REVIEW
Barotrauma – But how much trauma?
Who is ready for Christmas? Me neither, so on that note let us investigate seeing what the game scene has to offer for us. The first selection for perusal is an indie horror simulation. Not my usual dip into the simulation scene but variety is the spice of life and all that! This new adventure comes from the new and debut PC title from a small Finnish developer, Fakefish. The game is Barotrauma. A submarine horror simulation set on the moon of Jupiter, Europa. The game was released in 2019 but has rea started to build itself and its steam reviews. It is an overwhelmingly positive attitude. With the gameplay, set in space naturally there would be some alien for unusual creatures to add some extra spice. With the opportunity to try something new, I was more than happy to give it a whirl. Although I tend to enjoy a more light-hearted tone in my games. to cover up my lack of ability in gameplay. It was going to take some investing. Being the stubborn person that I am, I did not want to go into a campaign straight away, but I needed to do it. With it not being an ease you in kind of game at all. I soon backtracked and started the tutorials. What I like is the ability to play various roles. When getting stuck into each practice, it is a level where you learn the mechanics for five separate roles available on your submarine. And again, because I cannot decide to save my life, I made my way through each one. The tutorials are for engineering, mechanics, security officer, captain, and healer. Each one gives step-to-step scenarios to go between to give a brief overview. I do like the individual tutorial, but I did find the controls very clunky. Unlike most tutorials I have played, there was no demonstration of what each control does.
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