Ribeye Charlie's

Hey look it's your mom in the thumbnail :D

lol legit a good game though. thanks to the developers for already checking out the video before i even posted a comment here. you can check it out if you want to as well ^^

It was a rather weird game for me.

Hey there, I recently played through the game and thought I'd share some of my thoughts on it here. I'll be going over some things I liked about the game, maybe some things I didn't and any bugs I may have discovered.

First I'll go over some of the things I liked. I enjoyed the story premise and setting of the game, a steakhouse by day but a "slaughterhouse" by night, it's a really interesting concept having all of the staff actually be killer cows carving people up at night. The "VHS" effect is also very well done here, adds to the atmosphere of the game. 

Now I want to talk about some of the things I didn't like. The biggest thing to me is that it just didn't feel like a horror game, yes the premise and setting are creepy and good but I couldn't really find any meat to this game (no pun intended). The cows that chase you are barely any threat at all so long as you turn tail and move the other way, and apart from their eyes glowing when you're in their sights they aren't really that frightening to look at. It's also become extremely common for games to use the "find X number of Y item in this maze and don't die!" concept and it's getting to be extremely repetitive, of course your game isn't the only recent one to do this, but it's the most recent I've played that follows this overdone and frankly boring formula. 

I'm happy to report that I didn't encounter any game breaking bugs, however there was a minor one where a cow would continuously walk into a wall, I believe the "cowbell" effect would trigger but it appeared to be stuck.

In the end, I'll give praise to the game's story and setting concepts, as well as it's use of effects to heighten the atmosphere. However, I have to be critical about the overall game-play in that it's very mundane with mechanics that have recently been overdone in the indie horror scene especially here on itch, and that I just didn't find it scary.

I hope you don't mind but I made a let's play of my time with the game over on my channel.

Cheers and best wishes to you,

Killjoy  

It's freaky and yet weird, which makes up for good horror game. Adding a VHS style to it makes it feel like the game could been inspired from some sort of horror movie from the 80's or so. 

Getting started isn't difficult in itself even if we don't get much more info then "find a way out".  The enemies are cool. Freaky men with bull heads on with a bell sound to indicate that they are near. 

The only problem I had with the whole thing is that they won't chase you everywhere. As soon as you step into a "safe zone" they won't follow you. Even if they looking at you. Would be nice if they stop chasing you if they can't find you anymore for a more intensive gameplay. 

Other then that, you made a good game with a cool horror element to it. Keep it up and show off your skills. 

Getting chased by men with cow heads has a habit of ruining your day...

I copouldn't figure oout where to go or what to do, this was the last game I played. 

I enjoyed this little horror game. Sweet and to the point. 

link to my channel: youtube.com/jonathick

Here's my play of the game, I see potential in this game, however in this current state it does need some work.  Hope to see more from you guys in the future! 

Part 2 of the gameplay :D

I would honestly say that this game gave me the major creeps, and I haven't been able to finish it XD So, I decided to do a little video of this with one of my other buddies as the "enemy", since me and several others call him Moo. I did the best I can

Really loved the VHS style graphics! Made everything really creepy lol. I didn't think I'd enjoy getting chased in the back of a restaurant by a cow cult but I did! 

Ribeye Charlie's is a short but sweet meaty little spook game that's easy for anyone to pick up and play. It also feels like an enjoyable starter level spook game, as it is pretty straightforward once you get into it and has simple controls. I'm not entirely sure why the player has Old VHS vision or why the enemies are cows...but I don't question it, because it all adds to the fun.

Ey, so here's what I've gotta say about Ribeye Charlie's! Sorry about the lack of energy within the video down below; it was pretty late when recordin', hahah.

It was pretty short, so I don't have much to say on the matter. I did like the sounds that were put in, but I wish there was more. I liked the cowmen, but again, I wish there was more to them in terms of mechanics. The VHS filter was something I loved, but it became a bit uneasy for my eyes to stare at after a while. Gameplay was short, sweet, and to the point, which is a-okay in my books for an experience like this.

Overall, there's more to be desired, but it's a fun little game to play! Thank you for taking the time to read, and have a lovely day.

Made a video

A very neat, short horror game. It's a very neat idea to have the character come back after hours and realize somethings wrong.