Clandestine Critic Reviews

Clandestine is a great cooperative game and a good single player game. Try it if you are in search of an original take on the stealth genre.

Clandestine is one of the best coop experiences we've played so far. We've loved working together with a friend, both as a hacker and as a spy. It is also fun to play it alone, but if you're looking for a new coop game, Clandestine should be one of the main candidates.

Despite the serious tone set by the plot, it's best to go into Clandestine with a light-hearted approach. The movement is a bit clunky, the animations and voice acting are stiff as a board, and there's plenty of visual issues. However, the core gameplay and asymmetric ideas work well together.

This game is enjoyable, especially in co-op with a friend where one player can take on the role of spy and the other, hacker. However if you’re a gamer who has a specific focus on graphics and you cannot look past the flaws then it might not be the best game at least until the game is (hopefully) polished up a little.

It has some flaws, but it’s also an original and valid cooperative experience. When played with friends it can be brilliant at times, what it lacks is the capability to impress as much when played solo, and some technical finishing touches.

An interesting cooperative game that manages to offer something new and fun despite being technically flawed.

Ambitious and in coop quite tense thriller with technical faults as well as AI problems.

Clandestine takes a great idea, the fact that spying is a two-man job, and delivers carefully balanced gameplay mechanics, both for the field operative and the hacker, that are easy to understand but hard to master.

The original concept and realistic infiltration design is ruined by plenty of errors, repulsive plot and rarely functioning multiplayer. Despite all this flaws, fans of stealth games should still pay attention to Clandestine.

It could be the game of the year. Clandestine definitely has a great idea and a few bright moments. But unfortunately it lacks a precise craft and something special what could push the game further is missing.

Amazing idea that's ultimately ruined by execution, Clandestine manages to create more frustration than fun.

All I can say is Clandestine needs polishing. It has some creases to iron out and whilst I recommend it to co-op lovers, that recommendation does come with a few disheartening caveats.

Despite recently leaving early access, Clandestine is a game that isn't quite where it needs to be. As it stands, it isn't worth its asking price. The gameplay shows glimpses of what could be, before promptly shattering those glimpses with yet another death caused by glitches, another death caused by being stuck in cover and another death caused by poor gunplay.