Recent reviews by Rattlesnark

Nostalgic survival-horror with a rather different twist to the usual zombie fare. Kept me thoroughly engrossed and eager to unravel the story. Rather short and completeable over one weekend, but satisfying enough to leave me feeling contented by the end.

The controls (barely any support for KB&M) and abundance of respawning enemies + traps make for some troublesome sections.

Rather novel gameplay/combat (although ultimately a bit simple and easy) with a substantial dose of nostalgia that should appeal to fans of the survival horror oldies (mostly the old Resident Evil games, obviously).

The game suggests it would need a lot of repetition to explore all its content, but it turns out to actually let you play through all of it rather quickly with precise knowledge of what exactly to pursue - which is for the better.

Heavily contains non-consensual scenes and a range of certain fetish/taboo material - but content toggles are available in the pre-game for configuration to your preference (I believe it simply locks you out of certain story options or quietly skips the disabled scenes).

Highly engrossing story and contains a massive amount of written lines, static+animated artwork, and voice-acted dialogue. Plays for a good long while if you enjoy taking the time to explore all the possible options and scenes; well worth the asking price. Overall impressed me very much and has risen to be one of my all-time most-remembered adult games.

Plays really well and has great smooth-flowing combat with a reasonably fair difficulty at lower levels - but overall feels a little bit too reliant on RNG (randomized pickups, healing, gear stat rolls, etc) to really succeed on increasingly challenging difficulties.

Janky as f*** at some moments and frustrating in others, but Rayne such a bad b*tch. Specifically, certain segments or bosses are weirdly designed or just frustrating (especially when you run out resources with no reasonable way to replenish). Overall though, I don't dislike my time.

Enjoyed on Steam Deck - works fully without issue, only needing to use the touch screen to click through the pre-launch configuration menu.

Thought to check out a cute looking game with no expectations, and am very pleasantly surprised by the depth and complexity to the pleasant and engrossing story. Very happy I checked this out. Played perfectly on Steam Deck.

I was looking for more "We have Resident Evil at home" games to try out (after having just completed Tormented Souls). Them and Us is... just very below average. Playing on Hard difficulty, it has a frustrating amount of enemy spawns and very little ammunition and healing, evidently expecting the player to kite and dodge a majority of the enemies. However, enemies have strange attack timings, inconsistent AI / animation signals, etc. that make it a rough time doing so. Paired with very narrow passageways, avoiding them entirely is also often impractical.

Overall gameplay, paired with the understandably low-budget jank, makes me feel this game is more frustrating than it is worth spending time and energy for. Maybe try another RE-like game instead.

So-simple-yet-so-sweet monster activities. Story doesn't play for very long but length is just right (4-5h) and well worth the asking price.

Janky "we have Resident Evil x Silent Hill at home" with a very indie-budget feel. But overall, I did not dislike my time playing through it.