Review 1
Purchased!
First and foremost: Yes this game was abandoned by its developers because they
took forum trolls too seriously. My understanding is that there was a lot of
frustration by both players and the devs over how things were going.
I really enjoyed PAMELA, but found myself wanting more. There's a lot going on
here, from dynamic base building to some pretty inspiring mechanics like having
to repair the maps in order to get better access to electricity. Where the game
falls short is it's frustrating enemies and outright terrible endgame.
Enemy design and combat: It's a primarily melee system where you use battery
power to fuel your weapons. This battery power is important and the whole combat
system revolves around using these weapons. Your basic fist attacks become
useless against later game enemies. That and every single enemy just gets in
your face and rips it off, with a few exceptions. In the final stages of the
game, squads of 3-5 enemies warp in behind you and start attacking. It sucks.
Map design: Fantastic, the entire game world is pre=cached leaving zero loading
screens while exploring. For the most part the game world is extremely open (but
the devs did throw in a bunch of amazingly annoying barricades because
JKLOLIHATESPEEDRUNNERS) and is structured as if people really inhabited the
area. The main offender however is getting to the other side of the courtyard to
Club Nirvana, there's a very specific route you have to go that is hard to find
at first. As stated, they threw in a bunch of waist high barricades and made it
so you could barely jump; meaning you have to get creative sometimes getting
around.
Story: Something something disease, they never explain it so why should I?
Quests: It's all "Go to Gene Lab, go find these things, return to genelab" until
you fight a really garbage boss that you have to cheese to beat. If you die to
this boss, you have to find the ingredients for the hazmat armor again or you
cannot get to him.
PAMELA gets a lot of hate, but it really is not that bad of a game. It's just
not by any means complete or well balanced. There was clearly the potential for
a great game here.
Review 2
Purchased!
охеренный хоррор сурвайвл. правда большую часть механик ты будто обнаруживаешь
на ощупь, в темноте будучи слепым. вариативность выживания тут бешеная. тот же
the forest мне не понравился, но вот памелка... в это я продолжу играть с
большим удовольствием.
возможно у меня такие приятные впечатления из-за того, что комп вполне таки
мощный. а так - на ультрах здесь очень красивая графика. примерное соотношение
оптимизации и графона на уровне киберпанка 2077, хотя памела тут даже
выигрывает.