The Deer God App Reviews

The Deer God, when I first saw this in the App Store, I was interested by the wording of the title, so I checked it out and bought it. This game is like no other.p, nothing can compare itself to this. I love the graphics, RPGs style elements, and the lore behind deer. What I dont love, however, is the frame rate drops that are caused by the loading of terrain off-screen and the somewhat frequent crashing. Also the controls are somewhat cryptic. I get the basic controls, attack, run, double jump and all that. One of the items, I forgot the name (it allows you to scare off enemies), allows you to move blocks. I tried my best to learn how to use it properly, but it took me so long that I died before I can get used to it. Please fix these problems. If these were fixed, then there would be no problems with this game.

***the attack swipe action does not work!!!!***(playing , or attempting to on iPad) . Please fix this. so far Im very unimpressed with the game design and storytelling too.

Having to swipe in the middle of the screen is kind of a pain. Plz fix as its the only flaw in this beautiful game.

I have been waiting for this to come out on ios! This is an awesome game, get it while its on sale! I have had no issues with controls or swiping to attack, on my iPhone 6.... I highly recommend this game!

I love the graphics in this game. I love being a deer. I hate the spikes and being killed by things offscreen I have to guess at because I cant scroll around and see whats there.The controls, especially the swipe thing, didnt work well - using the button feature worked better. Still, attacking an enemy can hurt friendlies at the same time. When I put items in slots other than 1 I didnt see them onscreen. If you die and regenerate as a baby, its very easy to become permanently stuck in a place with no food and no choice but to start a new game because you cant jump high enough to overcome whoever obstacle. I doubt very much I will ever get to the point where "fire" shoots out of my deers antlers, as the review says, because Ill never be that good at it. Id prefer a less violent and more exploratory game. If youre thinking that this is an rpg where you get to be a deer, dont get this game. If you are into platformers and endless runners, this might be more your speed.

I wish I could provide more info, Im not sure what caused it. SPOILERS after I found the priest a congregation my game started failing to load after Id stop playing. Im at 38 percent, Ill probably just start a new character, if it happens again Ill be sad. Its a really neat game, I love the simulation aspect, day and night cycles, clever combat and decent controls Its a bit unclear what youre supposed to be doing at times, I think thats probably intentional and I dont really mind it, but I can see how some people would be turned off by it. Its also quite difficult, I like that, but it can be frustrating sometimes when youre a fully aged deer and you have to restart. You keep your spells and items however.

Very fun, gorgeous graphical style, and a game worth plugging in a headset for. Worth the purchase!

This game I cant even get past the monkeys its IMPOSSIBLE

I think the idea is awesome. The first time I played there was a point my game got stuck and remained stuck after restarting. I started over, but I found the controls frustrating and after dying over and over for an hour, I gave up. Wish you werent punished so much for dying, especially since controls can make it hard to beat certain obstacles.

Really like the look and idea, but the controls are spastic and hard to manage. Results in a lot of unintentional deaths and is frustrating. Will keep playing and look forward to an update.

The controls seem to be unresponsive during the worst of situations...combat. Having to tap the middle of the screen to interact with NPCs and eat food is difficult with large screens like the iPad. I love the aesthetic and the music. I really want to love the gameplay. Bluetooth controller support would be nice.

The game is an interesting blend of genres. It reminds me of playing Echo the Dolphin on the Sega Genesis. There is a bug when playing with MFI controllers. When I die as a deer and re-spawn as porcupine, the controller stops responding. Please fix this bug as it makes the game unplayable when this occurs.

This is game is, thus far, my favorite. I love the style, simulation, and concept. However, every time I exit out of the game and return, my screen zooms into the sky and I can no longer see my deer or the terrain. The only way to fix that is to restart. I appreciate it if you fix this issue because I do want to finish the story. Thank you.

OK OK the game is amazing Ill give you 4 for that Im not going to give 5 until someone fixes the glitch when you turn your phone off in game (sometimes) it will delete the landscape and leave you falling forever and it makes me have to restart the storyline I understand this is the first version, but please in 1.1 fix this bug

So basically I was really far, and I got teleported to this weird place where I couldnt jump and I just walked on. I couldnt see my character btw and than I starved and it put me back to the place again. Plz fix!!!!

Im still not entirely sure I understand what this game is. On the surface its an endless runner, but there seems to be some sort of progression system involved. You start each game as a fawn. Eating berries will slowly fill up a meter, and when the meter is full you grow into an adolescent deer. Eventually Im sure you turn into an adult deer, but I can never make it that far because of the terribly executed controls. You encounter a large number of enemies along the way, which you can either run from or try and fight. Fighting is ultimately hopeless because the method of attacking (swiping out left or right from the middle of the screen) is almost impossible to execute. Most times an attack attempt results in the movement joystick jumping into the middle of the screen, resulting in my deer just aimlessly running around the enemy, quickly dying. There are situations where you are almost forced to dispatch an enemy, and most of these situations end in a quick death because the game makes it impossible to attack. Please fix these ridiculous controls by adding an attack button next to the jump button, and Ill revisit this review. I really want to like this game, but its nothing more than an exercise in frustration in its current state.

I managed to beat it in about a day, but it was quite the adventure. Never figured out how to beat the frog boss though. Im glad it wasnt necessary to beat him.

As far as I can tell this game just released not too long ago (forgive me if Im wrong). This game has one issue that can ruin the game single handedly sometimes when you start the game all you can see is the background. Nothing but that. No trees or animals. As far as I can tell this "glitch" is still in the game and I THINK the only way to fix it is to restart the game. So just remember that. I cant really play too long before this happens. This game has its glitches and issues but I cant wait to see what it will be like in the future

I wasnt familiar with The Deer God on other platforms, but I thought the premise was so intriguing that I gave it a shot. The visuals are very pretty, and the low-res aethetic is reminiscent of the Superbrothers game, which I enjoyed. I cant say that this has been a pleasant experience for me, however. In fact, Im not sure where all these glowing reviews for it are coming from. I suppose it is different nowadays to experience a game that doesnt hold your hand through every challenge, but its the gameplay thats supposed to be challenging, not the controls. It took me two deaths to stumble across the jump button, and all the while, struggling to discover what my characters purpose is. But despite its lofty opening cinematic of your player, a hunter, forced to live as a deer, dont look to this game for anything deeper than a standard platformer, and a platformer with awful controls and deeply frustrating gameplay. Like blind jumps? Well, youll be doing a lot of that. And landing on spikes half the time, while a musical stinger plays, undercut with the grating noise of a ten-dollar alarm clock, just to hammer the point home. Enemies appear randomly, sometimes chipping away at your health while youre talking to characters. Youll die frequently, and when you do, get used to sitting through an interminably long fade to white, after which you may or may not come face-to-face with the titular Deer God, who will arbitrarily demote you to a smaller, even more defenseless mammal than a newborn fawn, OR ominously warn you that you have one life left, which would mean something, if the game didnt let you die dozens of times after that. I got stuck in the map once, starved to death while frozen outside a cabin, then respawned, still stuck, and by that point, I was used to such frustration from this game that I wasnt surprised and didnt care. This is a beta. I was duped into buying a game that was barely tested. It gets two stars instead of one because its at least trying something different. I would have loved to play the game that is struggling to talk to me through the stammering and static of its own crappy control interface and contentious level design. I only hope that there will be updates coming soon, because trying to play it as is makes me want to skip my phone across a lake like a rock.

I enjoyed the story but problem is that I dont understand whats with turning into something else when you die, controls are awful, and it eats battery power faster then the hotdog eating champion of the world. Im sorry but I would really like a refund please.