Info about GoreBox:

Official game description:
**Welcome to GoreBox**
Dive into the adrenaline-fueled world of GoreBox, an action-packed sandbox game that harmoniously fuses relentless action with unlimited creativity. Here, you're equipped with an extensive array of weapons and explosives, as well as a special piece of equipment that stands out from the rest: the Reality Crusher.
**The Reality Crusher: Your Ultimate Tool**
The Reality Crusher is a unique tool that enables you to spawn, manipulate, and obliterate any spawnable entity in the game. With this tool, you are the architect of your own chaotic adventures.
**Dynamic Interactions and Gameplay Settings**
As a player, you share the same damage system as the active, physics-based ragdolls in the game. This shared damage system makes every encounter thrilling, as you balance between creating chaos and protecting yourself.
You also have control over various gameplay settings. Whether it's activating invincibility, turning on noclip, or switching to creator mode (which grants you access to the Reality Crusher), you can tailor the game to your playstyle.
**Map Editor and Workshop**
With GoreBox's built-in map editor, you're not limited to just playing in the game world - you can create it. Construct custom maps and decorate them with your choice of textures. Then, share your creations through the game's built-in workshop and explore maps from other players.
**Express Yourself!**  
In _GoreBox_, you can personalize your character with a wide range of customizable skins, armor, and unique accessories like hats and masks. Even the GoreDolls can be styled to your liking, letting you tailor both your character and the world around you to reflect your chaotic vision
**Role-Play, Chat, and Trading**
Immerse yourself in _GoreBox_'s dynamic world with an extensive range of emotes, text and voice chat system. Customize your character with unique skins, clothing, armor, and hats, or go ragdoll at will. Trade items effortlessly using in-game currency, but be careful—death comes with a cost, as you’ll drop a portion of your money.
**Cross-platform Play**
One of the unique features of GoreBox is its cross-platform compatibility. Whether you're flying helicopters, orchestrating battles between NPCs, or simply exploring the world with friends, the fun never stops - no matter if you're on Mobile or PC.
The limits are only bound by your imagination. So, what are you waiting for?  
Don't forget though, In GoreBox, time won't be the only thing you're killing!

Release date: 21 Jul, 2023

Categories: Sandbox Creation, Physics Simulation, Cooperative Multiplayer, Competitive Multiplayer, Character Customization, Mod Support, Map Editor, Gore-focused Combat


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Below are summaries of things people say about the game per category.
Each point is assigned a weight that represents how often it is mentioned across all reviews.
What players like:
- Highly Enjoyable Gameplay Experience (weight 0.65): Players overwhelmingly find the game enjoyable, fun, and entertaining, both in single-player and multiplayer modes. Its sandbox nature, physics, and ability to relieve stress are frequently highlighted as positive aspects.
- Engaging Multiplayer & Community (weight 0.27): The multiplayer aspect is a significant draw, offering diverse server types, chaotic interactions, and opportunities to make friends. Players appreciate the cross-platform functionality and the freedom to engage in various activities, including PvP and role-playing.
- Realistic & Satisfying Gore (weight 0.25): The game's extensive and realistic gore mechanics, including dismemberment and blood effects, are a major selling point for many players. This feature contributes to the chaotic and cathartic experience, allowing for brutal and creative eliminations.
- Robust Sandbox & Content Variety (weight 0.14): The game is frequently compared to Garry's Mod and People Playground, often being described as a superior or more brutal alternative. Its strong sandbox elements, diverse content, and freedom of action are highly valued, allowing players to create varied scenarios and narratives.
- Consistent Updates & Development (weight 0.09): Players appreciate the consistent and frequent updates, which continuously add new features and improve the game. There's also a sentiment that the game has significantly improved over time, with developers actively maintaining the project.
- Good Weapon Variety (weight 0.04): The game features a good variety of weapons, including both melee and firearms, which are well-designed and contribute to the overall gameplay experience.
- Strong Graphics & Sound Design (weight 0.04): The game is praised for its excellent graphics, unique visual style, and high level of detail. Players also commend the top-notch sound design and good optimization, contributing to a smooth experience.
- Unexpected Personal Benefits (weight 0.03): Some players report unexpected personal benefits from playing the game, such as improving language skills or PvP abilities, and a sense of accomplishment from in-game achievements.

