The Entropy Centre
Developed by: Stubby Games (@Stubby_Games)
Published by: Playstack (@PlaystackGames)
I’m just going to say it off right of the top. The Entropy Centre is a great sci-fi, puzzle game. Graphically the game is beautiful, the music is great and the puzzles are innovative and fun to figure out. The Entropy Centre is a game that the player should play with as little information as possible.
This game will be compared to Portal but I’m going to be honest and say that I’ve never played Portal. People like to call it a “time-based Portal.” Take that for what it’s worth. A spoiler free summary of the story of the game is that you’re playing as someone that is trying to prevent something bad from happening by rewinding time. By solving puzzles the player is building up “entropic energy” which will then be used to reverse the bad situation from happening.
Puzzles start off fairly easy to solve and as the story progresses they will become more and more complex. The game is separated in acts and in each act a new mechanic is introduced. As the player travels throughout the “Entropy Centre” they will encounter various obstacles that they will have to use their AI-powered gun named Astra to rewind time to remove obstacles out of the way or objects through time to trigger doorways to open or conveyor belts and more to move. The puzzles are solved using blocks and there are various forms of blocks. There are regular blocks, blocks that will make your player jump long distances, blocks that form bridges that allow you to cross gaps, and more. This game isn’t combat based but there will be time when you will have to “defeat” enemies by using the environment or their own attacks against them.
The Entropy Centre is well written and while it will vary from person to person I found the story emotional and engaging. I was on the edge of my seat at times dying for the next bit of story exposition. The Entropy Centre isn’t a “long game” per se. It’ll depend on the players skill and how quickly they’re able to complete each puzzle. The game on my first play through took me roughly 10 hours to complete but I’ve seen YouTube play throughs of the game being completed quicker. Whether that’s do to editing or the player having played the game before is hard to say.
My only complaint when it comes to the The Entropy Centre is that the controls didn’t feel good at times. Sections that required platforming via the jumping blocks felt “floaty” or very hard to execute at times. The game performed solidly and I didn’t encounter any bugs.
In conclusion I would highly recommend this game to fans of sci-fi stories and puzzle games. The innovative and original puzzles and the unique rewind time mechanic make this game a highly engaging and enjoyable experience. I tried my best to not spoil anything about the game and to keep it as vague as possible. Play this game with as little information as possible!
Pros:
The story
The sound design and soundtrack
The puzzles
Cons:
The controls when using certain mechanics to solve puzzles
Played on: Xbox Series X, purchased from the Xbox store.
Review Score: 4.5/5
Developed by: Stubby Games (@Stubby_Games)
Published by: Playstack (@PlaystackGames)
I’m just going to say it off right of the top. The Entropy Centre is a great sci-fi, puzzle game. Graphically the game is beautiful, the music is great and the puzzles are innovative and fun to figure out. The Entropy Centre is a game that the player should play with as little information as possible.
This game will be compared to Portal but I’m going to be honest and say that I’ve never played Portal. People like to call it a “time-based Portal.” Take that for what it’s worth. A spoiler free summary of the story of the game is that you’re playing as someone that is trying to prevent something bad from happening by rewinding time. By solving puzzles the player is building up “entropic energy” which will then be used to reverse the bad situation from happening.
Puzzles start off fairly easy to solve and as the story progresses they will become more and more complex. The game is separated in acts and in each act a new mechanic is introduced. As the player travels throughout the “Entropy Centre” they will encounter various obstacles that they will have to use their AI-powered gun named Astra to rewind time to remove obstacles out of the way or objects through time to trigger doorways to open or conveyor belts and more to move. The puzzles are solved using blocks and there are various forms of blocks. There are regular blocks, blocks that will make your player jump long distances, blocks that form bridges that allow you to cross gaps, and more. This game isn’t combat based but there will be time when you will have to “defeat” enemies by using the environment or their own attacks against them.
The Entropy Centre is well written and while it will vary from person to person I found the story emotional and engaging. I was on the edge of my seat at times dying for the next bit of story exposition. The Entropy Centre isn’t a “long game” per se. It’ll depend on the players skill and how quickly they’re able to complete each puzzle. The game on my first play through took me roughly 10 hours to complete but I’ve seen YouTube play throughs of the game being completed quicker. Whether that’s do to editing or the player having played the game before is hard to say.
My only complaint when it comes to the The Entropy Centre is that the controls didn’t feel good at times. Sections that required platforming via the jumping blocks felt “floaty” or very hard to execute at times. The game performed solidly and I didn’t encounter any bugs.
In conclusion I would highly recommend this game to fans of sci-fi stories and puzzle games. The innovative and original puzzles and the unique rewind time mechanic make this game a highly engaging and enjoyable experience. I tried my best to not spoil anything about the game and to keep it as vague as possible. Play this game with as little information as possible!
Pros:
The story
The sound design and soundtrack
The puzzles
Cons:
The controls when using certain mechanics to solve puzzles
Played on: Xbox Series X, purchased from the Xbox store.
Review Score: 4.5/5