Posted on: July 18, 2023

guiltf33der13

Игр: 75 Отзывов: 34

If Myst had been a walking sim

Myst and Riven was like lightning striking the same place twice, and Cyan has been trying to get a third, and I think they tried too hard with Obduction. It's not bad, but not great. It's enjoyable but has unignorable flaws. Like Myst and Riven, Obduction is essentially a giant maze. Most of Myst was generally small and compact, making it easy to navigate. Riven was larger, but it wasn't a drag. Obduction just has a ton of unnecessary extra paths. You will find yourself backtracking frequently, and toggling on "Run" mode barely makes a dent in your traveling time. This game NEEDS fast travel. Most of Obduction's puzzles are geometric/geographic in nature. There are a few code puzzles, but they're relatively weak. The alien numerical system was severly underutiliized. Most of Obduction's puzzles are easier compared to Myst and Riven. The only causes for getting stuck are usually: not knowing if something can be interacted with, not knowing where the location of a button/switch might be, or you've been caught by a red herring. And one puzzle I have no clue how it was solved; the door magically vanished. The premise of the story in Obduction is neat, and like Myst and Riven, much of the story is shared across notes and visuals. Unfortunately some story bits are easy to miss in Obduction and could even be mistaken for clutter. This ended up being vital as I got the bad end on my first play through, and had not found any information in-game to notify me otherwise. Myst and Riven did it right, as all of their most important story bits were impossible to miss with the cutscenes. Obduction startts strong and will scratch your Myst itch for a short while, but by the time you'll get to the end, you'll be wondering how this is the same studio that made Myst and Riven. You can see the inspiration, but the magic gets ruined when the flaws become nucances,and you'll be glad when it's over. Verdict: Buy only when on sale if you liked Myst.

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Posted on: December 24, 2016

mbsteed

Владелец игры

Игр: 5 Отзывов: 1

Cinematic VR Experience - Mac Version

This is breathtaking cinematic VR experience. The various world locations are diverse and visually stunning. The detail and expanse of the experience is phenomenal. I loved most of the puzzles most required some thoughtful meditation. There were a few that seemed quite arbitrary, even after looking up the clue There were also a few that were tedious requiring transporting back and forth between worlds. However, still a great experience. I bought in through Kickstarter so I played the Mac version on my iMac (i7) 32 Gig, and it runs great with my graphics card; AMD Radeon R9 M395X 4096 MB, I ran the program off an SSD drive which makes load times shorter. I am not sure how it would perform on a slower Mac but it works great on this setup. Cyan has recently come out with an update that has stabilized the Mac version cosndierably. Expect the Mac version to be available soon.

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Posted on: May 31, 2019

Keeradin

Владелец игры

Игр: Отзывов: 11

Story by exploring; puzzles with purpose

Like Myst, the story tells itself through the inferred and the implied. And like all good stories, even then some of it is never fully revealed leaving you eager for more. The puzzles are mostly not trite or gimicky. The world building does a good job of justifying them so they never break the immersion. There was only one puzzle that I could not solve except through blind trial and error. An area previously unreachable became accessible after I solved a different puzzle but I had no way of knowing that it had so I spent a good while exploring the entire world again. A few other puzzles caused me problems but only that one puzzle was not my own fault. The visuals are beautiful. The game relies on myst-like mechanics so they can focus on the static scenery rather than the complexity of game mechanics required for real time interaction with NPCs and such. On those rare moments where there are other lifeforms present, the game does a good job of hiding them off screen. The sounds have an almost tactile quality.

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Posted on: August 29, 2016

Laytonmario

Игр: 177 Отзывов: 1

Excellent

I love that there is no real description and you just get thrown into the world. It looks beautiful and the exploring is so much fun. I have not played Myst or Riven (yes, shame on me) but I can imagine they are great games like this one.

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Posted on: June 3, 2017

joaquins_void

Владелец игры

Игр: Отзывов: 4

Could have been much better

The game stopped working about halfway through. I tried all the fixes I could find to no avail. My opinion is based on the game play up to that point. If the game gets updated I may reinstall and try again. So the game is fun in parts, but has a few problems: The game world is too large, resulting in a lot of running around. Given that moving around is a bit of a chore it gets tiresome. You often have to jump back and forth between realms to progress and each jump involves load times. Basically, many puzzles are designed around a level transition mechanism. (At a certain point it gets ridiculous, where you are just walking back and forth between the teleports. Each triggering a reloading of the game world.) The most challenging 'puzzle' is always to figure out what to focus on. Because of the large world and no apparent critical path, you will at times have things that are unfinished (like interactions you don't know what they do) in three different worlds. Once you figure out where the next thing is you actually have to solve to progress it's kind of fun and not too difficult. But all in all I'd say it's more a test of your patience vis-a-vis SSD transfer rate than it is a brain teaser.

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