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Gods Will Be Watching – Action Game Review
Gods Will Be Watching is a Action/Adventure game from Devolver Digital, Inc., first launched in 17th December 2015.
It’s rated 17+ and currently has 22+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Gods Will Be Watching Stand Out
Gods Will Be Watching is a minimalistic “point and click thriller” centered on despair, commitment, and sacrifice as players face narrative puzzles and moral dilemmas that will affect both the lives of your team and the people you’re are sworn to protect. Set against the backdrop of an interstellar struggle, Gods Will Be Watching follows Sgt. Burden and his crew in six tense chapters from hostage situations and wilderness survival to biological weapon prevention and agonizing torture scenarios.
Each decision is crucial and players will need to choose between the lives of their team and the saving the world from genocide. There's no good or evil, just decisions, with only you and the gods as a judge to your actions.
• An innovative departure from the traditional point and click adventure taking place in six intimate, tension-filled scenarios linked together through an epic narrative of interstellar espionage.
• Set morals aside as you navigate Sgt. Burden and his team through harrowing predicaments and make decisions that will either save your team or sacrifice their lives for the sake of the mission.
• Solve a wide variety of narrative puzzles and moral dilemmas using your own wits and burden the consequences of your choices. Do you intimidate or comfort your hostages to maintain your tenuous control of the situation? Should you kill the weakest member of your party to save on food for the strong? What is one life worth in the face of annihilation?
• Receive your judgment from the gods upon failure and compare your choices to all other players in the universe over time.
• Over 1,500 beautifully designed sprites tell your story against 15 stunning backgrounds and an emotionally stirring orchestral soundtrack.
*Each chapter of Gods Will Be Watching is available via in-app purchases for $.99 USD.
This Action game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Gods Will Be Watching is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 2nd January 2017
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Updated presentation and store.
Download & Availability
Gods Will Be Watching is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Gods Will Be Watching on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 / iPad Mini 3 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 4 / iPad Mini 4 (Cellular) or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
This is Deconstructeam first game and it holds up so well today and plays really well on the ipad. Great soundtrack, fun pixel art style, and a story to immerse yourself in is what this studio does best. Cheers to a great game and an even better development team. Def check out the rest of their games on pc or console.
How do you keep your hostages from starting a mutiny? This game is complex and deeply challenging but offers an opportunity to have some real dark fun. You know you want to try it and it will not let you down. It will test your patience and cleverness, however. Try not to overreact with the bad guys break your arms, or maybe youre the bad guy, we cant keep it straight.
We like how it's pixelated and has many kewl stuff in it. We're human btw.
The plot to this game and the choices made are amazing. Its an obvious 5 star, hell id give 6 stars if we could. Its worth spending the extra $4 on the chapters as well.
It took a year for repairs but it's back on track and worth picking up.
Thank you devs for finally fixing this game. We have been wanting to play it for a long time. It's a fun game with a good story, really enjoying it and will purchase all chapters.
Wanted to revisit the game, but the controls seem to be bugged. First mission we walked to the door and we couldnt walk back where the hostages were. Hope it gets resolved.
Whenever we send a scouter out to search and they dont come back immediately we wait the extra hour and it crashes.
Maybe we missed this in the App Store game description, but this purchase is ONLY for chapter 1. Which we managed to finish only on easy. It is one scene. Takes about 10-20 minutes depending on difficulty. Then we're asked to pay 2$ for the next scene/chapter? There are about 5 or so chapters, so… This game is over 10 bucks? For 1-scene chapters? We don't think so. And the game could come with a bit more guidance other than the hints from your team. Ugh. It looked so unique and retro too.
As of launch, the game crashes moments after it is opened. We got have gotten far enough to peek at the main menu, but that's it. Look forward to playing it once there is a hotfix. – running on an iPad3.
Won't launch. Crashes on our supported device. 1 star for not working.
Crashes to black screen on every launch. Wait for patch.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.0.2
- Size: 237.90 MB
- iOS: 7.1 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Frequent/Intense Cartoon or Fantasy Violence, Frequent/Intense Realistic Violence, Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humor, Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes, Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes, Infrequent/Mild Medical/Treatment Information
- Developer: [Devolver Digital, Inc.]()
Last updated: 2nd January 2017 | Genre: Action, Adventure | Developer: Devolver Digital, Inc.