strong atmosphere.”
“At least from what I saw, the atmosphere and isolation is what gives the horror, which is refreshing compared to most horror games.”
- graphics8 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 38 % neutral mentions
- 38 % negative mentions
Overall, the graphics of the game are considered to need improvement, with players noting difficulties in visibility unless closely inspecting objects. Despite running on a powerful RTX 3080, users experienced consistent frame rate drops across various graphical settings, indicating optimization issues. Visuals received a rating of 4/5, suggesting some positive aspects but highlighting significant room for enhancement.
“Visuals: 4/5”
“Game is running on the Unity engine and on my RTX 3080, I was getting frame rate drops consistently, despite choosing different graphical options, including turning off volumetrics.”
“The graphics need some improvement.”
“I'm usually not big about graphics, but it was difficult to find evidence unless you are right on top of it.”
“The game is running on the Unity engine, and on my RTX 3080, I was getting frame rate drops consistently, despite choosing different graphical options, including turning off volumetrics.”
- story6 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 83 % neutral mentions
- 17 % negative mentions
The story aspect of the game is criticized for its lack of clarity and guidance, as players are abruptly thrown into missions without sufficient explanation or context. This has led to confusion regarding gameplay mechanics, such as key mapping and monster trapping. Overall, the narrative experience feels disjointed and underdeveloped.
“Nothing about the key mapping (though it is somewhat intuitive), or how to trap monsters, etc. The game then drops you into whatever mission you chose without much explanation.”
- optimization2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game suffers from significant optimization issues, particularly in VR, leading to poor performance that detracts from the overall experience.
“The biggest problem with this game currently in VR is the poor performance.”
- music2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The music in the game, particularly the main menu track, has received high praise from users, with multiple reviews highlighting it as exceptional and deserving a perfect score of 10/10.
“The main menu music goes incredibly hard! 10/10”
“The main menu music goes incredibly hard! 10/10”
