[Infra has this magical quality about it. It's like that surreal experience of exploring empty multiplayer maps and never being able to shake the feeling you aren't alone. It's the perfect urbex game, a real adventure with a fascinating, strangely grounded story and endless, varied areas to explore.]
If you've ever opened Gmod and loaded up gm_construct and had this uneasy feeling that the map wasn't as empty as you though, you know the general vibe Infra gives off. Part of me chalks that up to the Source Engine powering the game which is known to give it's games a bit of a "liminal" vibe, but it's also the layers of world building, the intensely detailed levels and the uneasy tension that envelops you in this foreboding sensation.
Set in the fictional country of Finland, you play a civil engineer tasked with documenting the structural failings of Stalburgs infrastructure, and as you rifle around old warehouses and abandoned industrial plants you begin to piece together a conspiracy that stretches back to the cities founding.
You'll find yourself wondering through a huge variety of urban environments, taking photos of damaged buildings and solving puzzles for almost 15 hours as the game slowly ramps the stakes from non-existent to dramatically tense. It's an incredible experience and one packed full of funny surprises and horrifying secrets that makes every second spent poking around memorable.
Just remember t̶͈̓h̶̘̔ä̶̰t̴͙̆ ̸͚̓ǐ̷̝f̴͍͑ y̵̩̯͓̰͋̃̔͂͗͠͝o̷͉̱̭͌ṷ̶̋ ̵̛̫̺̓̌̓͗̚̚ș̴͉̦̖͐̐̒͝͠e̷̪͓̘̺͒̀̉̒͗̕e̷̻͊̐͛̑̀̿͠ M̴̡̢͙̤̺͓͍̣͙̠̱͉̱̱̮͖̤̙̰̜̙̦͖̓́̋̆̐̈́̕͜͜͠ö̶̢̬̭̝̜͒̏̌̄́͛r̴͇͎̣̦̬̜̺̟͎̺͉̲̬̪̘̿͆̿͗͒͋̓̃̾͑͂̈́͒͊̏̊̍͛͌̊̓̅͋̿̊̃̂͛͗͘͘̕ͅk̸̢̛̯̲͙̜̺͖͍̦̜̲̩͙̖͔̩̣̺̼͈̩͔͙̱̦̲͈̆̾͛̆́̔́̐͗̉̎̆͒̏̈͜͝ͅͅö̸̪̠̪̮͍͇̖͓̇ͅ ̶̨̢̛̮̥̬̼̖͕̦̱̫̤̘̺̖͎̞̼͚̥͚͍̲͓̣̦͇̺̲͎͗̎̌̌̇͛͗̉̏̊̊́̽͊͛̈̈́͐́͌͂͘̕͘͜͠͠͝ͅţ̸̦̼̘͈͇̝̻̟̲̀̂̽̏̔̈o̷͇͍͍͇̤̻̿͐͊̃̀̀͐̂͆͝͝ ̸̦͇̰̟̩͒̓͑́͑̌̓͛̆͆̚͝t̵̡̡̖̱͓̥̘̻̘͆͗̌̀̍̔̍̂̂̾͑̓̀͗͝ư̴̡̡̛̱̯̞͓̺̲̇̇̐̏̐̈́̿́̇́͒̀r̵̰̺̅̈́̈́̈́̎́͑́͒͐̅̊n̶̨̛̬̻̦̯̣̺̩͙̜͖̩̠͒̿̉̉̆ ̶̛̪̜̲̱͇͚̞̙̝͉̻͇̠͕̀͒̿͑̅̔̓̏̉̀̊̾͌͋̐̕ͅa̵̧̤̹̞̟̣̲̼̔̆̒͠ņ̷̢̨̤̩͍̜̬͖͍̻̪͔̗̄͗̈́̿̏͗̌̄́̈́̄͑͐d̸̛̺͉̳̫̣̥̑̂̈́͒́̉̀͂̈́̏̕
If you've ever opened Gmod and loaded up gm_construct and had this uneasy feeling that the map wasn't as empty as you though, you know the general vibe Infra gives off. Part of me chalks that up to the Source Engine powering the game which is known to give it's games a bit of a "liminal" vibe, but it's also the layers of world building, the intensely detailed levels and the uneasy tension that envelops you in this foreboding sensation.
Set in the fictional country of Finland, you play a civil engineer tasked with documenting the structural failings of Stalburgs infrastructure, and as you rifle around old warehouses and abandoned industrial plants you begin to piece together a conspiracy that stretches back to the cities founding.
You'll find yourself wondering through a huge variety of urban environments, taking photos of damaged buildings and solving puzzles for almost 15 hours as the game slowly ramps the stakes from non-existent to dramatically tense. It's an incredible experience and one packed full of funny surprises and horrifying secrets that makes every second spent poking around memorable.
Just remember t̶͈̓h̶̘̔ä̶̰t̴͙̆ ̸͚̓ǐ̷̝f̴͍͑ y̵̩̯͓̰͋̃̔͂͗͠͝o̷͉̱̭͌ṷ̶̋ ̵̛̫̺̓̌̓͗̚̚ș̴͉̦̖͐̐̒͝͠e̷̪͓̘̺͒̀̉̒͗̕e̷̻͊̐͛̑̀̿͠ M̴̡̢͙̤̺͓͍̣͙̠̱͉̱̱̮͖̤̙̰̜̙̦͖̓́̋̆̐̈́̕͜͜͠ö̶̢̬̭̝̜͒̏̌̄́͛r̴͇͎̣̦̬̜̺̟͎̺͉̲̬̪̘̿͆̿͗͒͋̓̃̾͑͂̈́͒͊̏̊̍͛͌̊̓̅͋̿̊̃̂͛͗͘͘̕ͅk̸̢̛̯̲͙̜̺͖͍̦̜̲̩͙̖͔̩̣̺̼͈̩͔͙̱̦̲͈̆̾͛̆́̔́̐͗̉̎̆͒̏̈͜͝ͅͅö̸̪̠̪̮͍͇̖͓̇ͅ ̶̨̢̛̮̥̬̼̖͕̦̱̫̤̘̺̖͎̞̼͚̥͚͍̲͓̣̦͇̺̲͎͗̎̌̌̇͛͗̉̏̊̊́̽͊͛̈̈́͐́͌͂͘̕͘͜͠͠͝ͅţ̸̦̼̘͈͇̝̻̟̲̀̂̽̏̔̈o̷͇͍͍͇̤̻̿͐͊̃̀̀͐̂͆͝͝ ̸̦͇̰̟̩͒̓͑́͑̌̓͛̆͆̚͝t̵̡̡̖̱͓̥̘̻̘͆͗̌̀̍̔̍̂̂̾͑̓̀͗͝ư̴̡̡̛̱̯̞͓̺̲̇̇̐̏̐̈́̿́̇́͒̀r̵̰̺̅̈́̈́̈́̎́͑́͒͐̅̊n̶̨̛̬̻̦̯̣̺̩͙̜͖̩̠͒̿̉̉̆ ̶̛̪̜̲̱͇͚̞̙̝͉̻͇̠͕̀͒̿͑̅̔̓̏̉̀̊̾͌͋̐̕ͅa̵̧̤̹̞̟̣̲̼̔̆̒͠ņ̷̢̨̤̩͍̜̬͖͍̻̪͔̗̄͗̈́̿̏͗̌̄́̈́̄͑͐d̸̛̺͉̳̫̣̥̑̂̈́͒́̉̀͂̈́̏̕