Teared Review (Steam)

Teared Review, Embark on a thrilling 3D arcade action-platformer adventure in Teared. Travel through 9 challenging levels filled with epic bosses and a variety of deadly creatures. Are you ready for this epic journey?

Teared Review Pros:

  • Nice graphics.
  • 2.22GB download size.
  • Steam achievements.
  • Full controller support.
  • CRT effect – on/off.
  • Game settings – difficulty (Easy/normal/hard), starting lives (3/5), and credits (9/90).
  • Action adventure gameplay.
  • Basic tutorial telling you the controls.
  • You shoot weapons out and need to avoid enemy projectiles and kill enemies.
  • Boss encounters.
  • Clearing a section can have orbs dropping that give a bonus score.
  • Earn armor and more hits as you progress.
  • Pick up weapons as you play.
  • 2.5D perspective as you generally play in 2D side scrolling but you can face the background and kill enemies.
  • Checkpoints throughout.
  • Scores pop up as you earn them.
  • Great-looking locations and enemy models.
  • Simple actions – throw weapons, jump, and roll jump.
  • Basic platform sections.
  • Your score, lives, and credits are shown on screen at all times.
  • Feels like a speed run type of game.
  • Find secret areas to get image gallery entries.

Teared Review Cons:

  • Cannot remap controls.
  • No graphics settings.
  • Only one game mode.
  • Bad hit detection.
  • You cannot view the controls.
  • Nothing is really explained from the gameplay to the story.
  • Can be hard to see enemies at times.
  • It’s really easy to accidentally shoot into the background.
  • Platforming is not great with a weighty jump and bad distance judging.
  • Somehow you do stupid little knockdown animations leading to cheap deaths.
  • The controls are not quick enough for boss fights so it’s a frustrating affair.
  • Cheap deaths a plenty.
  • Doesn’t offer anything unique or different.
  • No replay value.
  • Doesn’t offer a leaderboard.
  • Only a dozen or so achievements.

Related Post: Ratyrinth Review (PlayStation 5)

Teared:

Official website.

Developer: Juan-Mod

Publisher: JanduSoft

Store Links –

Steam

  • 8/10
    Graphics - 8/10
  • 7/10
    Sound - 7/10
  • 6/10
    Accessibility - 6/10
  • 6/10
    Length - 6/10
  • 6/10
    Fun Factor - 6/10
6.6/10

Summary

Here’s a summary of your review notes:

Positive Aspects: The game boasts nice graphics and great-looking locations and enemy models. It has a manageable download size of 2.22GB and supports Steam achievements and full controller support. The game settings allow for customization of difficulty, starting lives, and credits. The gameplay is action-adventure with a basic tutorial explaining the controls. The game involves shooting weapons, avoiding enemy projectiles, and defeating enemies, including boss encounters. Clearing a section can result in orbs dropping that give a bonus score. As you progress, you can earn armor and more hits, and pick up weapons. The game offers a 2.5D perspective with 2D side-scrolling, but you can also face the background and kill enemies. There are checkpoints throughout, and your score, lives, and credits are displayed on the screen at all times. The game feels like a speed run type of game, and you can find secret areas to get image gallery entries.

Negative Aspects: Unfortunately, the game does not allow you to remap controls and lacks graphics settings. It only offers one game mode and suffers from bad hit detection. You cannot view the controls, and nothing is really explained from the gameplay to the story. At times, it can be hard to see enemies, and it’s easy to accidentally shoot into the background. The platforming is not great, with a weighty jump and bad distance judging. There are knockdown animations leading to cheap deaths, and the controls are not quick enough for boss fights, making them a frustrating affair. The game doesn’t offer anything unique or different, has no replay value, doesn’t offer a leaderboard, and only has a dozen or so achievements.

Overall it’s a game that is going for something but never really gets it right gameplay-wise. It looks really good and has great enemy designs but man it is such a bummer that it is not fun to play and is more frustrating than anything else.