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Apparently there have been 4 major updates since the last time I played it. There are apparently 23 levels now, although some of them are pretty short. The last time I beat the game, there were only like... 6 levels!
The updates fix some of the things I complained about last time. For example, there is now an inventory system, and you can choose when to turn on your flashlight. The Habitable Zone is a lot longer now, and less luck-based.
Overall the nature of the game is still the same. It's sort of an action puzzler, with emphasis on the action part. You run away from monsters; you don't fight them.
It's still very linear. There is a hub area that lets you go back to previous levels, but it's not clear if there is really any reason to do that other than getting an achievement you missed or something like that. You can take items between different levels, but currently the only really useful things to bring along are healing items. And even this isn't that useful since if you die, you'll respawn with full health. I guess the healing items would have been more important if I were playing on one of the harder modes that punish you more heavily for dying.
Speaking of difficulty levels, the single-player campaign only lets you play on NORMAL. If you want to play on one of the harder modes, you have to go multiplayer. I can respect this choice -- better to have one good difficulty mode than a bunch of shitty ones. The hardest difficulty mode seems ball-crushingly awful: if anyone in your party dies, everyone goes back to the absolute beginning of the game. Apparently some people are really into this game and regularly compete to be the first to win on this NIGHTMARE mode after a new update.
One thing I would like to see is more non-linearity. I'm not asking for a full-on Metroid experience, but just give me a reason to go back to the older levels once I'm done with them. Like if I could pick up a specific item that would be helpful somewhere else, or whatever.
If you want to know whether this will give you the best backrooms experience, the answer is mixed. It's definitely not going to give you the experience of being alone in a vast weird landscape. The levels are pretty small. However, it is definitely the best GAME experience of any of the things in this base.
Fancy (the dev who makes this game) seems to be quite interested in the lore. Specifically the wiki canon. A lot of the lore is goofy, of course (see my other posts about that). But, as the Coen brothers would say, "at least it's an ethos." I do kind of enjoy seeing how Fancy fits some lore item into the game. Some of it he apparently rejected as being too stupid, like a small bird being the scariest entity in the Backrooms. Other things, like a level that just says "you are an idiot" over and over again, he did implement. |
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Backrooms Game Roundup by pinback 05/21/2022, 11:59am PDT 
I keep trying to post my reviews here and keep getting 500s. by pinback 05/21/2022, 12:17pm PDT
It's the word get, someone said. NT by Horus P. Truthteller 05/22/2022, 3:00pm PDT
Will try to get a fix identified NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/30/2022, 5:25pm PDT
Well, I was able to post that, so something in my review is making Caltrops by reject it out of hand. 05/21/2022, 12:19pm PDT
I really wanted to see this review, too :( by blackwater 05/21/2022, 10:45pm PDT
They haven't figured it out, and the things they have figured out generally suck by pinback 05/22/2022, 5:57am PDT
Backrooms Exploration Demo by pinback 05/22/2022, 5:02am PDT
The first part of this review, because this BBS is broken. by pinback 05/22/2022, 5:03am PDT
Okay, so it doesn't like my first sentence, which is insane: by pinback 05/22/2022, 5:04am PDT
This backwards review kind of has a Memento vibe. by blackwater 05/22/2022, 11:46pm PDT
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1730930/Backrooms_Exploration/ NT by pinback 05/22/2022, 5:05am PDT
The Backroom Project by pinback 05/22/2022, 5:12am PDT
Re: The Backroom Project by blackwater 09/06/2024, 4:49pm PDT
The Backrooms Simulator by pinback 05/22/2022, 5:20am PDT
Enter the Backrooms by pinback 05/22/2022, 5:37am PDT
The Backrooms Game (FREE Edition) by pinback 05/22/2022, 7:33am PDT
Re: The Backrooms Game (FREE Edition) by blackwater 05/27/2022, 4:37pm PDT
The Depths of the Backrooms by pinback 05/22/2022, 7:45am PDT
Actually, let's save us all some time. by pinback 05/22/2022, 7:50am PDT
The Backrooms: Survival by pinback 05/23/2022, 8:30am PDT
