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• gamedeal user

  Oct 2, 2021

  Gorgeous graphics, interesting story, abysmal gameplay/puzzles. Playing a game shouldn't feel like a tedious chore. The reaction to solving a puzzle should be "yay I did it" not "thank fuck that's finally over".
• gamedeal user

  May 22, 2016

  Was up until 3am playing last night. Amazing pixel art, great sci-fi story, fun puzzles. Reminds me quite a bit of the games they mention in the description (Out of this World probably the most, a little Flashback, even a little OG King's Quest). Highly recommend this one.
• gamedeal user

  May 22, 2016

  I only have 2.4 hours on record, however, most of it was spent in the first part of gameplay. Here's what I do know: - The puzzles are complex and thought provoking - The sprite art is amazing - Sad, complex and rich story, making me want to know more - Difficult enemies - Awesome stealth mechanics - Sometimes its a little wonky with the gaming mechanics (trying to go up and down ladders, platforming while sprinting, etc) - Accurate shooting mechanic - Hauntingly beautiful soundtrack - Nice SFX Once I do a full playthough and upload my video/review on my YouTube Channel, I will update this review. Still, from the little bit I do know, I would definitely say BUY THIS GAME! It's afforable, and worth every penny.
• gamedeal user

  May 23, 2016

  I haven't heard of this game until the day it released. I am a huge fan of Out of this World (or 'Another World'), Flashback, and Heart of Darkness as well as any games of the like. So when I saw the description for this game and watched the trailer I picked it up. The story is captivating while the art is immersive. The music gives a beautiful backdrop for the scenery and lends a very touching effect to the ending in particular. While the gameplay gets the job done there are certain puzzles that could have been designed in a more graceful manner. I encourage players to seek out help on discussion boards when they hit walls in this game because I wouldn't want them to be held back from the full experience. The difficulty is manageable though there are a couple events that can obstruct progress in a frustrating manner, namely a Battletoad like sequence as well as a bullet hell encounter. The former can be overcome in a few tries although it feels cheap. The latter can be very aggravating but it is meant as a build up, which in that context makes it understandable. All-in-all, I enjoyed what the game brought to the table and I'd say the dev team succeeded in their goal of providing a Heart of Darkness/Another World-like experience, albeit with more puzzles than usual. I suggest this game for players with similar tastes.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 19, 2016

  This game was so close to being good. PROS: Excellent score, decent story (especially good for an adventure/puzzle game, not pretentious), starts of strong, nice backgrounds CONS: Swiftly becomes tedious, then frustrating. Platforming sequences are masochistic at best, requiring precision while the controls/physics are very janky. What could have been a great spiritual successor to Another World has been thwarted by the devs not understanding what made Another World a good game. We want interesting puzzles and tight action with a unique aesthetic, not clumsy "precision platforming" and wrote memorization stuffed into a game to pad runtime. And by the way, when you have a chase sequence that's very fast and on 2.5 dimensions, please inlcude some way for people to tell what is an obstacle in front of them and what's beside them. If you are looking for an Another World type game, don't buy this unless you love trial and error and pattern memorization. Also encountered some bugs, and this game has been out for a while.Caveat Emptor.
• gamedeal user

  Apr 15, 2017

  "The Way" is a great game, if you are into that "Another world" or "Flashback" vibe. It delivers on that part, no doubt about it. What it does great, is the story-telling, it's very intriguing and you really want to know what is next, how things are going to evolve... The scenery is extremely well done and on point with the idea of space travelling, it's varied and realistic, you feel as if on another planet, discovering another civilization. It's brilliant. Overall, the game is fantastic-looking even for a pixel type of game. The love people who created it put into the game, can be seen almost everywhere and I like that...(indie dev much?) Now the sound and music also is on point with the "on a weird planet" setting, no doubt about it either. It's part of the immersion and the devs put much care into it. Nailed it. On the downside, the controls are a bit clunky when it comes to platforming and stuff, making you fail and restart a section over, but it's not horrible to the point it would become ragequit material. No, what is ragequit inducing is the terrible puzzles you will come accross at certain times, because there are no explanations whatsoever and it's only up to you to figure stuff out. Some puzzles can be infuriating but that is what you might buy the game for: puzzles. They are good. Except a couple of them. In the end, this game is a good mix of puzzles, platforming and action sequences...I really wished there were more of the latter, I mean shooting stuff is fun, the guns "feel" good, but I really enjoyed playing through it. Won't spoil but i would have liked a longer ending sequence, one more satisfying, given the headaches I've had from solving the puzzles ^^ It is a good game, it has no bugs, it is polished, it is not a cash-grab unfinished pre-access bullshit, It is worth a buy, And....Tincan...please...Tin-motherfucking-can!!! It alone makes the game worth a buy ^^ I'll thumb it up.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 8, 2017

