The Linux GameCast Weekly crew attempt to win our FREEDOM from the co-op arcade action RPG FORCED.
About:
Forced is a one- to four-player co-op arcade action RPG with puzzle and tactical elements. You are cast as slaves in the toughest fantasy gladiator school of them all, condemned to fight to the death, all the while attempting to win your freedom.
Scale:
Game: FORCED
Webzone: forcedthegame.com
Devel: beta DWARF
Engine: Unity
Price: $14.99 / 1296.75 Kenyan Shillings
Makes with the working
V-
Since the last update i’ve only ran into the game naming bug
J-
Runs, but controller support is flakey, have to constantly reassign controls for gamepads
P-
Random crashes with the prop drivers
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Shiny / Sounds
V-
I like the music, hell, I can tolerate the voice work.
The shiny, while impressive for an indie team is meh at best.
J-
P-
If the boss fight proved anything is that the game reuses sound effects to exhaustion and beyond.
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Control
V-
Unlike everyone else, zero control issues.
J-
Not a big fan of the control scheme. Awkward on a controller and painful on keyboard and mouse
P-
Controller settings will reset themselves for no reason.
In neither of our Playas videos was I able to actually spin 360º. If I was able to, the game would crash sooner or later.
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FUN
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J-
P-
I see where they were going with this, but when it comes to execution it falls short of ideal.
Linux needs a good RPG, this one still is not it. Better than Legends of Aethereus, I’ll give it that. Still not good enough.
Total-
Final –
- Wait for the Steam Winter Sale to come around and buy it when it’s 75% off.
