496 people found this review helpful
26 people found this review funny
Not Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 2.7 hrs on record (1.5 hrs at review time)
Posted: 6 Dec, 2013 @ 8:23pm
Updated: 10 May, 2024 @ 5:40pm

Designed as an experiment to see how far you can ramp up the gamma in the Unity engine, the scientifically accurate Badger Simulator 2015 primarily serves to teach kids that badger cubs are omnivores that eat a grown cat's RDA every hour. In an epic play full of deep & morally relevant messages about adolescence, parenthood and the circle of life (sans Elton John), you are assigned the part of Badger Mommy, genetically engineered not to need any food whatsoever herself, and you bide your time (your hour, to be precise) babysitting your most adorable [citation needed] kids along a reasonably linear path of invisible boundaries, not passing go or collecting $200 until the game eventually runs out of scripted encounters. In the meantime, this corridor shooter without any shooting will hurl tons (I measured!) of emotionally charged music out of your speakers. Functionally it's a bit like a third person Lemmings game with the Lemmings following you 95% of the time, furthermore devoid of the various joyful abilities proper Lemmings have. Worth the purchase (or the effort of playing) only for the peculiarly jolly Predator-esque airborne takedowns Badger Mommy can perform on the various hostile mobs inhabiting Gammaland.

Length: 1 hour
Evils: Unity; scripted as much as any CoD campaign; omniscient bird AI; bugs
Replayability: You can hypothetically strive for a perfect playthrough. Depends on how often you'd like to endure "dat gamma".
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43 Comments
... 22 Nov, 2019 @ 7:45pm 
:) Hi Mr. Person :)
אוכל קקי ישראלי 6 Feb, 2019 @ 8:56am 
just another idiot jumping on the bandwagon of unity hating
אוכל קקי ישראלי 6 Feb, 2019 @ 8:56am 
nothing wrong with unity lol
Milouze 5 Nov, 2017 @ 12:34pm 
I'm always happy to read my friends' reviews and this one did not disappoint :HappyGizzy:

Long ago, I realized (the hard way) that the "To the Moon" fanbase was pain; but I might have found its equivalent thanks to your honest and well written review of Shelter. Thank you !
Barf Ninja 2 Jul, 2017 @ 12:46pm 
Still funny.
_galaxy 8 May, 2016 @ 4:20pm 
best review 2017/10
luckz 29 Sep, 2014 @ 6:16pm 
Nah, I haven't written any other reviews ^_^
Nanako 28 Sep, 2014 @ 4:26pm 
i found your review funny, despite disagreeing with it. Unity engine is pretty damned awesome and there's no reason to be down on it, imo.

well written though. 10/10 would read again. Going to go see if you've written any other reviews now
dwinblood 10 Jul, 2014 @ 6:09pm 
Example: My son who is quite good at Modeling watched a Unity Tutorial and suddenly decided he was going to make an RPG. I had to explain to him that an RPG is probably one of the most difficult types of games to make due to all the different systems it combines together (Inventory, Dialog, Quests, Spells, Skills, Combat, etc...) and he was aiming for something that he'd likely not even be close to done with after years and years... That is why you see things from Unity that have issues. Many people decide they can do a thing and they try... and they release... and they learn.