  The Way is a 2D action/platform puzzler reminiscent of a few classic games like Heart of Darkness and Out of this World. The short of things is that it's just not very enjoyable because the puzzles tend to involve a ton of busywork, the hit detection is rather unforgiving, there are some minor but annoying bugs and your character moves slower than a real person might. The presentation is good, but monotony sets in quick. To be more specific, in a lot of ways (no pun intended) The Way maybe takes too many notes out of its inspiratory games, but adds a few problems of its own. There are many checkpoints, but your movement is so laborious- especially up ladders of which there are many in the game- that you'd wish there were even more. It's not like many of the sections are especially hard, you just have a single hitpoint and not a ton of leeway and your character handles like a forklift. Normally large complex levels would be a plus, but your character is both slow and slightly imprecise which makes simple tasks quite aggravating as you plod up the ladder the umpteenth time to a volcanic vent which takes ages to finish its pattern. Not to mention the cutscenes are quite slow as well. Furthermore, the hit detection in the action sequences is rather unforgiving considering it's difficult (on controller, at least) to specify minute movements on the ground. Jumping is surprisingly a bit better and rather controllable, but occasionally you won't grab a ledge. A few chase sequences wouldn't allow me to start out holding the direction and I instead had to time it which led to a few extra deaths since the timing is very particular on those. This also includes the weak knees weakness your protagonist has. It's not DayZ or Adventures of Dizzy levels of ridiculous but it's worth noting that you have to watch your drops. I also hit some snags from bugs. One screen transition in particular- and it was not the only one with an issue- would load multiple screens and then kick me out from going to the new area until I tried two more times. One involved calling a companion to me that was "too far away" despite being right beside me. Shots sailed through a few enemies- and not ones it should have. A few ledges weren't grabbed. Some messages didn't display. Minor stuff, but still very annoying. Speaking of annoying, one of the puzzles in the game is the most needlessly irritating thing I've seen in a puzzle game since spelling a name with the alphabet backwards. If you're going to make an ice puzzle with a programmable robot, there's really no reason to turn the controls 90 degrees and hide the pathways from the player. You can do the puzzle multiple times, if you like, just don't make it completely unenjoyable, unexplained and impossible to get a good look at. I don't know who that was for, but it sticks out like a sore thumb. Other than that one, the puzzles are a mixed bag depending on your tastes. You get a fair number of the standard abilities that are well implemented with slightly unusual uses and very little handholding, but since the abilities are one-at-a-time there ends up not being a ton of variety. The game isn't terribly long and you don't have all of your abilities for long, either, so there's a decent number of puzzles that are based on walking all the way to a console and then walking all of the way to another console. The puzzles become increasingly "lateral" as you progress in the adventure puzzle game sense, and by that I mean "obfuscated". Besides the one example we're not talking Monkey Island or Sam and Max levels of chicanery here so it's not unreasonable, just a bit annoying. Graphics are good, story's solid and presentation's up there with the character's passing thoughts and a number of little things to look at as he tries to put everything together. I doubt many will feel a strong connection with the character but will still be interested nonetheless. There's a companion for you to become attached to, too, but I think we all know what happens when it's obvious you're supposed to get attached. Some of the details go by the wayside the further you get in, but that's kickstarted development for you. Overall I wish I could recommend The Way to the average onlooker, but instead I'm gonna recommend instead you go after a good platformer or a good adventure game, since the latter stifles the former here. It's just too short to be padded so much.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 25, 2017

  DON'T USE GOOGLE OR GUIDES. Just f^%ing enjoy how awesome you are by solving each piece. Somehow it reminds me of 'Generation Lost' (SEGA). Yet, very over-puzzled. Not sure on why it's need so much of disk space, as no videos and voices, only short music samples and repetitive sounds. ***Checked game folder later - java game Not sure whom to recommend it. The games is good, no problem with that, a lot of puzzles and different game mechanics that change each others. Yet, something is missing. The game has no soul saying would be incorrect, yet not fully wrong. Feels like as if metrodivania but limited to short maps, with no return, but with backtracking. Tincan is plus. LeChuck and Tentacle add positive vibes too. 7/10, will check second ending on youtube, don't want to spend hours of same puzzles just for "10 second" scene.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 8, 2017

  Played in Linux. good port, no issues. I loved Flashback, so when i saw this i picked it up. it sat in my steam library for a while before i got to it. be ready for some serious puzzling the likes of which would stump even Professor Layton. if you can thing your way through them then the game is very rewarding. there is a little too much 'travelling' back and forth in some of the puzzles but i enjoyed it more than i got angered by it. this game is very pretty and consistently good quality.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 6, 2018

  Very cool adventure game like the old "another world", although it has a lot more focus on puzzles. Nice gameplay, and great ambient music... Surprisingly dark story told with flashback cutscenes, but I like it... In the early game you have to memorize puzzles or movements, but it does not require much precision. In the last half of the game, there are some difficult puzzles and insanity-level precision platforming, although the checkpoints are plentiful. The game's content is really great, and the best part is the pixel graphics. This is not the clunky, 8-bit throwback retro junk of other games, instead The Way does a great job with VGA-era pixel animations. It makes the game feel other-worldly and adds to the experience. Played on ubuntu 18.10 with radeon mesa drivers. Game uses a java-based engine, and it takes up 450 MBs of diskspace. I had no technical problems getting this game to run. I recommend to all fans of adventure-exploration games who can stand dexterity and puzzle challenges.