Common complaints:
- Toxic and Immature Community (weight 0.45): The multiplayer experience is severely hampered by a highly toxic and immature community, predominantly consisting of young, aggressive players. This leads to frequent griefing, unprovoked attacks, offensive language, and a general lack of constructive gameplay, making online interactions unpleasant and frustrating.
- Severe Bugs and Performance Issues (weight 0.39): The game is plagued by an overwhelming number of bugs, crashes, and performance issues across both single-player and multiplayer modes. Many players report the game being unplayable, frequently freezing, or failing to launch, with updates often introducing new problems rather than fixing old ones.
- Widespread Cheating and Poor Anti-Cheat (weight 0.18): The game suffers from a pervasive cheating problem due to an ineffective or absent anti-cheat system. Cheaters frequently disrupt servers, ban legitimate players, and exploit game mechanics, leading to a chaotic and unfair multiplayer environment that drives players away.
- Limited Content and Low Replayability (weight 0.17): Players report a significant lack of content and replayability, leading to the game quickly becoming boring. Updates are infrequent and add minimal new features, and the game is often deemed not worth its price due to the limited gameplay depth and activities available.
- Broken Role-Playing Experience (weight 0.1): The role-playing (RP) aspect of the game is largely dysfunctional, with RP servers often devolving into anarchy due to immature players and abusive admins. The lack of proper mechanics and adherence to RP rules makes genuine role-playing nearly impossible.
- Mobile Multiplayer Removal (weight 0.08): The removal of multiplayer functionality from the mobile version of the game has been a major point of contention for players. This decision, often perceived as a workaround for anti-cheat issues, has significantly impacted the game's accessibility and player base.
- Underdeveloped Modding System (weight 0.06): The game's modding system is underdeveloped, lacking essential features like workshop support and robust API tools. This limits the variety and quality of user-created content, making it difficult for players to expand the game's longevity through mods.
- Developer Indifference and Laziness (weight 0.05): There is a strong perception among players that the developers are disengaged, lazy, and uncaring about the game's quality and existing issues. This is evidenced by unfulfilled promises, poor optimization, and a lack of timely bug fixes.
- Poor Map Editor Controls (weight 0.05): The in-game map editor is criticized for its extremely poor and confusing controls, making it difficult and frustrating to use. This limits players' ability to create and enjoy custom maps effectively.
- Overly Aggressive Spam Prevention (weight 0.05): The game's spam prevention system is overly aggressive and poorly implemented, frequently kicking players for normal actions like spawning multiple objects. This feature significantly hinders gameplay, even on private servers.
- Infrequent Game Updates (weight 0.04): Players are dissatisfied with the infrequent and slow release of updates. This lack of consistent new content and bug fixes contributes to the game feeling stagnant and unfinished.
- Subpar Animations and Graphics (weight 0.04): The game's animations, particularly for weapons and character deaths, are considered poor and lacking in realism. Additionally, many textures and models are unoptimized, detracting from the visual quality.

Gameplay feedback:
- Prominent Gore & Violence (weight 0.15): A core feature of the game is its explicit and extensive gore system, including dismemberment and graphic violence. Players frequently engage in killing, often using various weapons and methods against other players or NPCs, emphasizing a focus on destructive interactions.
- Robust Sandbox & Modding (weight 0.13): The game is primarily a sandbox experience, heavily compared to Garry's Mod, allowing extensive player creativity. It supports modding, custom map creation, server hosting, and various role-playing scenarios, fostering a strong community-driven environment.
- Accessible & Engaging Gameplay (weight 0.08): The game offers generally good and accessible gameplay, with a focus on multiplayer. Players find it easy to learn but challenging to master, and it provides a suitable outlet for stress relief.
- NPC Spawning & Interaction (weight 0.06): The game allows players to spawn and interact with various NPCs, often referred to as 'goredolls.' While players can kill these NPCs, there's a desire for more advanced AI behaviors and control options, such as making them sit or patrol.
- Central Multiplayer Experience (weight 0.06): Multiplayer is a central and distinct part of the game, featuring a large player base across various servers, including cross-play between mobile and PC. Server interactions, often involving power dynamics between PC and mobile players, are a key element.
- Aggressive Player Community (weight 0.04): The multiplayer community can be highly aggressive and toxic, with players frequently attacking others without provocation, stealing items, and using offensive language. This creates a challenging and often unwelcoming environment for new or casual players.
- Server Admin Mechanics (weight 0.04): Server administration is a significant aspect of the multiplayer experience, with hosts having full power and the ability to assign multiple admins. However, the process of becoming an admin can be random or based on begging, leading to inconsistent moderation.
- Dominance of Experienced Players (weight 0.03): Experienced players, often referred to as 'sweats,' pose a significant challenge in PvP due to their skill and ability to quickly acquire powerful gear or admin rights. This creates an imbalance, particularly for newer or mobile players.
- Content & Achievements (weight 0.03): The game offers a decent amount of content, including a substantial number of achievements and easter eggs, suggesting a potentially long playtime for dedicated players, though some feel the core content is limited to about 5 hours.

