The Outbreak Story

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The Outbreak Story is a single player role playing game with horror, fantasy, dark fantasy and violence themes. It was developed by Bas-Makes-Games and was released on September 8, 2023. It received neutral reviews from players.

Join Noah as he follows in his deceased father's footsteps: becoming an agent of the Special Paranormal Defense Forces, a secret organisation that protects people from the paranormal. The organisation has its hands full, however, as a strange disease is turning people into unrecognisable monsters. Along the way, Noah and his teammates (James Thorpe and Marie Belle) gain various allies, such as fel…

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Audience ScoreBased on 11 reviews

humor2 positive mentions

graphics3 negative mentions

The game has a cute art style with appealing backgrounds and scenery.
Features a deep crafting system and realistic survival mechanics that immerse players in the post-apocalyptic setting.
Includes representation and accessibility options such as LGBT+ and disability representation, trigger warnings, and customizable controls.

Gameplay is largely unpolished with repetitive combat and platforming that feels more like button mashing or visual novel reading.
The story and dialogue are often considered cringeworthy, poorly written, or lacking meaningful engagement.
Technical issues such as crashes, unresponsive controls, and repetitive or small environments hinder overall experience.

story
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The story in "The Outbreak Story" is generally seen as uninspired and clichéd, with some finding it cringey and shallow, while others note occasional twists and emotional moments. It serves mainly as background to a combat-focused experience rather than offering deep narrative depth or character development.
- “The story and characters didn't go super deep, but there were some twists and emotional struggles.”
- “Overall, this was an action-packed game with a cool little story.”
- “The story is twisty and somewhat heavy.”
- “More effort went into the backstory for this game than the game itself, and given that the backstory is a cringey high-school anime club dropout fan-fiction, the game itself is a bit of a disaster.”
- “Story is uninspiring, combat is pointless button mashing but not the fun kind, artwork just looks copy and pasted from Pokemon or something.”
- “"The Outbreak Story" is one of literally thousands of retro 2D platformers infesting Steam and lowering the average quality of all video games everywhere.”
graphics
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics have received mixed feedback, with some users criticizing the pixel art as low quality and unoriginal, while others find the art style cute. The visuals are seen as lacking polish and innovation but do not significantly detract from gameplay for some players.
- “This features really godawful pixelcrap "art" instead of real graphics.”
- “It's hard to say if this was because the developer didn't have the skill to do the job of creating 3D visuals, or couldn't afford to hire someone who does, but it also doesn't matter.”
- “Story is uninspiring, combat is pointless button mashing but not the fun kind, artwork just looks copy and pasted from Pokemon or something.”
humor
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The humor starts off weak but develops into a delightfully silly and absurd tone, especially as new characters are introduced. A recurring joke arises from an unintentionally funny and bizarre comparison between tragic and unrelated personal experiences, adding a quirky charm to the game’s comedic style.
- “It starts pretty meh but becomes so stupid in a funny way as it goes along, introducing new characters.”
- “At some point, one character mentions how she accidentally burned down her village and killed people, being kicked out and shunned. Then another character goes "yeah, me too" and proceeds to give a few sentence-long mention of how she and her girlfriend are gay and that somehow is the same as accidentally killing people because of a power they were born with. This became a running joke because it is so funny and absolutely not intentional.”
gameplay
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay is underwhelming, drawing inspiration from Kingdom Hearts but lacking polish and engagement. A major flaw is the excessive reliance on lengthy, poorly written visual novel-style cutscenes, which disrupt the flow and reduce active playtime. Consequently, the game struggles to effectively integrate narrative and mechanics, leading to a less enjoyable experience.
- “The developers failed one of the most basic, fundamental requirements of game design: 'show, don't tell.' You'll spend a huge amount of time not playing the game, but clicking through endless lines of poorly written visual novel text cutscenes because the developers couldn't work out how to relate their narrative through the game mechanics, and decided instead it would be better to compete with reading a book for your time.”
- “In terms of gameplay, it's pretty meh with something inspired by Kingdom Hearts but not enough polish behind it to be entirely fun, but not too bad as to be unplayable.”
emotional
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game offers moderate emotional engagement through some plot twists and character struggles, though the story and characters lack significant depth.