Posted on: March 27, 2018
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Not perfect but kinda what I expected
I never was into Myst games mainly since I dislike pre-rendered graphics and my main interest in every kind of game is to roam freely around and explore the landscape. So I wasn't interested in Obduction because of its Myst legacy but because of the promise of a SciFi adventure with interesting locations. All in all, I'm quite happy with the game. The 2D videos/animations for the few occurrences of other people talking to (not with) you bummed me out a bit since this felt like a reminiscence of crappy 90s FMV adventures, but I guess this is slightly better than just audio or ugly 3D characters as presented in other non-AAA titles. The locations/graphics range from OK to gorgeous with nice color design. You can move freely, but most of the times you are limited to walking on given paths (no jumping, swimming, climbing). Loading times are usually quite fast, but "swapping" locations means loading and some of the puzzles later in the game include a lot of swapping, so it can get annoying even though the swapping animation is kinda cool. Most of the puzzles are somewhat logical and the first part of the game is a good mixture of exploration and physical puzzles like starting generators, opening doors, using machinery. Later in the game, the puzzle design changes towards swapping which can get mildly annoying. Besides, there are tons of hints towards more complex puzzles which are totally missing though. Like there is no inventory and no item interaction whatsoever other than using levers, buttons and the like. Admittedly, I got totally stuck at one point towards the end of the game, where I overlooked a hidden exit and got totally frustrated by trying to find a way to the tree in Kaptar since I assumed I had to swap there from another world. I partly blame the game design as some doors suddenly were locked in Maray and the level design hints to undiscovered areas which can't be accessed. Bit short, too. Without getting stuck, I guess it would've taken 10h or so.
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