Obduction ®

Wanted to give this a go, but unfortunately it's all about visuals and no substance. I really can't be doing with these games where you have to walk around clicking every 5 seconds to get anywhere, waiting for something to happen, while the graphics card gets hot enough to cook your breakfast on. I spent the first 15 wandering aimlessly, annoyingly having to click every 2 seconds to move anywhere, just to keep repeating this routine was excruciatingly painful. The first interaction with a lamp and turning the key - whoppee - what the hell is that for? It's daylight FFS. Can't interact with anything, can't move freely where I want - it was a terrible experience and one that I've seen before - all about the visuals that become boring after a while and no substance, strung together with half messages and cryptic crap. What's the point? Wandering aimlessly about waiting for something to happen - if a game cannot get me hooked within the first 10 minutes, then it gets uninstalled and binned. This is one such game - a truly abysmal experience. I'm just glad it was free and that I hadn't actually laid out any cash for it.

It's good

motion sickness the simulator in either walking mode

Its always a joy playing a Cyan game and this was no different. Great first impression. Wandering a new strange world is always a joy. The core concept is interesting, but the mistery of who the "antagonists" are and why all the events happen still remain unknown. Visually impressive, nice ambient sound and music. The puzzles will not get you stuck, but the navigation will. Pogression will often depend on some hidden door or passage. Negatives: - Buttons hitboxes are too small - Phot mode mostly useless, as most photos taken become too dark. No zoom function. Navigation with controller awful and scrolling not working. - HDR option alters color and ambient tone too much resulting in a oversaturated mess. Notes on white paper become unreadable. - Labyrinth puzzle artificially complicated, out of logic placement and lore wise badly designed - Some puzzles dont give audio-visual feedback on correct completition and require even more backtracking - random stutters, some heavy ones, even on high end machines - Finale too quickly thrown together - Miller acting as redneck - Short

Every other game I've downloaded so far on gog.com has played beautifully on my 2yo iMac, but not Obduction. Game was pixelated, lagging and reminded one of playing computer games 25 years ago for all the wrong reasons. Love what you're doing, reviving games from decades gone by and giving them new life, but this title was a fail unfortunately.