Resonance

One-line summary: one of the best games I ever played, get it and play! Review: This is an indie game, so you expect the usual limitations and tend to be forgiving. Not here: this is a beautiful gem and shows that PASSION + TIME (it took years to develop) can give wonderful results. The main innovation here is the use of the "memory". It takes some scenes to fully get used to it, like every new thing, but after that, you wonder how adventure games ever managed to do without this. It adds so much richness to the game experience, making the player free from the "box context" that is usually the single scene where the avatar is located. This allows for very satisfying and logical puzzles, avoiding the "pixel hunting" or the "need to go 20 rooms from here to get that object" that are the classic tricks to make an adventure longer. The Good: touching graphics, careful voice acting, moody soundtrack, innovation, brilliant plot, many twists in the game including some clever real-time parts, even a score system, great commentary mode, a grand finale. The Bad: low-res in the faces of the avatars. I would have loved a mode with higher-res just for the faces, which are in any case focus points of the screen when you listen to the dialogues. Final judgement: If you like adventure games, you can't miss this game: full five stars with no compromises. The fact it's an indie is just the cherry on top of this jummy cake, showing what love and passion for games can produce.

The game's storyline is fascinating. The characters are interesting. The puzzles are challenging but with a bit of patience and if necessary, a guide, I was able to overcome them. Until I hit the police department archives. I tried for an hour to set the arm to retrieve the documents. No matter what I did, the robotic arm would always go to a box I did not assign as the target. Ultimately, I gave up.

Together with Dragonsphere and GabrielKnight, the best adventure i have ever played. Fantastic. It's the future of adventure gaming, i swear!

Very well made adventure game. Good value for money - took me at least 10 hours to finish and I didn't get all the achievements. The puzzles and interface are really innovative and well conceived. One of the best adventure games available on GOG!

== SPOILER == Don't have a character who has been saved many times just murdered out of the blue. Otherwise very good story.