Full Quiet Review (Xbox Series S)

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For this Full Quiet Review, we get lost in this challenging, mysterious, open-world adventure and we encounter strange creatures, solve puzzles, and figure out how to restore the radio relay grid in order to find our missing son. We look for clues along the way and manage our resources while we try so hard to decode the secrets of Full Quiet.

Full Quiet Review Pros:

  • Beautiful 8 Bit graphics.
  • 779.1MB download size.
  • 1000 Gamerscore.
  • 2D game world.
  • When you move it says which compass direction you are facing.
  • Press shoulder buttons for an overlay menu housing – border options, a game manual, and Paps tips and tricks.
  • Games manual is all handwritten text and art.
  • Four game screen borders.
  • You can grab onto ledges and pull yourself up.
  • Puzzle elements throughout.
  • Diving allows you to clear small jumps or get away from creatures.
  • Brilliant art in places.
  • Go into caves/buildings to go into new interior screens.
  • Really cool animations.
  • Multi-directional shooting.
  • A nice-looking modern NES game.
  • Handy compass in the corner that shows your direction.
  • Has an excellent feeling of exploration.
  • Beds are used as save points.
  • Hacking mini-games.
  • Does use an almost Metroidvania-like gameplay loop with a lot of back and forth.
  • Some really great-looking locations.
  • Day and night cycle, you can sleep to fast forward to the time of day.
  • The map fills in as you explore.
  • Pa has left notes behind which act as a guide but also lore or even a riddle.

Full Quiet Review Cons:

  • It’s a sluggish jump button.
  • You get no tutorial help at all.
  • Navigation can be tricky.
  • It takes a while to get into.
  • The map is not easy to read.
  • General controls take the most time to learn as you have to input commands to hold onto ledges and then climb up.
  • Never feel like I know what I’m doing.
  • The way the art is makes it hard to see what is the scenery and what is a platform or ledge.
  • Hacking is tough and you lose health for failing each time.
  • Save points are and few between.

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Full Quiet:

Official website.

Developer: Retrotainment Games

Publisher: 8 Bit Legit 

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Xbox

  • 8/10
    Graphics - 8/10
  • 7/10
    Sound - 7/10
  • 7/10
    Accessibility - 7/10
  • 8/10
    Length - 8/10
  • 8/10
    Fun Factor - 8/10
7.6/10

Summary

A game that is all about exploring a hostile open world with nothing but your brain and a gun. As you progress you get upgrades, new tools, and items, and the game really opens up. But I am fast-forwarding the hard steep climb to a great game. The controls are clunky even if you can rebind them yourself, The game has a manual but it’s not always ideal when you are learning so much new stuff. I hated the game for a while as I struggled with everything. At some point, the game just popped and from then on it got better and better, as I explored I found new items or puzzles which then opened up another area, I loved how I could literally do as I wanted. Overall the game starts off really rough but soon opens up to one of the dev’s best work and a really good experience.

Jim Smale

Gaming since the Atari 2600, I enjoy the weirdness in games counting Densha De Go and RC De Go as my favourite titles of all time. I prefer gaming of old where buying games from a shop was a thing, Being social in person was a thing. Join me as I attempt to adapt to this new digital age!