Trench Tales

“Falling through the map, bodies floating, no animations for the majority of gameplay, horrible AI voice acting, buggy interface, water physics going ballistic, terrible weapon stats feedback, counterintuitive gameplay design, lack of combat sound design, poor weapon feedback, horrible hitboxes.”

“It's a buggy mess at the moment as simple as that, it’s roughly in the state of what Forever Winter was before getting the first few patches. There’s a massive delay when you pick up things or kill enemy soldiers, sometimes you waste ammo because enemies still return fire despite being technically dead, there is no jump key on a map full of rocks causing unnecessary stuck moments, soldiers spawn literally next to you during hunts and invisible soldiers attacking you add to frustration. The performance is poor with massive frame drops, and DLSS is not very helpful. It feels like a very early alpha and requires at least two more years of development. The developer should hire more personnel to make it playable sooner.”

“The game play is confusing with no directions whatsoever and a horrific jumping/climbing mechanic; the graphics are sub-par.”

“Performance and graphics suffer from frequent frame rate dips on mid-range PCs, and graphics settings often do not save.”

“Even running on low graphics, the game drops a lot of frames; though understandable since it's in early access, it affects playability.”

“The graphics look nothing like the photos; despite having a high-end PC (Ryzen 7 7800X3D and RTX 5080), the game doesn't look good even on max settings.”

“There is hardly any context given or mission parameters and enemies are kinda just there, or appear out of thin air.”

“To the point that completing quests is a challenge not because the quest is difficult, but because quest markers don't load, or tasks don't update, or vague dialogue fails to communicate your purpose, etc.”

“The story is immediately forgettable and anytime you encounter moments that have to do with quests or world building you could care less as they seem inconsistent and lackluster themselves.”

“It's roughly in the state of what Forever Winter was before getting the first few patches: massive delay when picking up things or killing enemies; sometimes wasting ammo because enemies still return fire despite being technically dead; no jump key in a rocky map causing frequent getting stuck; enemies spawning next to you, including invisible ones causing unexpected damage; massive frame rate drops when turning around; DLSS not very helpful. The game feels like a very early alpha, far from a playable or finished state, needing at least two more years of development and additional personnel.”

“Not sure how it is possible to further develop a game and go backwards, but now when I open the inventory, the game literally freezes for 1-2 minutes before it opens.”

“Cool idea but I've lost input responsiveness within the first 3 minutes and then several times within the first hour; found many unfixable glitches, including x-ray enemies getting stuck in terrain or out of playable areas. This feels more like pre-alpha than an early access post-beta sellable title. Definitely uninstall till next update; needs lots of work before it can be engaging without restarting every 2 minutes.”

“It's a buggy mess at the moment. There's a massive delay when picking up items or killing enemies. Sometimes you waste ammo because enemies still shoot despite being 'dead' due to bugged states. The map lacks a jump key, causing frequent getting stuck on obstacles. Enemies spawn too close, especially during hunts, and invisible enemies appear, making it frustrating. Performance is poor with massive frame drops during slight camera movement. DLSS offers little help. The game feels like a very early alpha and needs at least two more years of development to be playable. The developer should hire more personnel instead of working alone.”

“Performance and graphics are problematic, with frequent frame rate dips on mid-range PCs and issues saving graphics settings.”

“Not optimized and runs poorly even on stronger computers. Controller optimization is bad, the lock-on mechanic is broken, and the game is buggy. It needs patches or a major update to improve.”

“There's only one music track, and I'm only an hour into this game and already annoyed by the 45-second loop.”

“Placeholder menus which are janky, optimization issues, placeholder animations and sounds, geometry issues in the game world, floaty controls, placeholder assets, unexciting music, proof of concept missions, and a lack of explanation of the game mechanics.”

“Interaction, voice acting, sound effects, music, models, graphics, optimization—none of it is complete.”