The Works of Mercy

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Plattform: PC Veröffentlicht: 26.09.2020

-60%5.69€2,27€

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The Works of Mercy ist ein Psycho-Thriller, der von Klassikern des Genres inspiriert wurde. Die Geschichte handelt von mysteriösen Morden an scheinbar zufälligen Opfern. Doch nun...ist der Spieler der Mörder. Das Spiel erzählt über eine persönliche Tragödie und eine zerrissene Psyche. Als der geheimnisvolle Verbrecher dem Helden befiehlt, zu morden, um seine Familie zu retten, sieht sich der Held (und damit auch der Spieler) vor einer reihe dramatischer Fragen gestellt. Wer ist dieser Verbrecher? Wieso rächt er sich an der Familie des Helden? Wie weit muss man gehen, um ihn zu befriedigen? Wie sollte man diese Morde zur Rettung von Leben rechtfertigen? Wie kann man mit dem Schuldgefühl leben?

The Works of Mercy spielt sich in einer fotorealistischen Welt ab, in die Spieler wie in eine echte Umgebung eintauchen. Sie erlaubt es Spielern, die bedrohliche Atmosphäre der verschiedenen Orte zu spüren und die Psyche des Helden, der auf die Probe gestellt wird, zu verstehen. Das Spiel hinterlässt bei Spielern einen bleibenden Eindruck und lässt sie mit der Frage zurück: Wie viel bin ich bereit für meine Familie zu opfern? Das Spiel fesselt Spieler in seiner dunklen Welt, die schrittweise in immer mehr surrealistische Visionen des Verstandes des Helden zerfällt.

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CPU: Intel CPU Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz / AMD CPU Phenom II X4 940
GFX: Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 660 / AMD GPU Radeon HD 7870
RAM: 6 GB RAM
Software: 64-bit Windows 7, 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1) or 64-bit Windows 1
HD: 18 GB verfügbarer Speicherplatz
SFX: DirectX compatible
DX: Version 9.0c
LANG: Englisch

CPU: Intel CPU Core i7 3770 3.4 GHz / AMD CPU AMD FX-8350 4 GHz
GFX: Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 770 / AMD GPU Radeon R9 290
RAM: 16 GB RAM
Software: 64-bit Windows 7, 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1) or 64-bit Windows 1
HD: 18 GB verfügbarer Speicherplatz
SFX: DirectX compatible
DX: Version 9.0c
LANG: Englisch

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79 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 12.03.21 17:49

Ich kann ALLE verstehen, die sehr enttäuscht waren, dass das Spiel nicht mehr ganz so der Demo entsprach und dann das Spiel so überteuert war.
Letztendlich war das Spiel an sich aber nicht schlecht. Ich hab gelacht und gebangt. Fand´s zwar schade, dass es graphisch so heruntergesetzt wurde, aber vielleicht hatte der/die Entwickler auch einen Grund...oder mehrere Gründe.
Leider haben mir auch hier ein paar Achievements gefehlt.
Aber im Großen und Ganzen gut umgesetzt und mit dem neuen Preis auch total akzeptabel.

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Verfasst: 21.01.21 10:14

Ich kann ehrlich gesagt die ganzen schlechten Rezensionen nicht nachvollziehen. Ich finde es brilliant. Sicherlich nicht jedermanns Geschmack, technisch auch nicht ganz auf der Höhe der Zeit aber immerhin handelt es sich hier auch um ein Indie Spiel und dafür ist es echt super. Vor allem ist die Optik beeindruckend. Fans von Horror und Psycho-Games kann ich es auf jeden Fall empfehlen.

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29 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 08.11.20 20:12

Can somebody explain the gameplay to me ? I didn't understand the sense of it. For all who are not perfect in english language: don't buy it. You will not understand all these strange sentences. And even the story is weird and annoying. Nice graphical environments with high framerates.

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184 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 14.11.19 17:30

Klar weiter zu empfehlen. Ein muss für Horrorspiel-Fans.

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125 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 14.09.19 15:58

Empfehlenswert: Nein (persönliche Wertung: 2/10)

Errungenschaften: Nein

Positiv:
- Gute Grafik

Negativ:
- Lahme Story
- Kein Horror
- Steuerung schlecht

Fazit:
Entweder ich bin doof und verstehe den Schluss/ Sinn des Spiels nicht oder das Game ist einfach nur schlecht. Nicht falsch verstehen. Es hat seine Höhen, aber dementsprechend auch seine Tiefen (davon mehr als genug)... Ich habe das Spiel in den 2 Stunden 1,5 Mal durchgespielt (Was daran lag das mein Laptop ausgefallen ist, weil der Akku leer war...). Grafisch ist das Spiel hübsch anzusehen (Von den Passagen auf Drogen mal abgesehen). Die Spielmechanik lässt zu wünschen übrig. Durch die präzise verlangte Eingabe von Telefonnummern auf dem Telefon, habe ich mich manchmal so gefühlt, als hatte ich riesige Finger, die nur die Tasten daneben treffen. Die Story ist langweilig, hätte man ruhig mehr draus machen können, besonders zum Schluss hin. Im Groben und Ganzen hat sich das Spiel unfertig angefühlt. Nicht Empfehlenswert!!!!

