![]() On the surface, it feels like another Unreal Engine first-person shooter. The gameplay shows some promise, but I simply didn’t get enough time inside Bright Memory to really get a feel for it. Except this feels even more empty than that “demo.” ![]() ![]() It reminds me of Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes, which was supposed to set up the later-released Phantom Pain. This is no coincidence, obviously, since the “game” is merely an hour-long experience. But Bright Memory feels like a prologue to a much grander experience. The universe that Chinese developer FYQD Personal Studio & publisher Playism created here is super interesting, I have to admit. My hope is that this is fleshed out much more in the full game’s final release, because I was completely lost. I was thrust into an opening scene as if I should have already had some sort of background knowledge behind the plot. I had absolutely no idea what was going on while I played the game. She has to fight her way through hordes of enemies while attempting to stop a rival organization whose motives were unclear to me.Īdmittedly, however, I had to look up those story beats to be able to share them with you. During the opening mission, Shelia is transported through a wormhole to an unknown location. Their goal is to research strange phenomena in the sky connected to some archaic mystery. This entity operates technology that surpasses that of even the government. Shelia (pronounced SHELL-ee-uh) is an agent of the Supernatural Science Research Organization (RSO). It shows a bit of promise, however, so my interest isn’t completely diminished. Although the game looks incredibly impressive, I can’t say I had a good time playing it. Unfortunately, I think this glorified demo has done more harm than good for me. Although the game doesn’t release until 2021, we received a small taste of what’s to come in the bite-sized Bright Memory. It looked stunningly beautiful, incorporated multiple genres and play-styles into one game, and was developed by one person. We saw several upcoming releases, but one that stood out to me was Bright Memory: Infinite. If the sequel can deliver on the promise shown here with the visuals shown in its trailer, I’m sure it’ll be one of 2021’s most surprising and impressive games.On May 7th, Microsoft held its “Inside Xbox” online events. It doesn’t do anything to show off your shiny new hardware, and although the gameplay is fun, it’s over in a literal blink of an eye. If this cost even a cent more than eight dollars it would be a really tough ask, in spite of the fun on offer. Another time I exited to the console’s home menu to eat some dinner, and when I came back the sound was just entirely gone. Once, the sound became highly distorted until I rebooted my machine. I did have a few glitches during my time with the game, including multiple sound bugs. If you enjoyed the recent Doom games, this has a little bit of that same fun but executed at a much different level. The combat gameplay is really fun and slick, and although I died a few times on some of the tougher rooms, I never got frustrated. Don’t go in expecting more than one session of gameplay, and remind yourself that this was an incredibly small budget production. Still, for a one-man production that only costs eight bucks, this is just fine. The trailer for that sequel looks amazing, and like much more of a current game than Bright Memory does. Xbox Series S screenshot taken by the author. ![]()
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