Info about Paint the Town Red:

Official game description:
Paint the Town Red is a chaotic first person melee combat game set in different locations and time periods and featuring a massive Rogue-Lite adventure. The voxel-based enemies can be punched, bashed, kicked, stabbed and sliced completely dynamically using almost anything that isn't nailed down.  
In the Scenario levels you'll need to use your wits, speed and anything you can get your hands on in epic bar fights, disco brawls, old west saloon rumbles and more.  
In the epic rogue-lite Beneath you'll have to delve deep underground battling terrifying monsters and unlocking powerful upgrades in a battle against ancient evils.  
Our amazing community has used the in-game Level Editor and Custom Texture and Music options to add thousands of amazing new levels to the game on the Steam workshop. Create your own massive brawls, horrific adventures, ingenious puzzle levels and more with the intuitive editor.  
Features
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*   Demolish completely destructible voxel-based enemies  
*   Dive into action-packed scenarios including a Biker Bar, Disco, Prison, Pirate Cove and Western Saloon each filled with unique enemies and weapons  
*   Face the ultimate challenge in Beneath, a massive roguelike campaign filled with deadly creatures, secrets, and bosses. Choose from a variety of classes with unique stats and abilities and upgrade them to become unstoppable  
*   Join the fray in the Arena mode with multiple challenges and survive as long as possible in the Endless Mode  
*   Fight alongside friends in online co-op multiplayer for almost every mode in the game  
*   Design new stages in the Level Editor with Steam Workshop support and hundreds of user-created levels to choose from, with support for custom music and character textures  
*   Crush records and claim glory on leaderboards  
*   Test features, weapons, and mechanics in a sandbox level  
*   Stab, shoot, and eviscerate foes with a vast array of period-appropriate weaponry  
*   Defeat boss enemies with unique challenges and rewards  
*   Enjoy full controller support, made for brawlers who prefer controllers to keyboards
Upcoming Features
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We've now added all the planned features for the game and are working on bug fixes, performance, polish and extra community inspired content for the Level Editor and Scenario modifiers.

Release date: Jul 29, 2021

Categories: First-Person Melee Combat, Roguelike, Voxel-based Gameplay, Destructible Environments, Level Editor, Custom Asset Support, Cooperative Multiplayer, Steam Workshop Integration

Feature scans:
- Proton/Linux: score 30; verdict: Works with Minor Issues; summary: The game has significant issues with its native Linux port, including problems with launching, UI elements, and resolution settings. However, it runs well on Steam Deck with minor performance issues, indicating good compatibility with Proton.
- Steam Deck: score 55; verdict: Tinkering Required; summary: The analysis of user feedback reveals several key issues and positive aspects related to the Steam Deck experience. Stability issues, such as high latency, flashing, crashes, and performance problems during intense gameplay, are significant concerns. Technical barriers on Linux, including difficulties starting the game, disappearing buttons, resolution issues, and being stuck in controller mode, are also notable problems. Despite these issues, users have expressed positive feedback about the overall enjoyment of the game on the Steam Deck.