Performance notes:
- Inconsistent Performance & Crashes (weight 0.1): Players report mixed experiences with game performance. While some find the game runs well on older hardware, others experience frequent crashes, lag, and high resource usage, especially on mobile or with many in-game effects. This suggests inconsistent optimization across different devices and scenarios.
- Recent Bug Fixes (weight 0.01): A recent update successfully resolved a previously reported 'back screen error'. This indicates responsiveness from the developers in addressing critical bugs.
- Manageable Game Size (weight 0.01): Players generally find the game's installation size to be acceptable. This is a positive point regarding the game's footprint on storage.

Recommendations:
- Mixed but generally positive reception (weight 0.39): Overall sentiment regarding the game's value and enjoyment is mixed but leans positive, especially for those who appreciate its core mechanics. Many reviewers recommend the game, often with high ratings, particularly for its unique features like gore and sandbox elements. However, some find it overpriced or not worth the investment.
- Compared to Garry's Mod (weight 0.05): Players frequently compare the game to Garry's Mod, often suggesting that Garry's Mod is a superior alternative due to better servers and modding capabilities. However, some see this game as a good, more affordable alternative.
- Ideal for specific player types (weight 0.05): The game is highly recommended for players who enjoy physics-based destruction, sandbox gameplay, and a mix of gore and chaos. It appeals to those looking for a casual, fun shooter with unique elements and a sense of absurdity.
- Multiplayer mode needs improvement (weight 0.04): Multiplayer mode is consistently criticized and often advised against due to issues like offensive language and general chaos. Players suggest avoiding it or only playing with friends.
- Appeals to niche, controversial themes (weight 0.02): The game attracts players who enjoy specific, often controversial, themes like 'beating up school-aged players' or listening to 'suffering teenagers.' However, this type of gameplay can quickly become repetitive.
- Overpriced for current content (weight 0.01): Several players feel the current price of the game is too high, suggesting it would be more appropriately priced at a much lower amount or only worth purchasing during a sale.
- Limited content, official version recommended (weight 0.01): Some players recommend buying the official version for consistent updates and multiplayer access. However, the game's appeal is limited to spawning and shooting NPCs on a few built-in maps.
- Gameplay and balance need changes (weight 0.01): Players suggest that the core gameplay needs changes to be more fun and that game balance corrections are necessary for a better experience.
- Private servers offer calmer experience (weight 0.01): For players seeking a less chaotic experience, it is possible to find or create private servers with passwords to avoid the general anarchy of public multiplayer.
- Potential unfulfilled, fear of decline (weight 0.01): There's a concern that the game might not reach its full potential and could 'die' prematurely, despite having significant promise.

Other player notes:
- Mobile Origins and Accessibility (weight 0.09): The game originated on mobile platforms and is free there, which significantly contributed to its success and accessibility. Many players started on mobile and desire the return or update of mobile multiplayer features, though some suggest removing it from Android.
- Multiplayer Community Issues (weight 0.09): The multiplayer experience is often chaotic, with disruptive players and struggling admins. There are strong suggestions for stricter moderation, server management tools, and a review system to improve the community environment and address issues like spamming and racism.
- Similar to Garry's Mod (weight 0.04): The game is frequently compared to Garry's Mod, with many seeing it as a similar sandbox experience. It is also noted to have elements reminiscent of other games like Counter-Strike, Paint the Town Red, and People Playground.
- Positive Social Impact (weight 0.04): Beyond gameplay, the game has had a positive social impact on players, helping them learn English, make international friends, and even providing comfort during difficult times. This highlights its community-building aspect.
- Desire for More Content (weight 0.04): Players are eager for more content and features, specifically requesting a Steam Workshop for mods, additional animals, and general updates. Chinese language support is also a desired addition.
- Conflicting Age Suitability (weight 0.03): There is confusion and conflicting opinions regarding the game's target audience and age suitability. While officially rated 18+, many players perceive it as suitable for children and teenagers, and it is popular among younger audiences.
- Quality of Life Suggestions (weight 0.02): Players have specific suggestions for quality-of-life improvements, including a HUD disable mode for multiplayer, an option to further reduce graphics quality for low-end systems, and the ability to use players as human shields.
- Developer Criticism (weight 0.02): There are several negative comments directed at the developer, Felix, accusing him of making mistakes or being incompetent. This indicates some player frustration with development decisions.

