Gods Will Be Watching Critic Reviews

A different and clever game, a minimalist survival game where you will feel the weight over responsibility over your actions. It´s a hard trip to swallow, full of nasty surprises and hard as nuts situations, but a worthy experience.

It’s hard work to be a hero, Gods Will Be Watching reminds, and invites you to try to answer whether, given the challenges, you might not become a cold-hearted villain instead.

Gods will be watching is a personal and retro stylish graphic adventure. A minimalist survival game you either love or hate.

At the end of the day, Gods Will Be Watching is a title I’m sure to remember for some time for its many intense moments, but in the back of my mind, I’ll always ponder what could have been if they’d fully realized their ambitions.

This is a unique game, presented as a traditional point-'n'-click adventure title but more focused on strategy and planning instead of puzzle solving. If you push on and don't give up, you'll be rewarded -- just expect a few heartbreaking moments first.

Gods Will Be Watching is a very clever idea well executed; one that opts to avoid the branching and overt morality of most similar games in favour of simply asking you to judge yourself as you see fit.

As a simulation of complex group dynamics as well as life and death decisions this is a very interesting experiment.

By utilizing time and resource management, inside claustrophobic and violent situations, it builds tension and instills panic like very few games.

One of the most original indie games we've played in a long, long time.

Races against time, dramatic decisions, violence and torture. With Gods Will Be Watching you do not mess at all and the pixel art has never been so sinister and misleading.

It is certainly not a complete success however. Even on the easier difficulty setting players will still be sitting through repeated animations, and the loss of huge swathes of time after each failure can drive one mad. Meanwhile the reliance on chance, while admittedly in fitting with the reality of such situations, feels cumbersome and can really ramp up frustration. In the end it all depends on how much suffering you are willing to devote to a game.

I was not a big fan of adventure games, ever. The clicking around in the background, the quirky puzzles and the slow gameplay have always put me off. With Gods Will Be Watching this has changed in one fell swoop.

Gods Will Be Watching can be frustratingly difficult, but it's also fresh, unique and aesthetically impressive.

More an experiment than a videogame per se, it mixes puzzles and micromanaging in an original way. It's frustrating though, and generally quite slow. It's a good choice if you're looking for something entirely different from traditional experiences, but not for everyone.

The gameplay of Gods Will Be Watching is based on resources, time and human management, during stressful events with lives on the line. You can choose to smash headfirst in the « original » mode incredible difficulty or try the easy way to enjoy the mood and an intriguing story including one mysterious Sgt. Burden. Sometimes a bit delayed and repetitive, Gods Will Be Watching remains an interesting experience, which should inspire other games with more homogenous gameplay.

Calling Gods Will Be Watching "fun" would be a gross misrepresentation. It's not even an experience that one would necessarily recommend, but it is one worth trying. The game is certainly challenging and engrossing in its way, but I wouldn't necessarily call it fulfilling. More often, the game is almost painful to play, and relief comes when you finally manage to make it through a single scenario.

Gods Will Be Watching is not necessarily frustrating in its difficult, it's that it really didn't need to be.

Announced as a thriller, it is rather puzzle game, and a very, very hand one. Make sure you understand how it works before buying it, because it's one of those games you either love or hate.

Gods Will Be Watching bleeds into your thoughts, even if the toll feels steep and caustic. The cost can feel too high, the enjoyment too strange and poisoned at times. But ... it's brilliant and different, you know? I just hate it, that's all.

Gods Will Be Watching is the sort of love it or hate it video game affair that only transformative titles that push the boundaries of their genre can present. It’s not trying to make you kick puppies, it’s not trying to make you hold hands and sing Kumbaya, it’s about finding a mixture of the two that leads to your survival and doesn’t give you too many nightmares afterward.