STASIS

Sublime ambientation, Alien like creepy abandoned space ship. Graphics quite OK for the genre. As I write this the deluxe edition is 1,00€, even cheaper than the standard. A total steal and worth having in your library. Can't wait to play Stasis Bone token.

I played the game to the end. Apart from the janky character animations and weird pathfinding, it's decently made for such a small team. However, in its totality, all the suffering the main character (or all characters?) have to go through feels pointless. There's no catharsis, and I couldn't find a deeper meaning (maybe there is for you). Many of the puzzles' difficulties come down to having missed something, like an item somewhere that wasn't obvious, or using the right interaction at the right spot. The game doesn't give you feedback on why an action is not correct. Much of the story exposure is done via endless texts on PDAs and computers. While I'm not adversed to reading in games, it felt mostly tedious, but necessary to understand the plot. I can tell a lot of blood, sweat, and tears went into this game, but I can't really recommend it over better point and click adventures or other horror games.

I'll keep this brief: If you like classic Corporate Horror, play this game. No spoilers, but some of the things you see, hear, and even do will stick with you long after the credits roll. My only critisism is that the VO is pretty rough for a few supporting characters and there are whiffs of AI generation here and there which is, somewhat appropriately, offputting. Still, holy hell does this game nail a vibe. A nausiating one at times, but still an amazing experience for fans of Sci-Fi horror. I will note that their are quite a few uncomfortable scenes in this. Without spoiling anything, if the scene in Prometheus (yes, that one) was too much for you, proceed with caution.

This is the kind of game that should have a good story to be remarcable, unfortunately it doesn't. There are a few puzzles that requires tryal and error, no logic involved, it looks like a lazy way to extend the gameplay. Graphics and atmosphere are OK, gameplay (even being point & clic) not so much (long loading screens when it's all 2D, terrible translations, unable to skip cutscenes, very cliche story, terrible in game menus). I'm not really sure if I can recommend this one. Sorry.

This is a wonderful game. Dark and cold, it unfolds slowly. You sympathize with its main character and you really try to help him escape this nighmarish reality you woke up into. Wonderful isometric setting, excelent/scary sound design and captivating story. A must play...