TL;DR - If you like cyberpunk and/or adventure games, and especially if you enjoyed Resonance/Gemini Rue/Primordia, I can't see why you wouldn't dig this as well. I suppose I have to consider myself a Wadjet Eye fanboy now. It's a natural thing for those of us who grew up on LucasArts/Sierra games, after all. It's easiest to compare Technobabylon to Gemini Rue, Resonance and Primordia because of the cyberpunk/techie theme. I think Technobabylon stands up pretty well to all of those games. The puzzles felt easier to me than those in Primordia (as another reviewer mentioned). I played the other games too long ago, so I can't accurately recall their puzzle difficulty relative to this game. I thought the story and voice acting were pretty well done, on par with what I've come to expect from Wadjet Eye. Resonance gets an edge in that department for me - I really liked the way that game handled multiple playable characters from the story side. In Technobabylon, the coolest story/gameplay moments for me were switching between meatspace/trance and the unique puzzle mechanics behind working with AI characters (being intentionally vague here just to be safe).
This adventure game has interesting characters, a solid story and great cinematic presentation. A number of the gameplay elements were novel to me when I first played Indigo Prophecy, though looking back I can't help but view them as prototypes that were refined in Heavy Rain. If you've played and enjoyed Heavy Rain, chances are you'll be able to appreciate this game. However, understand that some rough edges tend to show up when you go backwards in a developer's timeline. If you're just an unabashed adventure gamer who loves a good story (guilty!), you'll also likely be pleased with this game. As others have pointed out, the story can take some odd turns and the quick-time event system can be jarring. We adventure gamers aren't used to needing coordination, after all. Those quibbles aside, this is a winner.
