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From the creators of Golf Club Nostalgia and Highwater. Return to their whimsical, neon-lit apocalypse in a Jungle Book meets The Armageddon fusion. Parkour through the remains of humanity as a child being hunted, while catchy end-of-days tunes and curious survivor stories play on the radio.
The Cub is a singleplayer, post-apocalyptic and story rich game
developed by Demagog Studio
and published by Untold Tales and Gamersky Games.
Released on January 19th 2024 is available only on Windows
in 10 languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil and Portuguese - Portugal.
It has received 490 reviews of which 422 were positive and 68 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 6.65€ on Steam with a 55% discount, but you can find it for 4.04€ on Instant Gaming.
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Windows
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: 2.6 GHz Intel Quad Core
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M, 2 GB Memory
- Storage: 11 GB available space
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I have played Golf Club Nostalgia and enjoyed that game, especially from a narrative perspective, quite a lot. That likely sways my opinion on this a fair bit to the positive (although maybe not as much as I expected). If you are interested in that game I recommend it, the narratives are directly connected and whilst I don't think you need to have played that to enjoy this, it likely enhanced the experience. Obviously being in a different genre completely that's quite possibly not what some people who might be looking at this, a 2D platformer, would like to hear. But I'll try to review it both in it's own right, and as a follow-up (I hesitate to say sequel) to Golf Club Nostalgia. This was a decent little platformer. Not amazing, although there were elements that came pretty close to amazing, and certainly not consistently enjoyable through-out, since as much as I enjoyed it (and I did a fair bit) there were a couple of sections that really grated on me quite a bit, the mine cart and bison sections being the main contenders. There is a bit of cheep death in this game, no time to react to what's coming and bang, won't get you the second time most likely and the check pointing is pretty tight, but it can be annoying. I don't think it's any where near as much as other reviews have made out, but it is there. Outside of that the platforming is decent, it's responsive enough I never felt like I was fighting the controls and that's along side the generally high quality animation through out (aside from the flight sections where in terms of animation it was a bit lacking in my opinion, played fine though for what it was) that side was quite enjoyable, although also fairly simplistic and shallow. There was some challenge but I certainly would in no way call this a hard game. There are some sections of the game that are genuinely very fun to play through, although for me I found most of those came in the first half and the game felt like it petered off quite a bit in the second half where it all started to fall a bit flat in terms of the gameplay opportunities being presented. If you are just looking for a short platformer to play through, this isn't a bad one, but don't expect it to blow you away. The audio design is excellent through out with a killer soundtrack but let's be honest, whilst that's great, and absolutely part of the experience, as an overall package, that on it's own can't elevate this from being a decent game, but nothing special in my opinion. As a follow-up to GCN it's ok but I was a little disappointed, not because this is bad but that game, whilst I don't think amazing as a game (it's not bad), nearly brought me to tears with it's story beats by the end. The beloved radio is back, and it's good, but not quite as varied and interesting as it was in that game. More music and due to the change in gameplay I felt like I was missing quite a bit of it through distractions (which is weird to say, distracted from the game by the game, but that's how it felt). The story was fine, it was fun, but I don't think it added much to Charlie's story that struck me so hard in GCN and certainly didn't come close to the emotional resonance I had with that narrative experience. Not a bad game, certainly a good one, but not a great one. Don't in any way regret buying and playing it and as it's only a few hours long, would certainly not turn other people away from giving it a go if it looks like their cup of tea. It's mostly pretty good and I had some fun with it.
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experience 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑 narrative 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑 gameplay 🌕🌗🌑🌑🌑 aesthetics 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑 audio 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑 good concept, subpar execution. music and narrative is solid. aesthetic is beautiful. gameplay is slightly buggy.
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It's not a bad game, but there are a few things that make it just okay for me. I usually only post reviews when I really like a game, but I'll make an exception this time. The game is pretty straightforward in both its story and puzzles. The platforming isn't demanding, but the controls aren't precise either. I ended up dying in silly ways several times because of this. To be fair, many games in this genre have the same issue. The good thing is that the achievements for not dying are still easy to get in this game. I understand that the music working like a radio was meant for immersion (or at least I think that was the idea), making us feel part of the world, like we're there in the moment listening to the radio just like the kid. But for me, it didn't work. Having a chase sequence with 3-5 minutes of no sound at all made it tedious, not to mention that these sequences already felt long, repetitive, and slow to me. The puzzles are almost non-existent: Move this cube here, turn on the light there, interact with this thing over there… There was never a moment where I had to sit and think a bit. It's not a bad game per se, but there are so many excellent games in the same genre that this one ends up being just okay. That's why I still recommended it, though I think Steam needs a third neutral option for reviews.
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The atmosphere of this game is wonderful. Amazing art. Snappy animation. Delightful world building. For someone with generally a short patience with platformers, this one doesn't overstay its welcome, and it is usually generous with its checkpoints, which you will need. The politics are a little on the nose, and I would have appreciated a story that left a little more to the imagination, letting the player draw their own conclusions. Almost everything is satiric reference to current events, so I think this game will unfortunately date itself in about about one news cycle. But if you read it as a manifesto of the moment, then the game proclaims its message loud and clear. Definitely on the short side.
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+ more interesting play-through + old-school platformer mixed with exploration of post-apo world with radio-nostalgia :) - sometimes it is difficult to concentrate both on radio and other things happening on the screen
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The Cub is currently priced at 6.65€ on Steam.
The Cub is currently available at a 55% discount. You can purchase it for 6.65€ on Steam.
The Cub received 422 positive votes out of a total of 490 achieving a rating of 8.05.
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The Cub was developed by Demagog Studio and published by Untold Tales and Gamersky Games.
The Cub is playable and fully supported on Windows.
The Cub is not playable on MacOS.
The Cub is not playable on Linux.
The Cub is a single-player game.
There is a DLC available for The Cub. Explore additional content available for The Cub on Steam.
The Cub does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
The Cub does not support Steam Remote Play.
The Cub is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Developer
Demagog Studio
Publisher
Untold Tales,
Gamersky Games
Release
19 Jan 2024
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