WAIT, WE DIE NOW?! | Code Alkonost: Awakening of Evil (One-Shot)

Our sister runs away into the woods. To find her, we have to sift through a Slavic-inspired forest of torment... Rant review below... POST BITRATE: ~30 Mbps [==={}===] REVIEW: Ignoring the use of AI-generated voices and other content - which I do not and will not support in any game, indie or otherwise - I still don't recommend this game. There's little difference in music between locations, there's unnecessary rock music (for a game about Slavic folklore) for narration scenes, the stings and crow sounds are either incongruent or cut out abruptly, there's no tutorial before we get the "tutorial" achievement, we can't scroll the scrolls, the puzzles are unclear, the navigation feels too linear, and the story feels a bit thrown at you. On top of that, there are barely any graphics options for a game that caused my GPU fans to overheat, even when vertical sync was enabled. The one puzzle I encountered couldn't be solved because the symbols were out of focus - and I don't know if that was a game thing or if I had to switch from DX12 to DX11. Additionally, the music volume turns down the sound FX in the pause menu. I need the sound up and the music muted occasionally if I want to sync up my footage. SPEAKING OF SYNCING, the game has a habit of stuttering/stalling so much that it caused my recorded footage to constantly go out of sync - not just with my camera footage, but also with itself. This is the first time I've had to actively watch the footage like a hawk during editing and spend minutes re-syncing. The gaming footage was 36 frames out of sync by the end of the stretch, and it always seems to de-sync either when I pause, when there is a loading screen, or just randomly during gameplay. All in all, this game is giving me "Temple of Shadows" vibes, and I do not like that it does. EDIT: ALSO, NO ONE TOLD ME THE GAME'S MUSIC WAS COPYRIGHT BY ALKONOST?! DEVELOPER: Alkonost Team PUBLISHER: ⁨Alkonost Team RELEASED: 22nd Jan 2025 https://store.steampowered.com/app/20... NOTE: This game is a review key gifted via PressEngine. https://pressengine.net/ Be sure to follow me on my many socials: https://beacons.ai/theaveragerook #CodeAlkonost #TeamAlkonost #Adventure #Puzzle #Slavic #Indie #Gifted #Review #PressEngine #ANZCreators