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"The best platformer of 2019."Horace is a huge platforming adventure which pushes the boundaries of the genre with a profound story of a small robot learning of life, the universe and Douglas Adams. Made by videogame lovers for videogame lovers!
Horace is a indie, story rich and adventure game
developed by Paul Helman and Sean Scaplehorn
and published by 505 Games.
Released on July 18th 2019 is available only on Windows.
It has received 665 reviews of which 535 were positive and 130 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.6 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 1.09€ on G2A.
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- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: Intel i5
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Any DX12 graphics card
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 12 GB available space
- Sound Card: Any, onboard
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If you are afraid of the British, then you should consider this a survival horror game. Horace is seeping in charm and pop culture references (the good kind), although I feel is held back by some gameplay. The cutscenes I feel are the best part about the game, though they may not be for everyone. Horace and the loveable cast of characters are all spoken for by a text-to-speech program, and while that may seem like an odd choice, it absolutely adds to the charm of the cutscenes. The quality of the cutscenes is not what makes them great, as they are relatively low budget. It is instead the writing and humour found within the cutscenes that make them excel. It often feels like you are watching a sitcom, and given the amount of references to sitcom's in this game, that's probably what they were aiming for. The music itself, most of it (from what I gathered) is remixes of classical music. I quite enjoyed the majority of these more video game-y esque renditions of songs you recognise. In between the episodical cutscenes, there's a game. Unbeknownst to me going in, this is a platformer game, and quite a difficult one at that. Some checkpoints can be forgiving, but rooms in the game just do not have any. Pair this with having to backtrack quite often through a lot of the games, and it can get frustrating. Easily the best part of the platforming is found in the mansion which appears halfway through the game, where the game suddenly transitions into a medium-sized metroidvania game. This is where the platforming shines the most, as all the rooms have fun and unique challenges, and you also have to often come back to some of them with power ups you unlock from later areas. Though, you do have to backtrack around the place often (there are shortcuts, but not many). Annoyingly the gameplay is what's stopping me from rating this game any higher. I would say the majority of the platforming is great, but around half of the bosses are enjoyable, as some of them often do not telegraph their attacks very well. I also felt that the game didn't quite know when to stop. This wasn't so bad in the fact that there were more cutscenes to enjoy, but it also meant that yet more platforming was ahead, and it got quite tiresome near the end. It is quite funny in the fact that when I felt I was nearly finished, was when the game decided to drop an entire metriodvania type level on me (the mansion). Maybe the length of the game isn't off-putting for those who want a hard platformer to go on for a while, but it often felt rather exhausting during a lengthy play session. It's absurdly charming (personally a huge fan of the Monty Python references) which makes the lengthy play time, and hard platforming challenges absolutely worth pushing yourself through.
There is a lot going on in this game. It is a stunning achievement. It is also a mess. Horace is a very long game, probably too long and the solo developer issues show up a lot. I think they could have used someone to tell them to leave things out. It drives me absolutely crazy because some decisions are pretty amazing but then they are followed with something so bafflingly bad I question if I am still inhabiting a corporeal body on this earthly plane. This game could be close to a masterpiece if they had been less indulgent, but man he there are a lot of darlings that, I think, should have been knocked off. There is a lot of charm here. The platforming physics are pretty fun a lot of the time too. The story however is trying to do too much. The tone is very strange. It’s not funny when it tries to do jokes and that undercuts the moments when it tries to be earnest, I did find myself laughing out loud at times but because I found it’s direction confusing or uncomfortable. Horace feels like a watching a fireworks factory burn down. Someone made tons of mistakes but it’s also a spectacle and hopefully we will all learn something.
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Horace is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.
No, Horace is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 14.99€ on Steam.
Yes, Horace received 535 positive votes out of a total of 665 achieving a rating of 7.61.
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Horace was developed by Paul Helman and Sean Scaplehorn and published by 505 Games.
Yes, Horace is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Horace is not playable on MacOS.
No, Horace is not playable on Linux.
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No, Horace does not support VR.
Horace is a single-player game.
Yes, there is a DLC available for Horace. Explore additional content available for Horace on Steam.
No, Horace does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Horace does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Horace is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Developer
Paul Helman,
Sean Scaplehorn
Publisher
505 Games
Release
18 Jul 2019
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