LilShpee
Superliminal 2019
Log Status
Completed
Playing
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Rating
Time Played
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Days in Journal
2 days
Last played
March 23, 2024
First played
March 22, 2024
Platforms Played
When I was a kid and my brother first showed me the "Museum of Simulation Technology" demo, my thoughts were essentially "wow! this is really impressive! but could this concept actually be taken any further?"
10 or so years later I found out the answer was no!
While the central mechanic remains impressive and unique, the majority of puzzles in the game don't build on it in any meaningful way. It gets to the point that many puzzles have what is essentially the same solution of "make a thing big to jump somewhere high".
Seemingly in an attempt to compensate for this, the developers added more mechanics, but these never interact with the perspective scaling or each other; coming off instead like something that was added for mere gameplay variety instead of making more complex puzzles.
There's also something in the game resembling a story which also feels tacked on. It's it's unclever, unnecessary, it's un-not-on-the-nose.
It still feels like a tech demo, only this time it's stretched out to the length of a short game.
10 or so years later I found out the answer was no!
While the central mechanic remains impressive and unique, the majority of puzzles in the game don't build on it in any meaningful way. It gets to the point that many puzzles have what is essentially the same solution of "make a thing big to jump somewhere high".
Seemingly in an attempt to compensate for this, the developers added more mechanics, but these never interact with the perspective scaling or each other; coming off instead like something that was added for mere gameplay variety instead of making more complex puzzles.
There's also something in the game resembling a story which also feels tacked on. It's it's unclever, unnecessary, it's un-not-on-the-nose.
It still feels like a tech demo, only this time it's stretched out to the length of a short game.