Hell is other people is a very particular video game, developed by Strelka Gamesit is a Top-down PvPvE survival horror shooter with an aesthetic halfway between Bioshock, Lovecraft and the cinema of David Lynch.
We are in Century City, a city where the night is perpetual and the sun never rises.. For this reason, there aren’t a few monsters swarming its streets. We put ourselves in the shoes of Adam Smithsonanother citizen of the city trying to make a living as hunter and blood collector among other objects.
Hell is other people
As soon as we start, we will see that Hell is other people it’s more than it seems. We start in our apartment, with a side view as if it were a graphic adventure. This is where the game shows us that we can interact with the environment, we can even customize our room by moving the furniture or even buying new ones.
When we leave the building by the elevator, we are at the mercy of the city, the gameplay switches to top view and the survival part of the game begins. Movement is a pure twin-stick shooter, meaning using both joysticks, although I recommend playing with keyboard and mouse.
The idea is simple, you have to roam the streets of Century City in search of resources while monsters lurkin addition to “otherswhich basically are other players in real time. We have several minutes to collect what we can, before the time runs out we must search for an active elevator to escape, otherwise we will die and lose all the resources we have. In the meantime, we will complete secondary and main missions, as well as daily orders from a merchant.
Something to keep in mind Hell is other peopleare the field of vision (not very wide) of our character. We will only see enemies, resources or players that are in the direction we are looking. If we have an enemy behind us, we will not see it until it attacks us or until we turn around. Said like that, it seems a bit limiting, but we have help in the form of indicators, like a radar that points to the enemies we have in the vicinity. It is also very useful pay attention to the soundseach monster has its own and we will hear it more as they get closer, same for the other players, We will be able to listen to their actions, but beware, they will also be able to listen to us.
Multiplayer component is mandatory
Every time we go to town, in addition to monsters, we can meet other players, that turns every raid into a multiplayer game PvPvE (Player vs. Player vs. Enemy). In fact, every time we operate the elevator to go down, it starts moving an agreement sometimes too longall is said.
There is no option to play solo, which makes multiplayer completely mandatory, which may not like some
weapons available
We have a wide variety of weapons, from the starter pistol to machine guns and shotguns, in addition to melee weapons. A special feature of the starter pistol is that it does not take up inventory space. The balls we get them as if they were berries from the forest, we pick them up in the bushes. Bullets, like fruit they are, we can plant them and have practically infinite bullets, as long as we have blood to water them of course.
There are different types of balls besides the normal ones, there are silent ones or a bouncing variety, among others.
The importance of the apartment
Our apartment is not limited to being just one more space, as they say, We can customize it by acquiring various objects. Of course there are decorations, but not everything is limited to that, some furniture will allow us to store objects, the pots will allow us to grow balls and in the refrigerator we will be able to store perishables
It is very convenient to change the distribution from time to time and acquire the elements that are most useful to us, apart from the decoration itself, where the lights, walls and much more enter.
The audiovisual section of Hell is Others
Hell is other people it is developed with Unity and graphically it is a particular game, It’s like watching a 2D Bioshock but somehow mixed with Lovecraft and David Lynch movies. The result is impeccable, the sensations it transmits are very well done, moreover, the modeling is done pixel by pixel.
The soundtrack is totally in keeping with the decor., with more sinister themes. The sound is also a fundamental element of the title, grunts, knocks, footsteps, a broken window, everything counts. It has texts in Spanish and the only dubs it has are the sounds the character makes, that’s all it takes.
Hell is the final opinion of others
Hell is other people It’s a breath of fresh air to his sex, it is fun and addictive prettier. The controls are very pleasant and the mechanics, although already seen, are very well executed. Something you might not like is that multiplayer is mandatorydespite the fact that the game could be just as fun and immersive in single player.
Hell is other people
14,99$
Pro.
- Addictive
- hand drawn graphics
Contra.
- Multiplayer is mandatory
- Long chords
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