OriginalGamer.com: "On Friday, InterWave Studios released Dark Matter on Steam and other platforms for $14.99. Since the release, gamers have discovered that the game ends abruptly after 4 hours without much of an ending."
GG3 dives into the holiday spirit of sales by looking at the worst of the crop first. To ensure no one will ever need to go looking for these games pulled from Steam, some gameplay will be shown from both Ashes Cricket 2013 and Dark Matter. That last one is back on Valve's platform, but...just don't.
GIZORAMA - On paper, Dark Matter sounds great. A 2.5D shooter that attempts to blend the horror and atmosphere of titles like Dead Space with the exploration and structure of industry changers like Super Metroid is a recipe that sounds like it would yield nothing but a guaranteed success. However, despite some genuinely atmospheric elements, Dark Matter unfortunately fails on what it sets out to do at almost every turn leaving in its wake a mess of disappointment and frustration.
After being woken from Cryo-sleep by a seemingly sentient AI, your nameless female protagonist is given little to no back story. All that is shared is that you are some sort of engineer who has been kept alive by the ship in order to save it from an alien threat. Despite brimming with many genre clichés, the opening gambit is sold relatively well here. At first, you are interested in learning more about yourself and the world around you as well as the mysterious AI that seems to be your only companion amidst the isolation. Unfortunately however, you will soon realise that these questions will never be answered to a satisfactory level. It seems that this set up is more akin to a plot device than the origin of an interesting tale meaning any interest soon dissipates
Look, we realize the ending spurred controversy and bugs make their presence felt, yet there's a solid game here from InterWave.
I find this to be disturbing.
even though new content will be given out I still expect a COMPLETE product when I buy a game especially when said game has NOT been labeled Alpha/Beta or Kickstarter.
it's only a matter of time before someone takes advantage of Pre-purchase or Alpha buy ins and screws the consumer.
Oh wait WarZ already has done that!
Wow, I just read the game's store page on Steam expecting to find at least a warning. Unacceptable to be on Steam in such a state with no warning and/or intent on finishing the game (developer ran out of money). When you buy a game you should have the reasonable expectations that it will have the core components of a game (i.e. beginning, meat and potatoes, end). Quality is a whole different issue. For association purposes, when I buy a car I expect there to be an engine in it unless advertised differently. When I buy a table I expect it to come with legs. This game advertises 14 levels and after about 4 hours gives you a "To Be Continued..." message. Steam needs to remove this game or force a warning on the store page.
Edit: i guess there are 14 levels. /shrug ... I don't know. This just gives me a bad taste about Steam's QC while screening games being released.
Here's the ending. See for yourself! (Spoiler Alert, heck, if you can even call it that!)
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