- Hardware Profile:
  - Summary: The game generally performs well across most hardware cohorts, with only lower-end systems experiencing significant issues.
  - Sample size: 40 (1% coverage)
  - Audience skew: Review sample is mostly Windows-based.
  - Windows <8GB VRAM (positive, 27 reports): The game is reported as well-optimized and enjoyable on this hardware.
  - Caveats: 40 of 3377 reviews expose hardware metadata.; Review sample is mostly Windows-based.
Feature extractions:
- Community Price:
  - Community fair range: $10.00 - $15.00
  - Reasoning: The evidence suggests that while the game has its merits, many users feel that the full price of $20 is not justified. Multiple reviews recommend purchasing the game only when it is on sale, indicating that the community perceives the fair price to be lower than the current base price. The general sentiment is that the game is worth buying at a discounted price, typically around 50% off or more.
- Playtime Metrics:
  - Game completion: 32.0h
  - Story completion: 15.0h
  - Session length: 0.5h
  - Endgame: N/A
  - Reasoning: The evidence provided includes direct mentions of playtime and progression in the game. The first quote mentions 15 hours to complete a significant part of the game. The second and third quotes provide a sense of session length and total playtime, indicating that sessions can be short but cumulative playtime can be extensive. The fourth quote mentions a total playtime of 32 hours, which supports the idea of extended gameplay.
- Time-to-fun:
  - Summary: The game is highly enjoyable, particularly in multiplayer and co-op modes, but can become repetitive when played solo. Community content and playing with friends significantly enhance the experience.
  - Stance: Fun then drops
  - Anchor: Multiplayer and co-op modes
  - Time to anchor: 0h 10m
  - Friction: repetitive gameplay; lack of variety in levels
  - Unlock drivers: playing with friends; exploring community content
  - Conditions: multiplayer; co-op; community maps; mods
- Player Archetypes:
  - Enthusiastic Advocate (buy)
    - Motivation: Enjoyment and the desire to share a great gaming experience with others.
    - Playstyle: Engaged and immersive, often playing for extended periods and exploring various game modes.
    - Experience: mixed
    - Purchase stance: buy
    - Labels: fan; advocate
    - Reference games: Minecraft; Bonelab; Blade And Sorcery
  - Stress Reliever (sale)
    - Motivation: Stress relief and emotional release through gameplay.
    - Playstyle: Casual and intermittent, using the game as a tool for stress relief.
    - Experience: mixed
    - Purchase stance: sale
    - Labels: casual gamer; stress reliever
    - Reference games: N/A
  - Casual Gamer (sale)
    - Motivation: Enjoyment of the game with an awareness of its limitations in terms of long-term engagement.
    - Playstyle: Moderate and occasional, enjoying the game in short bursts.
    - Experience: familiar
    - Purchase stance: sale
    - Labels: casual player; moderate gamer
    - Reference games: N/A
  - Experienced Strategist (buy)
    - Motivation: Appreciation for the game's depth, complexity, and challenging gameplay.
    - Playstyle: Strategic and immersive, often engaging in various game modes and exploring all aspects of the game.
    - Experience: veteran
    - Purchase stance: buy
    - Labels: veteran; strategist
    - Reference games: Beneath; VR games


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:
- Fun and engaging gameplay (weight 0.51): The game offers a variety of fun and engaging gameplay experiences, including addictive combat mechanics and unique gameplay aspects. Players find it therapeutic and challenging, with high replayability.
- Enjoyable physics and mechanics (weight 0.48): The game's physics are well done and enjoyable, contributing to the overall enjoyment of the gameplay. The combat mechanics are also noted as fun and varied.
- Interesting community maps (weight 0.44): The game features a wide selection of interesting and high-quality custom maps from the Steam Workshop. These maps keep the game interesting and add significant value.
- Effective stress relief (weight 0.43): The game is noted for its stress-relieving qualities, making it ideal for relaxation and anger relief. Many players find it perfect for releasing stress.
- Enjoyable Beneath mode (weight 0.25): The Beneath mode is highlighted as a unique and enjoyable feature, offering a full-fledged rogue-like dungeon-crawling experience that players find addictive and cool.
- Variety of game modes (weight 0.24): The game includes a variety of modes such as arena fights, PvE, and VR modes, offering many challenges and diverse experiences.
- Destructibility and blood effects (weight 0.2): The game includes destructible environments and blood effects, adding to the realism and intensity of the combat experience.
- Creative sandbox mode (weight 0.19): The sandbox mode offers unrestricted fun and creativity, allowing players to enjoy brutal fun and surprisingly deep gameplay systems.
- Beautiful soundtrack (weight 0.12): The game's music is praised as a masterpiece, with a beautiful soundtrack that enhances the overall gaming experience.

Common complaints:
- Game becomes repetitive quickly (weight 0.44): Many players find that the gameplay can become monotonous and boring after a short period. This repetitiveness is a common complaint among players.
- Game is overpriced (weight 0.41): Several reviews mention that the game is expensive and not worth the full price. Some suggest waiting for discounts.
- NPC behavior issues (weight 0.14): There are complaints about NPC behavior, such as NPCs not fighting each other unless they are on the player's side, which affects gameplay dynamics.
- Game crashes and launch issues (weight 0.09): Several players have experienced issues with launching the game and frequent crashes, which significantly impact the gaming experience.
- Initial difficulty and quick boredom (weight 0.09): Some players find the game initially challenging but quickly become bored after a few hours of gameplay.
- Buggy level editor (weight 0.09): The level editor is reported to be buggy and complicated, which can frustrate players trying to create custom content.
- Short gameplay duration (weight 0.08): The game is criticized for being too short, with some players stating it only provides a couple of hours of entertainment.
- Game less fun than expected (weight 0.08): Players have expressed that the game is not as fun as they anticipated, with some finding it enjoyable for only a short time.
- Beneath mode disrupts flow (weight 0.08): The Beneath mode is criticized for feeling out of place and confusing, breaking the original flow of the game.
- Frustrating second area (weight 0.08): The second area of the game is noted for being poorly designed and frustrating to play through.
- Limited weapon variety (weight 0.08): Players desire more variety in weapons, as the current selection is seen as weak and limited.
- Removed sound effects (weight 0.07): There are complaints about the removal of certain sound effects and videos, which detracts from the overall experience.

