Linguist FPS - The Language Learning FPS (2022)

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Developer: Rocket Boy Games
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Action, Indie
Rating: 3.7 of 5, 220 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 1.7 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

A tense and demanding FPS where you must learn a real foreign language on the fly to survive and upgrade your gear.

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What players say

Players praise the novel idea of combining language drills with FPS action, but nearly everyone agrees the vocabulary is far too small to be a serious learning tool. The constant enemy spawning makes combat frustrating even on easy, and many call it a proof of concept rather than a finished game.

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