Posted on: August 2, 2015

Hanglyman
Bestätigter BesitzerSpiele: 444 Rezensionen: 141
Good Puzzles Bogged Down By Other Flaws
The good: Environments are very atmospheric and often beautiful. The puzzles rarely have simple solutions- what would be the solution in any other game either doesn't work here or is only the first of two or three steps. The puzzles usually make logical sense and are quite enjoyable. The pixel-hunting is tolerable with a few exceptions, and things that aren't used in puzzles will stop being hotspots once examined, letting you explore freely while still narrowing down the possibilities so you don't get stuck. The bad: Character models are stiff and primitive, with repetitive animations. Puzzles involve a LOT of backtracking, and the character walks at a realistically slow pace. A lot of conversation-opening dialogue is repeated word-for-word over and over, even when the game requires you to talk to the same characters many times to advance. After a promising beginning, character development grinds to a halt and you never learn much about the people in the game- they become little more than tools to exploit for your goal. Along these lines, a massive number of puzzles seem to involve being a jerk to honest people just trying to do their jobs. Some puzzles involve right-clicking, which you're most likely not aware you can do at first, since it usually has no effect. The REALLY bad: Some puzzles involve just waiting for someone to prepare something for you, with literally nothing to do meanwhile but pace back and forth until the game decides it's ready. Bafflingly, everyone is a decent voice actor EXCEPT the main character, who sounds like a malfunctioning android. You can die from innocent mistakes- trying to look at a cable will result in you grabbing it like a moron, and two holes in walls near the end are traps, despite being identical to a third hole containing an item, with absolutely no way of knowing this beforehand. The big twist is easily predictable from about 1/5 of the way into the game. The ending is massively anticlimactic, pointless and brief.
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