Gameplay feedback:
- Map Editor and Custom Maps (weight 0.36): Players appreciate the map editor and the ability to create, share, and play community-created maps, enhancing creativity and replayability.
- Multiplayer and Co-op Modes (weight 0.34): The game offers various multiplayer and cooperative gameplay options, including online multiplayer and dungeon modes, allowing players to enjoy the game with friends.
- Workshop Support (weight 0.26): Workshop support for user-generated content, including custom levels and maps, is a significant feature that enhances the game's playability and community engagement.
- Variety in Gameplay (weight 0.25): The game features a variety of gameplay modes, including arena-like and scenario-based gameplay, providing high replayability and diverse activities.
- Voxel-Based Gameplay (weight 0.2): The voxel art style and physics provide a unique visual and interactive experience, reminiscent of games like Minecraft.
- Scenarios and Challenges (weight 0.2): The game includes various scenarios, arena challenges, and roguelike modes, providing diverse gameplay experiences.
- Improvised Weapons (weight 0.19): The game features the ability to use everything as a weapon, including improvised weapons like chairs, adding a creative and chaotic element to combat.
- Combat System (weight 0.16): The combat system, including mechanics and physics-based combat, is a notable aspect of the game, offering engaging melee combat experiences.
- Dungeon Exploration (weight 0.16): The game includes dungeon-diving roguelike elements and class-based dungeon crawler features, appealing to fans of exploration and role-playing.
- Modifiers and Modes (weight 0.12): The inclusion of various modifiers and modes, along with different bosses, adds depth and challenge to the gameplay.
- Sandbox Fighting (weight 0.12): The sandbox beat 'em up gameplay allows players to cause fights and use various weapons, offering a dynamic and interactive combat experience.

Performance notes:
- Optimized for older hardware (weight 0.25): The game is noted to work well on older PCs, Macbooks, and other weak computers, indicating good optimization for low-end hardware.
- Performance issues (weight 0.19): Some players experience poor performance, including very slow gameplay and performance dips, especially with heavy concentrations of enemies and gore.
- Game launch and crash issues (weight 0.17): Several players have reported problems with launching the game, frequent crashes, and general startup issues.
- Controller and settings bugs (weight 0.16): Players have reported bugs related to controllers, settings menus, resolution, and fullscreen settings.
- General bugs and optimization (weight 0.1): The game is reported to be full of bugs and has optimization issues that cause it to lag regardless of the hardware configuration.
- Multiplayer performance issues (weight 0.09): The game experiences bugs, crashes, and performance issues when there are many players or heavily populated player maps.
- VR-specific issues (weight 0.09): There are specific issues related to VR, including gamma settings and general compatibility problems.
- Smooth performance in combat (weight 0.05): Despite some issues, the game runs smoothly even with dozens of characters in real-time combat, indicating some areas of good performance.
- Workshop maps are heavy (weight 0.05): Workshop maps can be significantly larger in file size compared to the game itself, which may impact performance and storage requirements.
- High latency issues (weight 0.05): Some players have reported experiencing high latency while playing the game.

Recommendations:
- Recommended purchase, especially on sale (weight 0.32): Many players recommend buying the game, particularly when it is on sale, for relaxation and enjoyment.
- Highly recommended for fighting fans (weight 0.19): The game is highly recommended for those who enjoy blood and fighting, making it a great choice for fans of the genre.
- Multiplayer and cooperative gameplay (weight 0.13): The game offers a multiplayer mode that includes cooperative gameplay, enhancing the overall experience.
- Suggestions for future improvements (weight 0.12): Players suggest more weapon mods, official maps, and potential collaborations with other games like Teardown.
- Frequent updates and additional content (weight 0.09): The game receives frequent updates and offers additional content through the workshop, keeping it fresh and engaging.
- Positive comparison to other games (weight 0.08): The game is compared favorably to other popular games like 'Paint Everything Red' on Roblox and 'Clone Drone In The Danger Zone'.
- Medieval battle atmosphere (weight 0.05): The game offers a medieval battle atmosphere, enhancing the overall gaming experience.
- Try VR mode for enhanced experience (weight 0.05): Players recommend trying the VR mode for an enhanced gaming experience.
- Use modifiers for added challenge (weight 0.05): Using modifiers can add an extra layer of challenge to the game, making it more exciting.

