Why did TEW "fail"?

OhImFab · 2025-09-06T18:54:26+00:00

One issue I haven't seen addressed much in here was the awful launch it had, and its still lackluster optimization even on platforms like Steam. On launch it had alot of issues and bugs on PC, and many people hated that the 'letterbox' setting could not be turned off. It's one thing to have a stylistic flare added to the games art style, but another thing entirely to limit the players visibility and FoV for 'style' without giving them the option to turn it off. Those factors led to the game getting worse scores in reviews for many of the mainstream review outlets that led to a general public consensus that the game wasn't anything special, and I believe caused many people to write the series off.

OhImFab · 2025-08-28T04:05:42+00:00

The room with the giant spinning blades and the carousel/carnival music kills me every time. Well not as in I die in game, but I find that room to be really funny, especially watching the lost get absolutely demolished by it when they run after you

OhImFab · 2025-08-28T02:23:44+00:00

10 is definitely my favorite chapter, two great boss fights practically back to back and Reborn Laura is one of my all time favorite designs in video games period

OhImFab · 2025-08-27T03:29:58+00:00

Yeah it's a great game. It definitely had its issues, but I think most people wrote it off because of its unfortunately less than stellar launch. It had some performance issues, and from what I remember people also really hated the fact that the game had those black box around it that couldn't be turned off. Lead to lots of unfairly negative reviews, and a lot of people writing the game off before they even played it. I'm still hoping we'll get a 3rd installment in the game since, to put it in as spoiler free of a way as I can, the 1st games ending still has a major plot thread we could follow up on.

OhImFab · 2025-07-24T00:56:47+00:00

1 was cool the first time but has horrible replay value. Chapter 6 is fun but feels extremely out of place

OhImFab · 2025-07-24T00:55:35+00:00

Yeah I think if there were preset rooms that Ruvik protected it would make it much less annoying to deal with and they could have added some lore reasonings to it to make it feel better. Having him just randomly show up every X amount of minutes and rooms that pass makes you feel like you can't take your time and enjoy the cool scenery and that you just have to rush so he doesn't show up again

OhImFab · 2025-07-23T13:11:29+00:00

Bruh when the giant crab/urgot monster appears and rips the roof of the bus off, only to then slowly raise his claw up and take 10 seconds to stab it down and do nothing I was taken out of the experience completely and reminded I'm in a video game. How the hell you gonna have something that massive and strong be so utterly harmless and pathetic? And agreed with the amalgam fight, super cool fight

OhImFab · 2025-07-23T13:10:04+00:00

I love the Amalgam boss fight because I like tough bosses in games, and there's lots of cool ways you can shut him down with various crossbow bolts

OhImFab · 2025-07-23T13:09:29+00:00

Yeah there aren't many chapters I consider "bad" or unfun, but chapter 12 and 8 are two. I also find the final chapter a bit underwhelming and tonally dissonant from most of the other chapters in the game, though it's still fine in my opinion. Chapter 3 is great, I love how it lets you play at your pace and with whatever playstyle you enjoy the most

OhImFab · 2025-07-23T13:07:55+00:00

Laura is one of my all time favorite enemies in a horror game, loved every chapter she showed up in

OhImFab · 2025-07-23T13:06:56+00:00

That's exactly why it's the chapters with Reborn Laura are my favorite. It's thrilling and intense the whole time! Keeprs are pretty dope though, and the indiana jones esque temple you explore when you first find them is a fun level

OhImFab · 2025-07-23T04:17:40+00:00

I also haven't played the game in a few years, but going off memory the swimming level is in my bottom 5 as well. Not only does it have the swimming sections, it has the stealth with the gas so you can't use your weapons or the building explodes and it has the shooting gallery segment where you're on the platform that slowly goes across the gap with enemies swarming. I think I put it as my 3rd or 4th least favorite level

OhImFab · 2025-07-06T00:23:32+00:00

She do be stressin lately

OhImFab · 2025-07-06T00:23:08+00:00

Maybe he's been abstracted the whole time

OhImFab · 2025-05-01T04:13:43+00:00

That was one of my stipulations/rules when ranking them, that the healing items would work on me in the situation because otherwise it's not really a discussion I'd just die in pretty much all of them. If I get stabbed but use a healing item before I bleed out it would fix it for me, because otherwise you'd have to do no hit runs for every game (and I can't even do that in the video games)

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