Posted on: April 22, 2020
Rafezetter
Verified ownerGames: 51 Reviews: 1
Not a game for for "snowflake" players.
TL:DR - if you are the kind of player that wants it all easy and simple and no brainpower required - go play DOOM, otherwise if you like to be mentally challenged for a couple of dozen hours, try Obduction - but buy it on sale - it's good but not quite £24 good. I've read some of the more recent reviews and almost all of them have the same theme "WAAAA". This game isn't meant to hold your hand. It merely gives you rough clues to figure out yourself, running around, trying stuff until you work through the solution - almost like an actual PUZZLE GAME. Funny that. No you can't keybind - so learn the keys - there's only a handful anyway. Yes the localisation isn't great, but then there are quite a few other games produced for non english markets, with very poor english localisation. Localisation costs money, money better spent on developing the game and this was a KS backer funded game. Had no resolution issues - suggest those are player related, not game related. The game itself is lovely with some genuine OOOH moments for the visuals and I've been gaming for over 35 (of my 50) years, so I've seen a lot, but Obduction still managed to impress in places. I would agree the second half of the game can drag a little with the devs using a bit too much of the seed swapping system, and the Villein Maze puzzle can be a bit of a headscratcher, BUT for several of the Villein puzzles (forest area), if you learn to think in FOUR DIMENSIONS, not just the three in front of you but including the one that isn't (on the OTHER SIDE of a seed swap), you'll have an easier time of it. This is a "no frills" PUZZLE game - if you need notes - write them down on paper "old school" style, like we used to before you kids got all your fancy UI ingame notepads with easy quest reminders for those with the memory span of a gnat. There's also a camera you can use to take photographs for reference reminders later on FOR A REASON. Overall a nice change of pace, and worth the time spent.
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