Emotions:
- Satisfaction (weight 0.3): Players are highly satisfied with the game's sandbox nature, creative freedom, and realistic gore mechanics, which allow for diverse and often violent gameplay scenarios. The game's value for money, frequent updates, and overall quality, especially in multiplayer and physics, also contribute significantly to player enjoyment and a positive experience with friends.
- Frustration (weight 0.19): Frustration primarily stems from pervasive technical issues such as frequent crashes, bugs, and poor optimization, which hinder gameplay. A significant source of frustration is the toxic multiplayer community, characterized by cheaters, disruptive players, and unfair moderation, making online play unpleasant or impossible.
- Disappointment (weight 0.14): Disappointment arises from the game's unfulfilled potential, often due to a lack of content, poor optimization, and a problematic multiplayer community. Players express dissatisfaction with missing features like a workshop, declining game quality after updates, and a perceived lack of developer attention to critical issues.
- Excitement (weight 0.07): Excitement is driven by the game's chaotic sandbox nature, realistic gore, and the freedom it offers for creative and often violent gameplay. Players are also excited by the potential for future updates, new features, and the dynamic, unpredictable multiplayer interactions.
- Joy (weight 0.06): Joy in the game is largely derived from engaging in destructive and chaotic activities, particularly when playing with friends in multiplayer. The game's sandbox features, gore mechanics, and overall fun, humorous nature contribute to a highly enjoyable experience.
- Amusement (weight 0.06): Amusement comes from the game's chaotic and unpredictable multiplayer interactions, often involving dark humor, absurd scenarios, and the behavior of other players. The game's violent sandbox nature and the freedom to engage in silly or controversial actions also contribute to this emotion.
- Anger (weight 0.04): Anger is primarily directed at the game's toxic and immature community, including cheaters and abusive admins, and the developers' perceived inaction on these issues. Frustrating design choices, persistent bugs, and a decline in game quality after updates also contribute to player anger.
- Hope (weight 0.02): Hope is centered on the game's future development, with players expressing a strong desire for upcoming updates, new features, and improvements such as better anti-cheat and language support. There is a general optimism for the game's potential to evolve and address current shortcomings.
- Annoyance (weight 0.02): Annoyance is mainly caused by the disruptive and toxic behavior of other players in multiplayer, including insults, racial slurs, and unfair kicks. Technical issues like bugs and inconvenient controls also contribute to this negative feeling.
- Desire (weight 0.01): Players express a strong desire for various game improvements, including more content, new features like a Steam Workshop, and better performance. There's also a specific wish for enhanced customization options and more frequent updates.
- Enjoyment (weight 0.01): Enjoyment stems from the game's overall quality, engaging gameplay, and diverse in-game activities, particularly in PvP mode. The chaotic nature of the game and the ability to interact with other players in various ways contribute to a positive experience.
- Surprise (weight 0.01): Surprise is often linked to the game's unexpected quality, particularly its gore level and improvements over the mobile version. Players are also surprised by the variety of community interactions and how quickly time passes while playing.
- Appreciation (weight 0.01): Appreciation is shown for the developers' efforts, frequent updates, and the game's overall accessibility and unique experience. Players value the game's quality, especially its audio and the positive offline experience.
- Confusion (weight 0.01): Confusion arises from technical issues, such as the inability to join games or understand controls, and unclear game mechanics or identity. Unexplained bans and missing features also contribute to player bewilderment.
- Relief (weight 0): Relief is experienced when significant issues are resolved, such as bug fixes, improved community behavior, or the re-addition of multiplayer features. The game's ability to provide stress relief also contributes to this emotion.
- Boredom (weight 0): Boredom is primarily caused by a lack of engaging content, especially in the single-player mode, and the game becoming repetitive after extended playtime. Playing solo against bots or on uninteresting official maps also contributes to this feeling.
- Engagement (weight 0): Engagement is driven by dynamic community interactions, the multiplayer mode, and the game's ongoing development. Repeatable gameplay actions also contribute to sustained player involvement.
- Sarcasm (weight 0): Sarcasm is used by players to express negative feedback indirectly, often by recommending the game in a way that implies the opposite of its actual quality or by making ironic observations about its flaws. This indicates review bombing.
- Acceptance (weight 0): Acceptance reflects players' acknowledgment of the game's flaws, such as bugs or community issues, while still finding it a viable or enjoyable alternative. This indicates a willingness to overlook imperfections for other benefits.
- Enthusiasm (weight 0): Enthusiasm is expressed through strong recommendations for the game, highlighting its growth and overall positive experience. This indicates a high level of excitement and satisfaction with the game.}