Cruelty Review (Steam)

by Jim Smale · Published July 17, 2024 · Updated July 15, 2024

Cruelty Review is a Japanese-made splatter horror. You were in an accident and lost consciousness. The moment you wake up, you find yourself in a nightmare world, one that is not of this Earth. In an abattoir ruled by madness, horrific scenes unfold, and inescapable terror awaits you.

Cruelty Review Pros:

Decent graphics.
2.54GB download size.
Steam achievements.
Controller support.
Graphics settings – window mode, and frame rate.
You can turn the flashing lights on or off.
3 save slots.
Two game difficulties – normal and hard.
Survival horror gameplay.
Uses a filter that gives old-school Resident Evil vibes.
Tutorial pop-ups for controls as you play.
Full 3D game world with 360-degree camera control.
Third-person view.
Puzzle elements as you attempt to escape.
Awesome voice work, the screams are a particular stand out for their authenticity.
They have nailed the intense scary atmosphere.
Features a lot of gore, decapitation, and body parts getting ripped off.

Cruelty Review Cons:

The controller only works in a few menus, even when using big picture mode, and using the controller like a mouse you cannot use or back out of all the menus.
No actual graphics settings.
It’s a scary game etc which is fine but it doesn’t offer any accessibility options to maybe make it more accessible to gamer needs.
Grammar mistakes in places.
A lot of screen tearing.
Slow starter.
Controller prompts are for the keyboard only.
The mouse cursor stays on the screen when using the controller.
The whole time you are playing regardless of whether you are moving or not, the camera sways, and for me personally that makes me feel nauseous.
You could argue the gruesome nature of kills and scares goes too far and there is a lot of blood, limbs being ripped off, decapitations, etc.
I can’t speak too much on the whole game as like I said the performance and movements made me feel really nauseous, it’s rare but when a game triggers it then it’s pretty much a game over.

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