Developer promises to make up for the hated game with a free remaster

A third-person stealth action game developer Gray Skies: A Story of the War of the Worlds has commented on the game’s miserable Steam ratings and said the team will address the concerns and release a free remaster.

But first, a bit of context. Gray Skies: A Story of the War of the Worlds was released in November 2020 on PS4, Xbox One, Switch and Steam. An atmospheric survival game with action-adventure and stealth elements, based on the works of science fiction author HG Wells. gray skies

has been rocked by a plethora of negative Steam reviews. Players criticized it for sloppy animation, illogical gameplay, cruel controls, and more. The general consensus is that this is a shoddy mess of a failed game. That hesitation continues to this day, and Steel Arts Software has never responded.

There was a reason for this, as confirmed by developer Nathan Seedhouse a post from July 15 At gray skies‘ Steam page that he was dealing with personal problems.

“After a couple of years of crippling personal issues that kept me from progressing, I came back and found this gray skies is struggling and has received extremely poor reviews,” Seedhouse wrote. “Until recently, I didn’t realize how bad it was. After more than two years, I came back to it with new eyes and fully understand the problems most people have with it.”

However, Seedhouse went on to say so gray skies While he no doubt has issues that many Steam reviews point out ad nauseum, he’s adamant that the team behind it all “made a decent game”. Therefore, Seedhouse has outlined some upcoming plans to fix the bugs.

“I’m remastering the game using new technologies that have become available and my own honed development skills,” Seedhouse continued. “I will read through all concerns carefully and address each one, addressing the most common complaints such as: B. clumsy movements and frustrating stealth elements, will pay close attention. I really appreciate each and every one of you who took the risk. So the remaster is automatically added to any library that already owns the original gray skies

free of charge, of course.”

my city I reached out to Steel Arts Software for comment.

It’s unclear how the studio will remaster the game, and if it will happen if it does Regain players who already have I dared. We also don’t know if the theoretical remaster would reach platforms other than Windows. Still with the confirmation that the remaster will be free for those who own it gray skiesand with the original version of the game being withdrawn from sale soon, we can only hope it does well for both Seedhouse and Steel Arts Software.