Conscript Review (PlayStation 5)

by Jim Smale · August 19, 2024

Conscript Review, During the First World War, a lone French soldier must navigate twisted trenches, scavenge for limited supplies, and solve complex puzzles – all whilst fighting for survival in the midst of mankind’s most brutal and horrifying conflict. CONSCRIPT is a new take on classic survival horror.

Conscript Review Pros:

Beautiful PlayStation 1 era-style graphics.
932.2MB download size.
Platinum trophy.
You get the PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation 5 versions of the game.
Ten save slots.
Gameplay settings – Hud, screenshake, screen blood, bag style (horizon blue/khaki/Englishman), tutorials, action prompts, and challenge notifications.
Controller settings – set run and aim to toggle or hold, can remap controls and set the aim sensitivity (slow/normal/fast).
Accessibility options – bright flashes, text speed, gore, and highlight color.
Own in-game achievements called challenges.
Records will show completion times based on difficulty and overall time played.
Four difficulties – training, recruit, soldier, and veteran.
Saving options – unlimited saves (don’t need ink to save) and checkpoints (autosaves) or you can select to your neither.
Has an original Resident Evil 1 vibe to it all.
Glorious in-game cutscenes that match the PlayStation 1 era for the fmv.
Sort of like a top-down view.
Very atmospheric with the light and dark areas bringing the tension.
Central storage chest that can be accessed from any chest in the save rooms.
The text in the game is in high contrast font so you can read it fine.
The map shows points of interest, locked, and unlocked doors and save rooms. You can toggle the room/location names on and off.
Items in your inventory can be equipped/unequipped, examined, and assigned slots for quick access.
Uses controls similar to Resident Evil. (not tank controls)
Tutorial-style signs are scattered around.
A stamina bar system is in place for running and combat.
They have nice little touches like war posters to add to the atmosphere.
You can combine items to make new ones.
Have up to four items/weapons assigned to the d-pad for quick access.
Aiming with melee or ranged weapons is a case of holding a button down to charge and then the attack button. With melee, you can do quick attacks but they are weaker.
Anything collectible will sparkle.
You can pause the game.
Excellent level of design and world-building.
The game is split up into chapters.
Earned challenges will pop up.
Unlock and equip new costumes.
Puzzles throughout.
Dies have stealth in the game as you can hide in cupboards to surprise the enemy.
Find gun parts and exchange them for weapon upgrades.
Cigarettes are currency and you can use these to buy weapons and items from vendors found in the world.
You can sell unwanted items.
Certain weapons will have a durability meter that goes down as you use it, repair kits can fix them back up.

Conscript Review Cons:

Early on it’s hard to know who is the enemy.
The game doesn’t tell you a lot about the controls and mechanics like combining and assigning.
Takes a while to get going.
Shooting takes some practice.
It isn’t as scary as Resident Evil.
Combat is a bit off especially when Switch between melee and ranged.
You don’t get a lot of help in terms of guidance or knowing your tasks.
The AI is a bit stupid a lot of the time doing weird maneuvers or just standing still.
Picking things up requires pinpoint precision.
Won’t let you combine ammo with weapons to reload them.
The health bar is small and hard to see at times.
A lot of key collecting to open doors.
Not the biggest fan of all the low-light sequences as they don’t really serve a great purpose.
What makes combat a nightmare is that you stay still when swinging a weapon or by just using your sights or charging your melee weapon.
Only charged melee hits break crates and barrels.
Doesn’t offer a quick save or anything so you have to find the too far apart save points.

Conscript:

Official website.

Developer: Catchweight Studio

Publisher: Team 17

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