Rinox 最近的评测

A charming 90s adventure game that holds up well thanks to its hand-drawn backgrounds and cutscenes. It's also fairly light on the dreaded 'adventure game logic', and most puzzles and situations can be solved with common sense. I still used a walkthrough somtimes to save time, but there wasn't anything I couldn't have solved eventually by trying a few things or looking around a bit more. The characters and locations are fun, the story involving, and the witty writing got a few chuckles out of me. Wholly recommended for fans of the genre! I can't believe it took me 20+ years to 'discover' the series though. Looking forward to playing Broken Sword 2.

Picked this up during the Steam sale on recommendation of people I trust, and it didn't disappoint. An interesting narrative experience with a dark 80s vibe that gets more and more interesting as it progresses. The core gameplay is based on text adventure / puzzle games and for the most part hits a nice balance between being challenging and rewarding. Absolutely recommended if you're a fan of psychological horror and puzzle games.

I don't know how they do it, but Devolver seem to have a knack for picking up interesting games in all sorts of genres. They're rapidly becoming my favorite publisher.

Even though this game got a pretty rough treatment from the gaming press, I was always curious about it because the art direction and setting looked interesting. So I picked it up for a few bucks during a Steam sale and gave it a shot.

I'm not going to pretend that it's some sort of hidden gem or flawed classic, because it's not, but it's also not anywhere near as bad as some people might have you believe. It may fail at being an XCOM game, but it's got heart. The setting and characters are interesting, the gameplay is decent enough and the game totally nails the 50-60s creepy scifi vibe it was going for.

But there are some serious problems, too. The core of the gameplay is basically console style chest-high wall shooting, so it's a bit of a shame when you enter a new area and already know there will be a fight because the area is littered with said chest-high walls. Breaks the creepy vibe, for real. What's worse, your teammates have a tendency to run into dangerous situations, and it's almost impossible to micromanage them all the time. The narrative, while interesting and entertaining for the most part, also kind of falls apart towards the end of the game.

But overall, I enjoyed the game well enough. If you loved TV series like Dark Skies and aren't too bothered with clunky combat mechanics (they're probably not even that bad, or I wouldn't have finished the game) then this game will resonate with you, I think. It's just a shame they 'had' to use the XCOM brand for it. Instead of hating it for being a failed attempt at an XCOM reboot/prequel, people might have welcomed it for its fairly unique style and setting if it tried to be its own game. But alas...

Very enjoyable first-person puzzle game, with a healthy dose of scifi/philosophy/horror elements. It feels a bit like the bastard child of Portal 2, The Talos Principle and SOMA, all of which happen to be among my favorite games of the past few years. Having said that, it doesn't quite reach the heights of either of these and I couldn't help but wondering what the developers could have done with a bigger budget. Felt like the ambition was there, though.

The difficulty of the puzzles was just about right for me, challenging but never frustrating. Some great 'aha' moments, especially in the more 'out there' optional puzzles.

All in all, great game, and very much recommended for anyone who likes first-person puzzle games and/or the games I mentioned above. Give it a try!

Aesthetically beautiful game, manages to pull the heartstrings at times too. The mechanics get a bit old towards the middle to end of the game but you'll keep playing anyway. It's nice to see a game do WWI and do it with such convinction.

My GOTY so far.