STASIS is a point and click isometric adventure game, it kinda reminds me of Sanitarium because of the gameplay, isometric perspective and themes, particularly child endangerment and scientific research unbound by ethics. The former is a risky topic for media in general, let alone video games.
Nevertheless, STASIS managed me to surprise me by being absolutely disturbing. It really caught me off guard in ways I didn't expect. Like over half the achievements are for dying so I thought it would be more edgy rather than horrifying.
Besides that I think the presentation is great, I wish you could zoom in the screen for some puzzles, but besides that the graphics, sound design and writing are great at setting an atmosphere.
Also, I'm always concerned about nonsensical puzzles in adventure games, but I think STASIS is generally straightforward in this regard. I do believe that there's too little direction sometimes, but the puzzles themselves are fine.
Overall, I think STASIS is pretty great and I'm left both terrified and fascinated by it.

Reviewed on Jul 26, 2022


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