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125 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 26.03.19 17:06

I don't understand the extremely bad reviews.
It's a ~6,5/10 game for me, with some refreshing ideas and good atmosphere.
Is it scary? Not really.
It feels like being stuck in a weird nightmare or art movie for an hour, and if you're into horror and unsettling stuff, this might be something for you.

It's way overpriced though, but I don't rate my games based on their price.

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39 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 23.11.21 01:30

I can't believe I ever backed this crock of shit. Talk about misrepresentation.

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180 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 27.03.21 17:35

A brilliant little dark piece of Art.

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60 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 19.03.21 04:25

This game have a lot of bad review I don't trust other people I have to see it for myself.
I though it was one of those where Godzilla punch me in the head and run off my money.
But actually this is a good game.
It's like jigsaw puzzle movie.
The storyline is really good.
The game play isn't so scary but it's alright.

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121 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 02.03.21 04:47

Meh Game was really short, Didn't have any tense to scary moments.

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74 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 10.01.21 22:45

Worth £1.13. Quick no thrills psychological horror. Would recommend it for the sale price. Lots of different endings.

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26 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 20.12.20 05:05

Trash

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101 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 14.09.20 06:26

so basically you are a serial murder and abuser who hires prostitutes for torturing and killing them in the worst manner possible. highly recommended to mental disorder extreme aggressors

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57 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 21.08.20 20:37

A short and interesting experience.
The graphics of the house are gorgeous, although I feel the character models could have had a bit more work done.

The story line was quite intriguing too.

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71 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 15.08.20 13:37

Beware of headaches because of overused effects in this game.

Other then that it's just a small game where you have to kill other people, [SPOILER]not because you MUST, but because you are a psychopath who hears voices on the phone.[/SPOILER].

Dunno if there are alternative endings to the game, and I don't really care for a replay. Overal it's pretty poor.

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132 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 27.07.20 03:30

Games trash backed it on kickstarter never lived up to its potential...

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280 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 26.06.20 17:01

Imo game is cool. Graphics are amazing for an indie game but it could use a bit more optimalization but overall it works nicely.
Story is okay. Could be longer.
There are some graphic glitches in forest but other than that i didn't see much of other glitches.
It's nice to get in on sale and you can always return the game if you don't want it or if it won't work for you or any other reason you have.
Overall it could be more polished but still a nice game 87/100

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188 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 07.06.20 23:30

The story had absolutely no point, I paid nothing for this game and I still regret downloading it. Don't waste time, looks like it was made in less than a day

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211 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 03.05.20 07:40

Let me be very clear- I paid $1.49 for this game. I am recommending this game based on buying it ON SALE. Wait for a sale. I would not recommend paying more than five dollars for this. I won't be discussing the actual story because there's not much of it and saying anything will spoil what fun you could get out of this brief game.

Also, I understand there is no longer any support for the game and the devs have gone silent, and there may have been some shady practices regarding fulfilling Kickstarter benefits. I am not reviewing the game based on any of that. I am only reviewing this from the perspective of someone who knew nothing about this game, and bought it cheap.

From my experience, I can say the game worked, it had a beginning and an end, it didn't crash and I didn't encounter any bugs. You may notice that at the time of this review, I've played for an hour and forty minutes. That includes restarting the game twice to try out different dialogue choices and to see if there were alternate paths the short narrative had to offer. There are[strike], but it's a closed loop regardless. From what I can tell, you will always wind up at the same ending, and if you've played any indie horror games over the last six or seven years, it's an ending you're probably very familiar with at this point. I am sick to death of that ending, and of playing the kind of character that leads to that ending, over and over again, but I'm not going to judge the game based solely on that.[/strike] I AM sick of that ending, but the game offers a better one if you make every right call.

