Posted on: April 24, 2018

silentdriver

Games: 954 Reviews: 9

could have been so much more

i did love the original system shocks or bioshocks due the nature of their thought-provoking stories - something that made me buy soma too because everybody was so keen on its story. now, after completing it on normal difficulty, i have to say that i was gorgiously entertained, that some does not have to be shy to be compared to that forementioned games (even though it's no first person shooter at all of course). the only thing i didn't like was its complete lack of consequences. without spoilering anything here - i'd really wished the developers had enough money or motivation or both to branch out the storyline here or there or to make at least more nods to the players (ultimately not very consequential) decisions. nevertheless: two thumbs up for that indie-masterpiece. hopefully we'll see a sequel to soma one day (fingers crossed!).

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Posted on: May 21, 2018

HystriX

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Games: 92 Reviews: 3

Great atmospheric horror

I received this game for free during some sale but I'd definitely buy it if I knew about it earlier. This is the first game which made me feel like I'm playing Silent Hill 2 / 3 / 4 again. Also sometimes it felt like "Subnautica on foot", if you played that game, you'll understand what I'm trying to say :) What I liked: * Immersive gameplay with realistic sense of oppressive fear. You are afraid for long periods of time, not scare for a moment after some "screamers". * Perfectly fit ambient sound. Does 40% of the atmosphere. * Really scary invincible enemies. You just want to get away really fast without them seeing you. * Good voice acting, not perfect but good. * Great plot forcing you to make some decisions and thinking. * Very interesing idea with visual distortions, don't turn them off. They make another 20% of the atmosphere like that radio in Silent Hill. * Sometimes it's hard to orient and even to see with your eyes, thanks to distortions and carefully chosen lighting, quite challenging. What I disliked: * Bad optimization. The performance sometimes is very bad even on quite average settings. The always lags fro a minute when loading save and during location transitions via airlocks. Fallout 4 and Witcher III work much better on the same PC. * Most of the enemies don't kill you even after several blows. So sometimes it felt a bit easier than I wished. But at the same time some other episodes were quite challenging. In any case the game is totally worth the money and the time. I completed it for only 15 hours and I'm very slow, always search all the areas and read all texts.

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Posted on: June 2, 2018

akaLuckyEye

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Games: 138 Reviews: 7

What is life and what makes you you?

A good game that asks the questions "what is life and what makes you you?". The game is mostly you walking around and finding stuff so you can get to the next area, reading data logs and listening to recordings to undersand the world and some horror elements that is mostly scare jumps and hiding in corners and wishing that you were somewhere else. There is some choice making but I not sure how much it effect the ending. The world and atmosphere is great I was very intrested in finding out more about the world and what have happend.

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Posted on: July 8, 2018

DELTA212x

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Games: 272 Reviews: 14

Worth one play through, Buy on Sale.

The atmosphere in this game is perfect. Voice acting is great. Th graphics are good. BUT, there is no replay value. Buy it on sale and play it once. 10 HR Campaign.

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Posted on: August 28, 2018

Jimthesfn

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Games: 567 Reviews: 60

It will blow your mind

The game has a really well written story that actually makes you think about choices that has been made and you make. The different characters are very well done. The music in the game is so good and fits very well for the different situations. Explore and get rewarded by more knowledge about characters and the situation. The atmosphere in the game is very fitting. I would suggest you give it a try and be ready to get your mind blown.

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