This is a walking simulator disguised as a high concept puzzle game. I wouldn't have minded it being a walking simulator. I really do like the genre and don't really want to call it as such but it's the best name for those sorts of experiences. But I don't expect to be blown away by the concept of a puzzle game and then turned around by mediocre puzzles and an extremely forced narrative that does not work
Honestly, the first room has pretty much the most original and high-concept of the puzzles you'll ever see in the game. Some of the mechanics are very poorly described and figuring out some solutions will make you go "THAT'S what they wanted me to do?". The final chapter of the game is some parts you trying to figure out what the devs intended you to do which usually involves doing something fairly mundane but obscure and mostly just walking through interesting visuals the devs conjured up
I liked Antichamber because it had interesting puzzle mechanics in addition to its visuals and didn't have any pretense. It had a similar last act that involved a fair bit of walking which was earned after some fairly difficult puzzles. Even if the puzzles mostly revolved around the gun halfway through they were still extremely difficult and required quite a bit of thought. Portal ramped up in similar ways and Portal 2 brought innovative mechanics in the second half to keep you on your toes. This game has none of that. The puzzles are bog standard and some are only difficult because the solutions are obscure and very poorly communicated. This game commits the cardinal sin of introducing random mechanics that are never signposted well and instead require you to guess. There's one room especially with an extremely childish and awful solution which has zero communication. And it's only used in that one room. Brilliant
You might get more mileage if you try some of the challenges. One of the achievements is a 30 minute speedrun. If you really want, you could try to go for this stuff. Personally I couldn't care less. The game just didn't work for me on any level. Quite a disappointment
Honestly, the first room has pretty much the most original and high-concept of the puzzles you'll ever see in the game. Some of the mechanics are very poorly described and figuring out some solutions will make you go "THAT'S what they wanted me to do?". The final chapter of the game is some parts you trying to figure out what the devs intended you to do which usually involves doing something fairly mundane but obscure and mostly just walking through interesting visuals the devs conjured up
I liked Antichamber because it had interesting puzzle mechanics in addition to its visuals and didn't have any pretense. It had a similar last act that involved a fair bit of walking which was earned after some fairly difficult puzzles. Even if the puzzles mostly revolved around the gun halfway through they were still extremely difficult and required quite a bit of thought. Portal ramped up in similar ways and Portal 2 brought innovative mechanics in the second half to keep you on your toes. This game has none of that. The puzzles are bog standard and some are only difficult because the solutions are obscure and very poorly communicated. This game commits the cardinal sin of introducing random mechanics that are never signposted well and instead require you to guess. There's one room especially with an extremely childish and awful solution which has zero communication. And it's only used in that one room. Brilliant
You might get more mileage if you try some of the challenges. One of the achievements is a 30 minute speedrun. If you really want, you could try to go for this stuff. Personally I couldn't care less. The game just didn't work for me on any level. Quite a disappointment