My VCR was this bad. NT by Judge Barry 05/23/2022, 9:02am PDT
Re: The Backrooms: Survival by blackwater 09/06/2024, 5:00pm PDT
[UPCOMING] Escape the Backrooms by pinback 05/24/2022, 7:55am PDT
[UPCOMING] The Backrooms World by pinback 05/24/2022, 7:56am PDT
Re: [NOT UPCOMING] The Backrooms World by Blackwater 09/07/2024, 5:09pm PDT
I think I'm done here for now. by pinback 05/24/2022, 12:06pm PDT
[UPCOMING] The Backrooms 1998 by pinback 05/25/2022, 6:51am PDT
My Steam review (plus BONUS CALTROPS CONTENT) by pinback 05/25/2022, 6:05pm PDT
I have no solutions, but I want you to know that you're doing important work by & Caltrops is grateful! 05/25/2022, 7:35pm PDT
I appreciate this thread too! NT by Do you think VR holds the answer? 05/25/2022, 9:08pm PDT
I do not, because I ain't strapping a $500 garbage can to my head. by pinback 05/26/2022, 7:17am PDT
[UPCOMING] The Backrooms: Found Footage by pinback 05/26/2022, 1:19pm PDT
The Fifth Canon by pinback 05/26/2022, 1:19pm PDT
Yeah Kane Pixels is amazing. by blackwater 05/27/2022, 4:01pm PDT
This was released. by pinback 07/05/2022, 12:25pm PDT
Secret Backrooms by pinback 06/10/2022, 9:15am PDT
You've been refunding a lot lately. by gaben 06/10/2022, 9:42pm PDT
Why do Epic refunds take .5 seconds, and Steam ones take by two-three hours? 06/11/2022, 3:36pm PDT
I guess the murderous dictatorship behind Epic can steamroll requests by u r a bad person 06/11/2022, 5:21pm PDT
They weren't that into refunds NT by back then. 06/11/2022, 6:36pm PDT
The Backrooms: Mass Extinction by pinback 06/23/2022, 12:48pm PDT
You've been refunding a lot lately. NT by gaben 06/23/2022, 3:45pm PDT
Escape the Backrooms by pinback 08/11/2022, 11:53am PDT
This is worth playing. by blackwater 08/12/2022, 1:07pm PDT
Finally beat Escape the Backrooms by blackwater 09/19/2022, 1:24pm PDT
Escape the Backrooms has a LOT of new content now by blackwater 04/03/2024, 1:29pm PDT
In the interests of being thorough here, can someone lend me seven million dolla by pinback 08/11/2023, 5:24am PDT
Let’s not exaggerate here. by Elon’s Musk 08/11/2023, 1:34pm PDT
I don't like this clown doing this. Not cool. NT by Kirahu Nagasawa 08/11/2023, 9:39pm PDT
This looks like a total scam. The dev keeps re-releasing it with new names. by Blackwater 09/07/2024, 4:04pm PDT
Dreamcore by blackwater 03/24/2024, 2:55pm PDT
Dreamcore got an official release and... it's OK. by blackwater 02/10/2025, 6:17am PST
POOLS by blackwater 03/28/2024, 1:59am PDT
I think this ended up being my favorite one. by pinback 09/07/2024, 6:04am PDT
Anything new here? NT by John Gulp 07/23/2024, 3:38pm PDT
Anemoiapolis by Blackwater 08/06/2024, 12:24am PDT
Dimension Omega by blackwater 09/06/2024, 5:09pm PDT
Dream Logic by blackwater 09/06/2024, 5:14pm PDT
Backrooms: Last Room by pinback 09/10/2024, 2:26pm PDT
Re: Backrooms: Last Room by Blackwater 09/10/2024, 3:36pm PDT
Please answer my question. by pinback 09/11/2024, 6:21am PDT
I have not. by blackwater 09/11/2024, 11:13am PDT
Well, this is as close as I've seen, anyway: by pinback 09/11/2024, 6:18pm PDT
Is Last Room a demo? by Blackwater 09/17/2024, 8:42pm PDT
It's not finished. by pinback 09/18/2024, 4:52am PDT
Backrooms: Descent by Blackwater 09/11/2024, 12:38am PDT
The Backrooms: Lost Tape by Blackwater 09/16/2024, 12:51am PDT
OK I finished the first two "tapes" and no more are available. by Blackwater 09/17/2024, 8:55pm PDT
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1926620/The_Backrooms_Lost_Tape/ NT by Blackwater 09/19/2024, 4:10pm PDT
Within the Backrooms by Blackwater 09/18/2024, 7:13pm PDT
It would help me if you could provide Steam links, and also buy them for me. NT by pinback 09/19/2024, 11:00am PDT
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2158740/Within_the_Backrooms/ NT by Blackwater 09/19/2024, 4:09pm PDT
Backrooms: New Gate by blackwater 02/10/2025, 6:34am PST
I played New Gate again and there is some new content by blackwater 03/12/2025, 11:15pm PDT
Poly Backrooms by Blackwater 09/19/2024, 4:45pm PDT
I almost beat this but it crashed on me twice. by Blackwater 09/21/2024, 6:13pm PDT
I beat Poly Backrooms. by Blackwater 09/24/2024, 5:22pm PDT
Liminalcore by blackwater 11/05/2024, 10:47pm PST
COOOOOPE NT by Donald Trump 11/05/2024, 10:49pm PST
Echoes of the Backrooms (EOTB) by blackwater 11/05/2024, 10:49pm PST
Echoes of the Backrooms (EOTB) continues to be broken. by blackwater 02/10/2025, 6:19am PST
NaissanceE by blackwater 03/30/2025, 12:01am PDT
I had no idea what "pretty French" meant until I loaded it up. by pinback 03/30/2025, 4:22am PDT
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