The Cub
From the creators of Golf Club Nostalgia and Highwater. Return to their whimsical, neon-lit apocalypse in a Jungle Book meets The Armageddon fusion. Parkour through the remains of humanity as a child being hunted, while catchy end-of-days tunes and curious survivor stories play on the radio.
The Cub is a singleplayer, post-apocalyptic and story rich game
developed by Demagog Studio
and published by Untold Tales and Gamersky Games.
Released on January 19th 2024 is available only on Windows
in 10 languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil and Portuguese - Portugal.
It has received 468 reviews of which 404 were positive and 64 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 14.79€ on Steam.
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Windows
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: 2.6 GHz Intel Quad Core
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M, 2 GB Memory
- Storage: 11 GB available space
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The atmosphere of this game is wonderful. Amazing art. Snappy animation. Delightful world building. For someone with generally a short patience with platformers, this one doesn't overstay its welcome, and it is usually generous with its checkpoints, which you will need. The politics are a little on the nose, and I would have appreciated a story that left a little more to the imagination, letting the player draw their own conclusions. Almost everything is satiric reference to current events, so I think this game will unfortunately date itself in about about one news cycle. But if you read it as a manifesto of the moment, then the game proclaims its message loud and clear. Definitely on the short side.
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It's the end of the world as you know it, and Bezos/Musk/etc moved to Mars with their cronies. A being-chased-while-running-and-platforming game - or as I kept thinking of it as I played it: a child-killing sim, par excellence. Pros: * Main char's voice actor is awesome, and the humor is delightfully right on the edge of acceptability. * Music is both unique and well-chosen, and the state-sponsored DJs are a hoot. * Level design is excellent. * Expect to die... a lot . Cons: * The hating on the rich, which I'm usually amused by, gets a bit heavy after awhile. TL;DR: If you want a semi-difficult pursued-while-platforming game, 8/10; else, avoid.
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The Cub is the sequel to Demagog stuido's Golf Club Nostalgia, and is just as interesting and enjoyable. Taking place concurrently with the events of GCN, The Cub is billed as a "parkour game", which frankly I find to be a little bit generous, as there is a bit of stiffness to the controls. The Cub is a cinematic platformer with very deliberate movement and one hit deaths, similar to games like Limbo and Inside. It has gorgeous 2D graphics that legitimately look like a hand drawn cartoon. Much like GCN, your character has a helmet and throughout the game is listening to Radio Nostalgia from Mars, and the station is still entertaining and fascinating and very well done, however, because of who you are controlling in this game, it changes the context of things and makes it feel a little more sinister. You only got a taste of the ruined earth environments in Golf Club Nostalgia, the Cub has you experiencing them much more fully, exploring fields and buildings and sewers, while trying to avoid those who would capture you and do you harm. It is also much more interesting and exciting in terms of gameplay, as the simple golf in GCN was just an excuse to tour the world and its environments, but the platforming in The Cub is much more visceral and entertaining. The story was well told and it was good to find out what happens to our pilot friend and the little boy from Golf Club Nostalgia. If there is a negative to the game, it is that it is extremely short, I finished it with about 85% of the collectibles in about two and a half hours. I look forward to playing Highwater, the third game in the trilogy. 9/10
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Quick rating: 6.5 Longer review: The Cub continues the world building from Golf Club Nostalgia, a game I enjoyed a lot (apart from the Iron Will achievement). The Cub is also a LIMBO-like... a genre I greatly enjoy. As such, I was very hyped for this game. And, it's not bad. But far from great. The Good: Art is really nice, the radio station is great, the story is enjoyable. Gameplay is ok. The Not As Good: This game has tags of Puzzle, Precision Platformer, and Puzzle Platformer... and I'd say it's none of these. It is a platformer. But it has 0 puzzles in it whatsoever. And it's not what I'd consider a precision platformer... although some sections are a little challenging, mostly because the game can play a bit jank, not because it's really designed to be precision. The game is short. I got all achievements + all in-game items for 100% in under 3 hours. And that includes nearly an hour spent on doing Chapter 1 deathless... for those not achievement hunting, you may finish this game under 2 hours (or just a little over). At times, the foreground art can get in the way of visibility. And ledge grabbing is fairly inconsistent on whether it'll work or not. All in all, the game is not bad. I give it a recommendation, but not a glowing one. If you like run-right chase sequences with a nice world and interesting story/music... this will be a pleasant time for you. A bit like the game Little Orpheus. If that doesn't sound like your type of game... then I'd avoid or pick up on a steep sale.
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Man, The Cub is insane and a work of art! Massive congrats to the team, this project is pure art and a labour of love. From an awesome OST music score that fits perfectly, to an epic radio station talk show that plays while you do your thing solving puzzles and platforming like warm butter to the pristine hand drawn art this is what video games are all about and it feels good. I will keep it short, if you love Inside, Somerville, Planet of Lana and other games like that instant purchase The Cub it is as good if not better in some aspects and 100% top shelf quality of the storey / puzzle platformer genera. During the demo I fell in love with the visuals, the 2D had drawn art is simply first rate and dope. The gameplay matches and is smooth and has very satisfying platforming and puzzles. I never thought it have a sound track and the music and the radio station where people just talk take the whole package over the top. Even the storey made me not want to skip and I listened with a hypnotic trance. As one that loves video games it makes me smile when you get a whole package like this and everything just works and fits together like a freshly solved rubix cube. Much love and respect to the devs, I salute you for your work of art, feels good man! If any of the words that I wrote form a picture that makes you happy or smile press that add to cart button and have your self an insane weekend while you play The Cub and remember I am the son of no one. Update: Jan 21 : so I have completed the game now and only have 3 achievements left to get. Ok, that was totally insane, a work of art and there is just so many hidden ideas, comments, warnings and it is just jammed packed with thoughts on our world and humanity. This game is mega deep Brah, that is what I love about these games and I just can't get enough of them. You really have to wonder what goes on in the minds of the devs that came up with this game and all the content in it regardless of how great all the platforming, puzzles, timing, art, music, etc are. An incredible ride which I will not forget and I truly appreciate, I almost feel like every video gamer should play through this game once and really take note what the devs are trying to say, the message is just as massive as how amazing the whole game was put together. Again, thanks devs for the The Cub I really appreciate it.
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Developer
Demagog Studio
Publisher
Untold Tales,
Gamersky Games
Release
19 Jan 2024
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