Pros:
*Graphics are pretty good. Most of the action takes place in a photo-realistic horror apartment using the Unreal Engine. It seems almost an indie-standard at this point for these types of games, and it's a small space, but a lot happens in it and it looks nice. Character models aren't quite as nice, but they're serviceable.
*Voice acting was surprisingly decent. I didn't flinch once.
*You get to make important moral choices that effect the lives of others in a thriller-based scenario.
*I was never at a loss for what to do. Simplistic, intuitive game design. Nothing great, but nothing terrible.
*If you enjoy the works of David Lynch, or violent, trippy thrillers in general, this game has something to offer you. It's not much, but there's some mildly twisted fun to be had here depending on your choices.
*Music was good. Not memorably good, but suitable when you're in the moment.

Cons:
*This game can be beaten in about an hour. I DO NOT RECOMMEND PAYING FULL PRICE.
*Depending on your choices in the dialogue, some of the responses you get don't make any sense. This is probably due to improper translation from the game's native language, but it's still mildly annoying when it happens.
[strike]*The ending. The same. ending. as. always.[/strike]
*There are no saves or continues. Once you start the game, you have to finish it then, or restart from the beginning.
[strike]*Ultimately, the choices you make in the game don't matter.[/strike] Your choices do matter. I messed around a bit more and found out how to get the better ending. It's nothing revolutionary, and it doesn't make sense given everything that happens, but there your choices do matter.

Despite restarting twice before finishing the game, I am still within the time limit required to request a refund. I am not going to do that. For the price I paid, I am not dissatisfied with the experience the game offered. [spoiler] Not really much of a spoiler but I'll cover it anyway. There was a bit at the end that I quite enjoyed, as a hitchhiker related a harrowing experience to the main character while he huddled on the MC's daughter's bed. While he was telling the story, I noticed one of the daughter's drawings, and it gave me a little spook. This is not a horror game, settling for mostly just unsettling, but that moment was pretty great. [/spoiler]

If you're willing to take a chance on a game most people seem to hate, $1.49 would be the price to do it at.

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Verfasst: 16.03.20 17:39

I waited too long to play this game, and then it came out and had a bunch of bugs and while it has so much potential on the story, it's badly developed.

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143 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 07.03.20 03:11

I know I am late to the party, but you don't know how hurtful it is to write this review.
I remember watching the trailer for this game 2 years ago, I thought the story was original and the graphics looked so stunning; in fact, it caught my attention so much, I preordered the game (first game I preordered) and boy I made a mistake.

I constantly checked day after day until I don't know how many months later, it got released.
At first, I was praying for the game not to have a terrible visual downgrade. It didn't. Of course, the game didn't look a bit like the trailer, but it wasn't trash looking. The story seemed to be the same and I began having a pleasant experience.
10 minutes into the game and I discovered its real form. It's one of those games that lack the ability to create emotion of any sort, it's like you are playing the first game made by a 10 year old on gamemaker or even worse, like just laying down to watch a tv series you don't even enjoy just for the sake of wasting your time. It's the same. The Works of Mercy manages (somehow) to combine awfully looking human models with a pretty lame horror atmosphere while also adding a bit of walking simulator and random disco lights from time to time.

I believe The Works of Mercy could have been something great, but they wasted that chance.
Do not buy this game, it's a lost cause.

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107 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 18.01.20 13:17

Even though the game has its flaws, it's still a pretty decent short horror experience

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62 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 10.01.20 21:56

W T F !!! 3200 second of gameplay and the game will end before the story takes you into it.
And I'm not talking about the fucking polish end !!! After an hour of boredom, I began to think that something was finally happening, and suddenly it flashes and it is over.

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Verfasst: 30.12.19 07:14

Strange little experiment..... excellent graphics, strange story, and multiple ways of finishing it. Short game however..

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Verfasst: 27.12.19 01:21

I bought this game because it was so poorly rated. It was pretty bad, but not fun bad, so it was still a negative experience. I think the very poor reviews are pretty accurate. It's not fun as a good game and it's not fun as a bad game.
bad story. bad mechanics. but the graphics were surprisingly good for such a bad game.

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Verfasst: 07.12.19 23:34

Bought the game hoping the negative reviews were wrong but they are right do not buy this game it is garbage it literally does not tell you a damn thing about what to do it just throws you into the game blind af not even telling you the controls you have to find all these damn random numbers hidden around the house without a tad bit of help just terrible game execution good graphics wont make your game better bud. But yea to anyway to anyone considering purchasing this game don't do it it is a huge waste of money and time you can spend your 17 on way better games than this.

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77 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 23.11.19 15:13

It seems awesome, but its just the worst game ever lol, very very poor in every way.

The best part of this game, its the trailer (First 2 of 40min - the entire time u will spent on this)

Dont recommend it

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Verfasst: 19.11.19 03:01

You can refund it if you play it fast enough.

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