Together After Dark
- June 18, 2024
- RedForge
Get on Steam"Together After Dark" is a 4-player co-op horror game that takes you on a chilling journey into a dark and dangerous forest, filled with paranormal events and malevolent energies. Players must work together to find a way out without being seen, while immersed in a hauntingly beautiful and atmospheric environment. The game offers a memorable experience for horror enthusiasts seeking an exciting and bloody journey with friends.
Reviews
- The game features beautiful graphics and immersive sound design, creating a phenomenal atmosphere.
- It's a fun experience, especially when played with friends, offering a mix of horror and puzzle elements.
- Despite being short, the game is engaging and replayable, with unique environments and varied enemy designs.
- The game suffers from performance issues, including bugs, low frame rates, and stuttering during gameplay.
- Many players found the gameplay repetitive, primarily involving walking and following arrows without much interaction or lore.
- Some updates have reportedly made the game worse, with issues like broken mechanics and a lack of content.
- graphics5 mentions
- 80 % positive mentions
- 20 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The graphics are praised for their photorealistic textures and atmospheric visuals, creating an engaging analog horror feel. However, some users experienced glitches on ultra settings, suggesting that lower settings may be more stable for optimal performance. Overall, the visuals are considered a standout feature of the game.
“Excellent graphics with occlusion and fisheye effects, creating the effect of photorealistic textures.”
“Beautiful graphics and visuals.”
“I loved the graphics and the analog horror feel it had.”
- gameplay5 mentions
- 60 % positive mentions
- -20 % neutral mentions
- 60 % negative mentions
The gameplay is generally smooth and visually appealing, with enjoyable mechanics for its price point. However, many players find the core gameplay loop repetitive, primarily involving extensive walking, and report issues with glitches and audio bugs that detract from the experience.
“Upon playing, no issues are apparent; the game runs smoothly, it looks beautiful, and has a fun mechanic.”
“The overall atmosphere and mechanics are solid for a $4 game.”
“Visually, the game looks good; the problem is the core gameplay loop is just repetitive and involves a lot of walking.”
“The core gameplay loop is just repetitive and involves a lot of walking.”
“The gameplay consists mainly of walking through the forest.”
“There were some bugs, such as audio issues and lag, which made the gameplay feel glitchy.”
- atmosphere4 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 75 % negative mentions
The atmosphere of the game is highly praised, with users noting its effectiveness in creating tension, especially when playing in groups. The visuals complement the overall ambiance, enhancing the sense of fear and immersion, particularly when players find themselves as the last survivor being hunted by the monster. Overall, the atmosphere is considered phenomenal, especially for a budget title.
“The overall atmosphere is phenomenal.”
“The overall atmosphere and mechanics are solid for a $4 game.”
“Playing in a group of three, I feel like the atmosphere and your fear of the game change whenever you're the last one alive while the monster is stalking you.”
“My favorite aspect was the atmosphere paired with the visuals.”
- story2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game's story is criticized for its lack of lore, voice acting, and interactive elements, leaving players confused about the narrative. Many hope for future updates or similar games that provide a more engaging story experience.
“No lore, no voice acting, no things to interact with to learn a story.”
“I'm not sure what exactly was happening story-wise (if there is one), but I hope either this game gets more content or more are released like it!”
- stability2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Reviews indicate that the game suffers from significant stability issues, with players encountering bugs that affect gameplay, particularly in the walking simulator mechanics and enemy interactions in later levels.
“I just spent $4 on a buggy walking simulator.”
“The enemy in the 3rd level is, possibly, a bit buggy.”
- optimization2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The optimization of the game has received negative feedback, with users reporting poor performance and noticeable stuttering issues. Developers have acknowledged these problems and are working on a resolution.
“Performance is quite bad.”
“Stuttering (again, I contacted the dev and they said it will be resolved ASAP).”
- replayability1 mentions
- 200 % positive mentions
- -400 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
Players find the game's varied enemy designs to be a significant factor in its replayability, as they introduce new challenges and strategies with each playthrough.
“Each playthrough offers new challenges and experiences, enhancing the game's replayability.”
“The different character builds and strategies keep the gameplay fresh and encourage multiple runs.”
“The enemy designs are varied in terms of ideas, which makes the game quite replayable.”
“Once you've completed the main story, there's little incentive to dive back in.”
“The lack of meaningful choices and consequences means that replaying the game feels more like a chore than an adventure.”
