This week, I discovered a TikToker deliberately developing the worst game of all time—complete with impossible platforming, unskippable dialogue, and a rocket launcher that has to be reloaded 150 times between each shot. I ended that post anxious that creator Everywhere Nowhere might one day release their abomination into the world for people to actually play. I'm afraid that happened sooner even than I feared.
You can now try Monster Sniper Season 3 for yourself on the developer's itch.io page, and… wow. I knew it was going to be bad, but watching it in TikToks really didn't do it justice. Actually getting your hands on it is a whole other world of pain.
Thanks to maybe the most ungodly control scheme ever devised—in which you control the hero's movement with the mouse, and control your weapon with the keyboard—it's almost impossible to steer through the ludicrously unfair platforming sequences. The music consists of one screeching, looping flute solo; every time you die, which is constantly, it starts over, meaning the soundtrack for my playthrough so far has largely been the first few tuneless notes repeated ad nauseum.
It's pure psychological torture—Everywhere Nowhere set out to make something horrible, and they've really succeeded. And yet… there's something about it. Whether it's some indescribable alchemy of the game's design, or just testament to the stubbornness of mankind, Monster Sniper Season 3 is weirdly difficult to walk away from. I can't stop myself bashing my head against its opening moments over and over, determined not to let it beat me. Help.
It would at least be nice to get past the opening platforming section and reach some of the game's even more maniacal and surreal features shown off on
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