The narrative FPS Industria 2 caught my eye in 2024 with a creepy trailer that gave me serious Half-Life 2 vibes. Set years after the original game, it tells the story of a woman trapped in a rather awful parallel dimension that's being ravaged by an out-of-control artificial intelligence. It looks and sounds very cool, but the launch has not gone well, to the point that the developer has apologized.
"It hurts to be sitting at 48% positive ratings after putting all our hearts and souls into this game over 4 years," Bleakmill wrote on X. "So much struggle, joy and difficulties our tiny team has overcome. The critique is fair. Sorry to let you down everyone. We got work to do. Only forward from here."
