{"id":40802,"date":"2023-11-29T17:07:35","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T16:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1936522"},"modified":"2023-11-29T18:22:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T17:22:33","slug":"lethal-company-reviews-round-up-is-it-worth-playing","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/lethal-company-reviews-round-up-is-it-worth-playing\/","title":{"rendered":"Lethal Company reviews round-up: Is it worth playing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> As the new indie horror game hits early access, here&#8217;s what the Steam community is saying. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Matt Poskitt\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 29 November 2023 at 16:07 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Lethal Company, a new indie co-op horror game that was released into early access in October, has seen a huge spike in players over the past few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Over 88,000 Steam user reviews have been posted at the time of writing for Lethal Company, accumulating to an \u201cOverwhelmingly Positive\u201d consensus on the PC platform.<\/p>\n<p>Set in retrofuturistic post-apocalyptic dystopia, the premise has players taking on the role of contracted employees for a corporation, known simply as the Company. Your goal is to explore planets for scrap before selling it off and repeating with increased difficulty in a risk versus reward system.<\/p>\n<p>With a not-so-subtle theme of capitalism, the indie game has been incredibly popular \u2013 with more than 100,000 concurrent players joining in on the action (as confirmed by developer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZeekerssRBLX\/status\/1726106297534415030?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zeekerss<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>To see why Lethal Company has become a bona fide hit with PC players around the globe, head below for a round-up of reviews.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Lethal Company reviews round-up: Is it worth playing?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-handler__container image-handler__container--aspect\" style=\"padding-bottom: calc(100% \/ 1.501210653753);\"> <picture> <source media=\"(max-width: 320px)\" 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https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/lethal-company2-508ad39.jpg?quality=45&amp;resize=1110%2C740 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"> <img class=\"wp-image-1936119 align size-landscape_thumbnail image-handler__image image-handler__image--aspect no-wrap js-lazyload\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/lethal-company2-508ad39.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" alt=\"A handheld transceiver in Lethal Company\" title=\"lethal-company-walkie-talkie\"\/>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div><div class=\"caption-hold\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-copy\"><i class=\"icon-arrow icon-camera-circle\"\/> Lethal Company.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"im-image-caption\"> <i>Zeekerss <\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>While no official reviews from critics have been conducted as of yet \u2013 likely due to the game being in early access \u2013 here\u2019s a selection of Steam users\u2019 reviews to give you an idea of its quality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Steam trailer really doesn\u2019t do this game justice,\u201d one review by a gamer named <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1966720\/Lethal_Company\/#app_reviews_hash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joe<\/a> said. \u201cIts extremely early access right now, and the gameplay itself is nothing too spectacular (yet), but the super dynamic proximity chat is what really makes this game for me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHearing the muffled screams of someone getting choked out by a bug, followed shortly after by the panicked wails of another crewmember running for their life, is likely one of the funniest things I have ever experienced in a video game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy friend was slowly being killed in a room and all I could do was listen to his horrified screams over the radio. Anyways, we met quota\u2026.10\/10,\u201d another user review under the name <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1966720\/Lethal_Company\/#app_reviews_hash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">jjhamm<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>Steam user <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/id\/emberwishes\/recommended\/1966720\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ember<\/a>, who has logged over 140 hours, shared their thoughts: \u201cThis game is amazing. It\u2019s both horrifying and hilarious \u2013 the screams of terror coming from my teammates becoming muffled as a snare flea smothers them is just golden. The proximity voice chat is perfect. I\u2019m hoping they add more moons to make it easier to meet higher quotas.\u201d<\/p> <p>Another positive review from <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/app\/1966720\/reviews\/?browsefilter=toprated&amp;snr=1_5_100010_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fred Durst<\/a> (we\u2019re assuming it\u2019s not the Limp Bizkit rapper) simply stated: \u201cBuy this game and go in blind with some friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hit \u2018not recommended\u2019 because most of the recommended reviews do not mention any problems,\u201d wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/app\/1966720\/reviews\/?browsefilter=toprated&amp;snr=1_5_100010_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Undy1ngWill<\/a>, though, in one of the few negative reviews.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did enjoy this game, but I feel it has a flaw that seriously mitigates it in the long term. This game is a great time with friends and it is fun to progress, get loot, and furnish your ship. However, the game is set up where there is no ending, however the quota will keep rising until it is unachievable and you will die as a result.\u201d<\/p> <div class=\"brightcove embed\"> <div class=\"embed__intrinsic\"> <div class=\"brightcove__player vjs-playlist-player-container\"> <video data-video-id=\"6340295100112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"video-js\"> <\/video> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js\"\/> <p>Lethal Company is available to play exclusively on Microsoft Windows via Steam.<\/p>\n<p>Looking for something else? 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