The Invincible is a first person visual novel. It plainly states right there what its based on and plays as contemplatively as you'd expect for the kind of story its telling. I'd almost put it in the same kind of philosophizing as The Talos Principle games or Firewatch, but there aren't really any deep puzzles in The Invincible. You walk around, you find points of interest using a magnification scope or a metal detector and you talk to someone over a radio. You're given a good number of dialog choices throughout the story and when I play this game again in maybe a year and a few patches I'll be very interested to see the variations in dialog and events that might occur, though I hear its not super variant.

Its a great story I think, as slow as it proceeds. Good mystery and really good big Sci-Fi. If you found Starfield lacking in ponderous thought as I did this is filled to the brim with it. If you enjoyed Firewatch then you'll probably enjoy this too.
The Invincible is gorgeous, full of immense pondering about life, and stacked with great old school sci-fi aesthetics.

Looking forward to what Starward Industries make next.

***Reposted from my Steam review.

P.S. Good rover

Reviewed on Dec 08, 2023


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