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Posted on: October 22, 2025
jslews4
Verified ownerGames: 125 Reviews: 19
Worth a try
Fullbright's previously applied minimalist approach doesn't benefit a game with the lofty and urgent themes this one tackles — overshadowing a very detailed, creative and (sadly) foreseeable depiction of a corporation-driven interplanetary future. Still, for seekers of competent writing, fantastic voice acting, and intimate stories, 'Tacoma' still has a couple aces under it sleeves.
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Posted on: October 16, 2018
fade0ff
Verified ownerGames: 1226 Reviews: 83
Interesting but extremely short
I liked more or less every aspect of it, but playing Tacoma was an incredibly short experience. I needed 2h 18min to finish it and I didn't rush. So my main gripe with it is that the asking price is too high for the content. This being said, Tacoma is a walking simulator with some mild game elements. The main element is replaying "Augmented Reality" (AR) recordings of the crew and typically stepping in when a crew member opens his/her own AR interface to investigate the communication. There are also a few key codes to be found by searching some quarters and offices. The whole handling of these AR elements is really nicely done. There are very few games that managed to deliver such a plausible interface in a SciFi game. Besides, the concept of displaying people as abstracted AR constructs is actually a very clever way to bring animated characters into a budget walking simulator. There are no enemies, there is no time pressure, I really liked the gaming mechanism a lot. My only complaint would be that you can't really explore freely but proceed from section to section which also makes the game even easier as the area to search for hints etc. is rather small. While the graphics are not top notch and there is nothing really spectacular about the world (well, station) design either, Tacoma looks pretty good most of the time and the station feels somewhat believable. There are lots of objects which you can investigate or throw around in zero gravity and lots of background info on the crew. Also voice acting is very good. The story is interesting but feels very rushed towards the end. Actually, while I enjoyed the two hours I played it, the end really felt like money was running out so they needed to cut out three chapters that were originally planned. So with something like 8h, I would have given it a better rating, but really, 2h is much too short.
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Posted on: August 28, 2017
OdanUrr
Verified ownerGames: 359 Reviews: 15
A short, but creative, detective story
If it feels like I was playing a similar game at around the same time last year, it's because I was. Tacoma reminds me in several ways of The Turing Test, another first-person adventure game where you also explore an abandoned facility in space and gather clues by exploring your surroundings. Both games feature an AI, though in different capacities. Whereas in The Turing Test an AI accompanies you throughout your journey, in Tacoma you explore your surroundings via augmented reality (AR) and see the crew's interactions with each other as well as the onboard AI, ODIN, at different times before the accident. It's a really creative way through which to build the narrative and you'll soon find yourself tracking the different crew members to find out what they were up to in the hours or days leading up to the accident. In a way, it feels like you're solving a murder mystery, piecing together the clues to reveal the villain at the heart of it all. Unlike The Turing Test however, and save for a few codes you can find to open lockers, there are no puzzles to solve in Tacoma, no obstacles to stop you from advancing the narrative other than the aforementioned events' reconstruction. This does make for a rather short experience, clocking at around 3 hours going by GOG Galaxy's records. Still, if you're looking for a purely story-driven experience, Tacoma might be the thing for you, managing to create a suspenseful atmosphere that will urge you to figure out what happened to the crew of Tacoma and what your purpose aboard the station is. Having said that, its asking price of $19.99* is probably a little on the steep side for such a short adventure. Recommended at a discount. *In the interest of full disclosure, I paid $11.39 due to regional pricing.
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Posted on: August 3, 2017
Squeeself
Verified ownerGames: 23 Reviews: 2
Wonderful!
Fullbright's successor to Gone Home succeeds not by rehashing Gone Home's intimate and personal storytelling, but by expanding the voyeuristic environmental storytelling into a wider cast of engaging characters. A journey that explores compelling, charming characters culminates with a thrilling ending and leaves you with a sense of triumph more than Gone Home's passive discoveries. Make no mistake, Tacoma is still the same genre of gameplay, you won't be affecting the outcomes with decisions, but your explorations of the spaces and texts and dialog feel more alive with this game's more active interactions. And while this is no headscratching puzzler, some mild keycodes and locks to find keys for do help round out the exploratory feel of the space station Tacoma. And the art of the game is a step up from its predecessor, with the little details that made Gone Home so charming magnified into a hundred more. If you liked Gone Home, you'll like Tacoma. Like it's predecessor, Tacoma is not a long game, but don't let that dissuade you from enjoying its storytelling. Take a few hours, explore this space station and what it tells you about its previous occupants and their lives and the world they live in, it's well worth your while, I promise. And don't forget to find all the space cats!
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Posted on: October 10, 2020
hroka
Games: 140 Reviews: 1
Short story with good storytelling
It´s a nice violence-less game with pretty good storytelling, but it should be kept in mind that it´s a one evening experience, replayability is minimal and with thorough exploration, it takes not much longer than 4 hours to reach the end. Interaction options with the world are thin, but I liked the story and the characters as well, so on a sale, when you can grab it at the price of a cinema ticket, I'd definitely choose this game over a movie.
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