- May 11, 2024
- Steven Palo
The Backrooms: Descent
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About
"The Backrooms: Descent" is a horror-exploration game where you play as a researcher venturing into the Backrooms to locate missing teams. This labyrinth of endless rooms and buzzing fluorescent lights is filled with potentially hostile entities, and your only means of communication with your team is through proximity voice chat. The game features immersive levels that add unique interpretations to the Backrooms lore, with the option to play cooperatively with friends. The goal is to survive and find the main research team before it's too late.
- The game is fun to play with friends, providing a silly and enjoyable experience with lots of laughs.
- The graphics are impressive, and the entities are unique and creepy, adding to the overall enjoyment.
- The game has potential for future updates, with players excited for new levels and improvements.
- Controls and movement feel clunky, and the camera perspective is disliked by many players.
- The monsters lack intimidation and can be more annoying than scary, reducing the overall fear factor.
- Some levels are confusing and poorly designed, leading to frustration rather than enjoyment.
- gameplay10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
The gameplay features a variety of mechanics, including a unique cooperation element that enhances the experience, particularly in multiplayer mode. While the sanity mechanic is limited to a single level, players find the overall mechanics solid and the challenge manageable, despite some ambiguity in the gameplay design. The graphics are praised, contributing to an engaging atmosphere.
“The graphics are great and the mechanics aren't wonky.”
“With two people, the game did feel hard but still manageable. I really liked the mechanic that happened in the 'cooperate with your teammate' room.”
“But the gameplay... oh man.”
“It seems to be a mechanic, but I couldn't tell you for certain.”
“And the sanity mechanic is only on during this one level.”
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