Fear Effect Sedna Reviews
Fear Effect Sedna is a good way to go back for the Fear Effect franchise that already had several failed third-party attempts. It is not a third party as such, and may be considered a spin-off or distant follow-up, but at least it has put the adventures of the controversial Hana and Rain back in the limelight. The formula chosen for this comeback works, but the AI and certain excessively basic playable mechanics are a consequence of it being a minor project, almost an indie. Let's hope that the remake of the first installment is more ambitious.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Overall I think this game is a bust. Sure the visuals are pretty, the puzzles are fun, and the soundtrack is fantastic, but it’s just not enough to distract from the fact that this game is really bland and has a lot of really glaring problems. At $19.99 you get about 10 hours worth of content which is good for the price, but I can’t in good conscience recommend this game unless you really enjoy the puzzles.
Fear Effect Sedna feels like a fan-service game. Fans will enjoy the story's continuation, but for everyone else, playing it is almost pointless.
Review in Slovak | Read full review
Overall Fear Effect Sedna gets a 4/10, it is fun in some areas with in-depth and difficult puzzles. Combat becomes too annoying in the later sections with party management becoming a hassle due to the mechanics. You cannot customise your character enough, or even stick to a certain playstyle as the game will swap between sneaking, action and puzzles.
Fear Effect Sedna is a case of improperly executed good intentions. It has an intriguing story at its core, but the bad script fails to make it shine. It has lots of different gameplay mechanics at work, but none of them feel good, let alone good enough to carry the weaker parts. It has a presentation that's less than stellar, even for fans who enjoyed the originals. There's still a chance that you can enjoy the game, but you'll have to forgive the various flaws to do so.
Fear Effect Sedna is a flawed sequel that misses its target by changing the franchise’s genre and stretching itself too far beyond its means. By minimalising the survival aspect, even its own namesake has become redundant.
It’s clear that not enough love was given to Fear Effect Sedna. The lack of polish shows all over the place, and little flaws that could have been ironed out with more testing cripple the experience. The things it does well are rendered disappointing by the frustrating mess one needs to slog through to reach them.
Fear Effect Sedna brings a successful series back to the front line after a long absence. This new game will be welcomed immediately by those familiar with the series but new players will find it difficult to relate with the plot, as the game makes no effort to try to connect with them. The animation scenes and soundtrack demonstrate a high level of quality and good production values but the game's strategic component is less interesting than what would be expected and its visual presentation misses out when played on the Nintendo Switch handheld format.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Fear Effect Sedna could be a starter for the main course which Square Enix is planning to release in next few months. And I hope to see a great remaster of a game which was on of the finest games of PlayStation 1. A game for old fans and new gamers to enjoy.
Review in Persian | Read full review
If you were a huge fan of this series, or games from that era, you could find a lot to like here. It's rough around the edges with cheesy acting, and a lot of game over screens, but if that doesn't put you off you could find an enjoyable time here.
In Fear Effect Sedna we find a very linear adventure, but surprisingly varied. We find an isometric perspective game, which at times may seem that it does not pay too much attention to details. However, it is in the graphics that we see one of the main changes with respect to the original. In addition, the sound is simply impeccable and transports us completely to the story.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Fear Effect Sedna is a bad game. Sadly, I wanted to love it simply because of my misplaced nostalgia for the original two titles.
Fear Effect Sedna features nice and well-made animated cutscenes, strange and sometimes completely annoying puzzles, and barren gameplay with terrible controls, especially during boss fights.
Review in Russian | Read full review
Sedna paints a bleak future for this series. It is a sloppy mess that gets off on the wrong foot, only to shoot itself in the foot right after. It is a weird hodgepodge of body horror, cyberpunk sleaze, and secret agent shenanigans that, in theory, should work, but don't.
The cell shaded look of Sedna and the soundtrack are excellent, but the change in gameplay, some of the combat and the isometric look lessened my enjoyment. The puzzles and innovative ideas are great though and some of the world themes are interesting to revisit, but it most certainly left me remembering the original as the better experience.
Fear Effect Sedna makes use of a beloved franchise name and ends up deliverying a totally different experience from what it is expected when the name Fear Effect is heard. If you play it and simply forget about the brilliant past two first games from the franchise, you might be able to have fun with it.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Underneath the pretty visuals, Fear Effect: Sedna is not a good game. The included systems all sound intriguing but in practice do little more than aggravate. This is an example of a story in the wrong medium, Fear Effect: Sedna would have made for a half decent film.
Fear Effect Sedna is a game that does just enough to be considered basic. Unfortunately, for fans of the Fear Effect series, this is not a triumphant return for the franchise but more so a reminder that it exists.
It's sure that developers of Fear Effect Sedna are huge fans of the franchise. They had some ideas about this new episode and there are e few elements that feel compelling. But in the end, there are too many things that just don't work or frustrate the players. Too bad.
Review in French | Read full review
Fear Effect Sedna is sort of an interesting artifact; a game out of its own time. If only playing it was any fun.