Other player notes:
- Gift mention in reviews (weight 0.05): Some reviews mention gifts, though the context or details about these gifts are not provided.

Emotions:
- Enjoyment (weight 0.15): Players enjoy the game's physics, combat system, and variety of gameplay modes, particularly the Arena mode and Beneath mode. The game is also praised for its fun and challenging gameplay, stress-relief qualities, and the ability to play with friends. The presence of blood, gore, and unique NPC behavior adds to the enjoyment.
- Excitement (weight 0.12): The variety of weapons, maps, and combat mechanics contribute to the excitement. Players are also excited about the game's VR mode, class system, and engaging gameplay scenarios. The chaotic and tactical gameplay, along with the realistic combat experience, adds to the thrill.
- Satisfaction (weight 0.09): Players find satisfaction in the game's engaging gameplay, variety of content, and the ability to improve their skills. The workshop support and continuous interest provided by community maps also contribute to the overall satisfaction.
- Joy (weight 0.09): The joy comes from the game's combat mechanics, variety of weapons, and the ability to create and play on player-created levels. The humorous and chaotic gameplay, along with the enjoyable combat and unique NPC behavior, adds to the joy.
- Frustration (weight 0.09): Frustration is caused by various issues such as limited map editor functionality, physics problems, game crashes, and multiplayer issues. Difficulty in finding enemies, RNG dependency, and unclear quest objectives also contribute to the frustration.
- Disappointment (weight 0.08): Disappointment stems from the lack of content, limited maps, and multiplayer limitations. Players also feel the game is not worth the money and does not live up to nostalgic memories. The removal of certain sounds and videos, along with repetitive gameplay, adds to the disappointment.
- Nostalgia (weight 0.05): Nostalgia is driven by childhood memories of playing or watching the game. Players who have followed the game since its early days or played it in their childhood feel a strong sense of nostalgia.
- Positive (weight 0.04): Positive feelings arise from the game's combat mechanics, workshop features, and community maps. The overall enjoyable and nerve-wracking experience, along with the game's graphics and offline playability, contributes to the positive sentiment.
- Happy (weight 0.04): Happiness comes from the enjoyable experience with friends, interesting storyline, and modifications. The fun and relaxing gameplay, along with the enjoyable combat mechanics, adds to the overall happiness.
- Enthusiasm (weight 0.03): Enthusiasm is driven by the game's brutal fun, creative weapons, and stylized violence. The high replayability, variety of game modes, and mod support also contribute to the enthusiasm.
- Boredom (weight 0.02): Boredom sets in due to repetitive gameplay and extended play sessions. Players find the game gets boring after completing all maps or playing for a long time.
- Excited (weight 0.02): Excitement is generated by the enjoyable and challenging gameplay, both with friends and alone. The diverse gameplay options, stress relief, and adrenaline rush from gameplay contribute to the excitement.
- Appreciation (weight 0.02): Appreciation comes from the workshop content, community-made levels, and the detailed artistic style. The comparison to another game and the presence of human enemies also add to the appreciation.
- Relaxation (weight 0.02): The game provides a relaxing time and helps players unwind after work or hard days. The gameplay's relaxing nature contributes to this emotion.
- Amusement (weight 0.02): Amusement is derived from the pixelated genital areas, humorous scenarios, and funny gameplay. The humorous stories and entertaining gameplay add to the amusement.
- Negative (weight 0.02): Negative feelings arise from the game becoming repetitive over time and lacking additional content beyond combat. The buggy level editor and the game's quick boredom without workshop mods contribute to the negative sentiment.
- Frustrated (weight 0.01): Frustration is caused by the difficulty of arenas and challenges, enemies not damaging each other unless on your side, and technical issues preventing gameplay. Game-breaking issues also contribute to the frustration.
- Confusion (weight 0.01): Confusion arises from unclear mechanics of new mobs and the lack of tutorials. The Beneath mode is particularly confusing for some players.
- Approval (weight 0.01): Approval comes from the game's maps and overall value. Some reviewers find the game potentially better than other popular games.
- Surprise (weight 0.01): Surprise is generated by the unexpected amount of content and the discovery of new game modes and features.}