VirtuaVerse

This game is full of stupid so called puzzles. You get stuck with twenty random things to complete a task when there is a totally logic way that is ignored by the game. This makes so much pure filler.

And this game is why music producers shouldn't try making video games! The Atmosphere - Nice up to 15 minutes, then it's undermined by the one dimensional characters, the comedy coming from nowhere, and the monotonity that you have to go back and forth from locations ENDLESSLY. The Story - Cookie cutter "muh privacy" and "technology bad" message that has been delivered poorly. The text looks like it was written by a 14 year old that's not even native english, characters act nonsensical at MOST times, and the story progression goes from 1 to 11 in the last 3-4 hours (or 45-120 mins in story mode). The Gameplay - Is utter TRASH!!! You either play story mode and miss out parts of the STORY, and play a crap visual novel with minimal extra player action OR you plunge into retardness with "hardcore" mode, that promises to be a point & click adventure game, but instead becomes "let's try everything out with everything and do a lot of saves"-the game. The game does stupid little hints, like "the monster likes to eath this 3 thing", however it's barely useful because you need to combine the needed items in an EXACT ORDER. And not to mention the utter stupidity of some puzzles, like the one with the antennas for example, or basically the whole jungle level. TLDR; This game is trash! Don't buy it, don't waste time being frustrated by stupid puzzles (or the walkthrough occasionally being wrong or missing keypoints -like the acquision of the robot arm-), and most importantly DON'T BE FOOLED BY THE LOW STANDARD REVIEWERS BELOW (or above, idk where will gog put this)!!! This game only looks good from the distance.

the pros: + beautifully drawn 16-bit-ish pixel-art that catches well the futuristic neon-light-metropolis-ambiance, typical for the genre. + great bit pop retro-soundtrack with with an 8-bit-ish tone. + solid, classic 3rd person point&click experience. + contains all ingredients you would expect in the cyberpunkt genre. + fair price the cons: - no voice-acting. maybe i am spoiled, but for me good voice-acting can really boost a game. - the story feels a little bit too steroypical and slightly dull with not much substance. - the character-development seems rather shallow. - the font for text is too small. in combination with the lack of voice-acting this makes it nearly impossible playing the game together with my partner on the big screen, while sitting on the sofa in the living-room. all in all a solid cyberpunk-game for fans of the genre. but it can't compete with adventure games like technobabylon or blade runner. not by far...

Loved the atmosphere and the music. Pixel art was a bit uneven, but totally acceptable. The story is good, albeit not particularly original. The duration of the game is also very satisfying, one never feels that it was rushed to market. Unfortunately, the puzzle design is horrendous. Even when in-game hints are given, they can be given at random times rendering them useless. The dialogue is also extremely badly written making the characters annoying and poseur-ish. So, even though I mostly enjoyed the game (I got it for free here, so I can't complain), I cannot recommend it. If GOG gives it away again at some point, then it might be worth a look.

I thought it was a fun puzzle game.