Agony Reviews
Frankly, it’s saving graces are undoubtedly the graphics and its overall atmosphere. Other than that, I wouldn’t say that the game is something you’d get pumped over with the adrenaline of violence and the satisfaction of victory. It’s more of the “I need to get out of here, I need to get out of here!” kind of feeling. And for those of you who are extremely spiritual and religious, then this will probably give you nightmares. This game is definitely not meant for those who have an eidetic memory or who have sleeping problems.
Appropriately named for all of the worst reasons...
While the great, disturbing concept of Agony surely is worth a shot, every other aspect isn’t. The graphic is old and outdated, the gameplay feels terrible, the level design is simply bad and the story really isn’t all that great.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Unfortunately, Agony stumbles off the starting block and, despite a valiant later effort, is never able to make up lost ground. In this case, a poor first impression irreparably mars the experience, despite measurable improvement in many of the fundamental design principles as the game wears on. The art and audio is striking, but the project may have benefited immensely from less ambition, and the hope is that, should Madmind have a second chance, it will create a more focused and cohesive title. Agony is not great, but it is far from the irredeemable abomination the media has painted it as.
Agony shows us what hell might look like, but unfortunately that's all it has going for it. Every other aspect of the game, from gameplay to graphics, isn't good.
Review in Slovak | Read full review
Stay the Hell away.
Repetitive and boring Gameplay and Weak artistic and technical design are some of the main reasons to stay away from Agony
Review in Persian | Read full review
Agony is much more disturbing than horror, some bizarre design choices don't combine well and the majority of players will struggle to find anything of mentionable quality to warrant a purchase. If you just want f***** up, disturbing scenes, then it maybe worth a look, but if you're after any form of entertaining gameplay, you'd be far better looking elsewhere.
In short we can say that Agony is a title with great potential but little exploited. Maybe because of the generated hype, maybe for the scenes shown, I do not know, but I was expecting something more. Certainly the setting is well done, both at a scenographic level and at a sound level. The problem arises however at the level of gameplay. We find in fact a narration that fails to stand out, a gameplay all in all uninteresting and a story that says nothing of that, without counting the many bugs present that do not make the experience of the most pleasant. Even the technical sector is not, however, at its best: although the title always maintains 60 FPS, we are often willing to attend microlag and tearing anyway. Besides this we find movements quite cumbersome and certainly not very enjoyable. In short, a game that could give a lot but that, after all, can not emerge at all.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Agony is good, on paper
Agony is game that tries really hard to produce a disturbing and scary version of hell. But it fails on both counts. Had the developer Madmind spent more time on the gameplay instead of getting butt physics correct (yes you read that correctly) we might have something here that could pass for a game. The desperate attempts to add shock with the now infamous censored scenes are just schoolboy tricks in a bid to generate hype and ultimately end up a moot point given just how terrible the rest of the game is.
While it may have some interesting ideas, Agony's awful optimisation, monotonous gameplay, and infuriating trial and error loop make it a sin to play.
Very rarely do you get a game whose title accurately describes how it feels to play it.
Agony stays way behind expectations and don't manages even after the official release to fix some major audio/technical issues with the game. The simple gameplay elements and the big graphical downgrade make it hard to recommend this game to anyone.
Review in German | Read full review
Agony proves that setting is only one component needed to make an excellent horror game.
Overall Agony is a good game, though it lacks a really scare factor after the first few scares it makes for some unique gameplay in a well-designed environment. I like the fact that it’s not linear, you can explore loads of different areas and do different things from what the main story is offering.