Overgrowth
7.0
Platforms
- PCOct 16, 20177.0playscore5.911 Critics8.03.57K Players
11 critic reviews · 0 community reviews across all platforms
Critic Reviews
- Overgrowth is similar to how it feels when you watch some old movie you remember loving as a child only to realize it’s incredibly bad as an adult. Sure, parts of it ooze cool, and there are not many games that can pull off that smooth, leg-sweeping, jump-kicking, mid-air-dagger-throwing combat like Overgrowth can, but that’s the only redeeming characteristic. It looks awful, it makes no sense, and half the time I’m wondering if I’m actually the bad guy.
Alec Blouin · Nov 10, 2017 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Overall, Overgrowth was a fun experience, with fun platforming, dizzyingly high jumps, and pretty good combat. The story hooked me from the start, and the gameplay sold me the rest of the way.
LuckyJorael · Nov 09, 2017 Reviewed on PCRead full review - The combat of Overgrowth is exhilaratingly fun with everything's working as it should, but that’s not very often. You also have to get used to the wonky and weird way it interprets both combat strikes and landings. It's a shame that everything else about Overgrowth, whether it's the story, the level design, or even the physics system, feels undercooked. It's not hard to find some fun here, but it's fun you'll soon forget.
Leif Johnson · Oct 24, 2017 Reviewed on PCRead full review - As it is, Overgrowth feels a bit too empty. It has all the pieces to be a great martial-arts, parkour, bonanza, yet the buggy controls, repetitive fights, and short campaigns all let it down. The modding community does bring the game’s value up tenfold, adding whole new levels to play and parkour challenges to annoy yourself with, but it’s not enough to make it feel complete.
Louis Stowe · Oct 23, 2017 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Nine years is a long time to be working on a project, but what Wolfire Games was able to do in developing their own physics and graphics tech is pretty cool. Overgrowth is fun and challenging (sometimes brutally so) and it held my attention for quite some time… which takes some doing! If you like games with rag-doll physics and a beat’em up style, Overgrowth is for you! A word of caution though, it can get a wee bit bloody.
Damien Gula · Oct 16, 2017 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Unique, frantic combat interspersed with mediocre platforming.
Tom Hatfield · Oct 16, 2017 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Overgrowth is a distinctly satisfying game to play, and it knew what it was good at and stuck with it. The stories are short and uncomplicated, but they provide distinct and varied environments to fight in with enough reason to keep you invested. The game’s camera and loading times are the only two let downs for me, but the sheer visceral brutality carries the game past those two problems.
Adam Wilkin · Feb 24, 2018 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Overgrowth is a difficult title to recommend. Though there's entertainment value in whooping some cottontails, the included story mode doesn't offer nearly enough content, nor does it excel at showcasing all of the game's capabilities. However, there are plenty of fun mods to play around with. The various battle arenas and parkour stages are pretty decent as well, and there's even a downloadable grenade, because blowing up a crowd of rapier-wielding cats never gets old. In any case, if players are willing to test ideas and experiment, then their time is likely to be well-spent here.
Gabriel Jones · Oct 23, 2017 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Overgrowth es un juego que desafortunadamente no alcanza sus altos ideales. Hace nueve años David Rosen tuvo una visión de un juego donde seres antropomórficos pudieran batallar. La realización de esa visión no es perfecta, incapaz de llegar a las alturas que un mayor presupuesto y equipo de desarrollo podrían haber permitido.
Jose Luis Lopez de Garayo · Nov 12, 2017 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Overgrowth è un titolo che avrebbe avuto senso quando è stato concepito, ma che oggi paga il suo ritardo. Sembrerà incredibile, ma nonostante i dieci anni di sviluppo mancano moltissime rifiniture e i vari sistemi appaiono spesso abbozzati. Lo stesso combattimento non è appagante come dovrebbe e i problemi di telecamera finiscono per cozzare contro la pretesa spettacolarità che dovrebbe essere garantita dalla fisica ragdoll. La sostanza è che se non siete affezionatissimi al progetto, è meglio che lo lasciate dov'è.
Simone Tagliaferri · Oct 24, 2017 Reviewed on PCRead full review
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Feel like the star of a martial arts film in Overgrowth, as you jump, kick, throw, and slash your way to victory. Free the rabbits from their evil overlords in the main story, then play through the prequel story, and finally, try out nine years of mods developed by the community, or create your own!
Developer: Wolfire Games