Plunge into the depths of STASIS: BONE TOTEM, the latest installment in the STASIS anthology.
A new story, new characters, and a new underwater environment to explore.
Follow Mac and Charlie, a husband and wife duo, who make their living scouring the ocean for salvage. But, when they s...
Plunge into the depths of STASIS: BONE TOTEM, the latest installment in the STASIS anthology.
A new story, new characters, and a new underwater environment to explore.
Follow Mac and Charlie, a husband and wife duo, who make their living scouring the ocean for salvage. But, when they stumble upon an abandoned oil rig in the Pacific Ocean, they uncover a horrific secret that Cayne Corporation will do anything to keep hidden.
As you embark on your adventure playing Mac, Charlie, and their trusty Super-Toy, Moses, you'll encounter an immersive narrative filled with spine-tingling horror and unexpected twists. Combining the thrilling storytelling of STASIS and a tense underwater setting, STASIS: BONE TOTEM offers a personal story that will test the limits of family resilience.
Navigate through a massive underwater base, complete intricate puzzles, and solve an ancient secret concealed at the bottom of the ocean. BONE TOTEM features the same isometric, point-and-click gameplay that made STASIS a classic fan favorite, but with a new cast and a unique setting that will leave you gasping for breath.
With stunning visuals, a music score by Mark Morgan, a screenplay written by a Hollywood ace, voice acting by veteran actors, and a gripping storyline that will keep you on the edge of your seat - STASIS: BONE TOTEM is a must-play game for horror and sci-fi adventure fans.
So what are you waiting for? Dive into the unknown and uncover the BONE TOTEM beneath the waves.
I loved everything about this game. The story, the art, the atmosphere and above all, the voice acting. It would still be a good game without voice acting, but it made me feel things more viscerally. Hearing the love, despair, trust, pain, fear and hope in the characters made it all the more real.
The writing is excellent and I made sure to take my time to read the little atmospheric writing in the different rooms. It really helped sell the tone of the areas as well as how the characters felt about the things they witnessed. I read all logs and the different characters felt unique with a sense of individuality. I loved reading one character's log and then seeing them pop up by name in other peoples' logs. Wonderful breadcrumbs to follow if that's something you enjoy.
This is an absolute recommendation from me. I am looking forward to what this team can do in the future.
"You must watch for the parasites' presence... then act with accuracy and haste." When treasure hunters Charlie and Mac O'Bannon dock their salvage vessel to what looks like an abandoned oil rig, it seems like they have caught a break at last- but players of the first STASIS (2015) will share Mac's sentiment when the platform's name plaque comes into view: "Shit! It's a Cayne Corp rig..." Right enough, as they explore the place, bodies start piling up, increasingly few of them still having all of their parts.
After the wildly imaginative Beautiful Desolation (2020), The Brotherhood have returned to a more conventional sci-fi horror setting, but that doesn't mean that the worldbuilding and narrative are any less dense and gripping. Like in BD, you get to explore the interconnected stories of several factions, further developing topics in the nexus of technology and religion. The titular concept of keeping human beings in storage remains in place, but seen through the lens of a culture that worships death about as much as Cayne does immortality. For all their differences, the atavistic tribe and the futuristic corporation are stunningly similar.
An increasingly personal quest leads you through this exploration. Charlie and Mac are very well-rounded characters, and so is Moses, the AI powered toy bear of their dead daughter, Hope. Their dialogue feels very organic, plus the voice acting is outstanding. Gorgeous cinematic cutscenes make the characters come to life even more.
Gameplay is the most streamlined in a The Brotherhood game yet. Gone is the tedious backtracking of BD, and mapping drones helpfully highlight POI in the environment. Puzzling is done in dedicated 2D screens, so no pixel hunting, but you still have to pay close attention to every detail- numbers, shapes, colours, little here is just decoration. Puzzles are varied and creative, but fair throughout.
If you liked the first STASIS, or SOMA, or any good sci-fi adventure, this is a must-play.
It has the unrelenting misery of the original, in a new setting, and my favorite thing - no more pixel-hunting. This time, there's a button that makes sure you don't overlook everything on screen that's clickable, which is hands down the best quality-of-life improvement of any adventure game.
Look up the hint book on the official website if you ever get stuck.
The book spoils puzzles and pot but, honestly, the delivery is seriously what sells this.
If you want to just pop some headphones on and get immersed in a seriously breathtaking storytelling please, by ALL means, play this game.
I am a brave bear....
Well, this is the kind of game I'm definitively not gonna play twice...It embrace a lot, in a dark and ugly way, but man it is brillant and well made. Quite a unique experience I must say. Just finished it and yes I will recommand it...It's desperate but great. Hell of a story.
