The Upturned was an enjoyable experience. The game off the start screws with you and lets you toy around with stuff.
The "puzzles" are logical and some have different approaches how you engage them. You throw stuff all the time, you rip doors off, you flip switches by throwing objects at them.
For its story, it keeps a mystery from the player to learn what's going on and how you died, thus keeping the player engaged with it. As well you know exactly how far you are from the end of the game with its writing. I found the story flawed and the ending odd but it doesn't end on a cliff-hanger, it just ends. The music welcomed its stay.
The most note worthy of the game is the consistency, how you throw and what to expect from the enemies or levels, the goal is always exactly the same. The only time something new is introduced is gliding and its only used once. My only annoyance was how the camera behaved sometimes, the mannequins getting in the way and Vsync option not working correctly on first try (can overheat the GPU).
I wish the game had levels that were entirely goofy or complete serious to mix things up. Notably the game would of benefitted if there was more things to make side-tracking rewarding.
I can't recommend this game on it's own, you'd have to some what like multiple of its aspects like comedy, puzzling, horror. For example, I can recommend Portal series to someone who likes puzzles but not to someone who only likes comedy. The comedy for portal 2 is an added bonus, not something it relies on.
The "puzzles" are logical and some have different approaches how you engage them. You throw stuff all the time, you rip doors off, you flip switches by throwing objects at them.
For its story, it keeps a mystery from the player to learn what's going on and how you died, thus keeping the player engaged with it. As well you know exactly how far you are from the end of the game with its writing. I found the story flawed and the ending odd but it doesn't end on a cliff-hanger, it just ends. The music welcomed its stay.
The most note worthy of the game is the consistency, how you throw and what to expect from the enemies or levels, the goal is always exactly the same. The only time something new is introduced is gliding and its only used once. My only annoyance was how the camera behaved sometimes, the mannequins getting in the way and Vsync option not working correctly on first try (can overheat the GPU).
I wish the game had levels that were entirely goofy or complete serious to mix things up. Notably the game would of benefitted if there was more things to make side-tracking rewarding.
I can't recommend this game on it's own, you'd have to some what like multiple of its aspects like comedy, puzzling, horror. For example, I can recommend Portal series to someone who likes puzzles but not to someone who only likes comedy. The comedy for portal 2 is an added bonus, not something it relies on.