A Dark Room ®

Loved this game and beat it a few times though the years. Picked it back up and recently was doing my first run of an alternative playthrough over the last few months. Going to be honest, the new visuals are not it. It's too much clutter and is trying too much. I loved the extremely simple UI contrasted against a confusing and, at times, harsh world. If there was a button to go back to the old UI, I'd finish this run. For now, I'm just finished with the game.

It was totally a 5* game before, but the UI and gameplay update ruined it for me. Forced landscape, a color scheme that is darker and makes it harder to see, incredibly cluttered screens where there used to be a simple, minimalistic beauty, increased confusion with the looting and combat mechanics.. The only thing that's neat is the addition of sound. If I can't roll it back to an earlier version, I don't think I'll continue to play it as it stands.

I want to preface this by saying the browser version is amazing. I am hooked. 10/10 The mobile version is not as good. Aside from the UI not being the most intuitive system, (which is understandable) I really just wish there was a Dark Mode/etc, and that the player's inner monologue/updates/etc didn't block the screen and actions. There should be a way to swipe them away or have them out of the way of the interactables. It just slows everything down too much for a game that costs money..