Obduction

The developers very clearly succeeded at making a difficult puzzle game... What they failed to do was create an experience that feels good and is actually fun. There's a huge difference between: "This is difficult, but I really want to figure it out." and "I have spent hours wandering around and I don't even understand what the game wants me to do." The first one makes you obsess over a puzzle because there's a little reward loop happening in your brain: WAIT... I SEE SOMETHING... Then you solve it and feel like a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ genius. The second one is just walking around going: "Can I interact with this?" No. "This?" No. "Maybe there's something over here?" No. "Okay, but what am I actually trying to accomplish?" ¯\(ツ)/¯ And eventually your brain goes I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR STUPID SECRET ANYMORE. Not worth your time, energy, or patience. GRIND<3

controls are awkward and one crucial hint doesn't even happen like it's supposed to. Overall its a fun myst game but it has a lot of sloppy elements that kill the fun

It's a great narrative, and mostly the game challenges are not unreasonably complex. I did need hints on a few occasions, though.

The game is showing it's age, it was too difficult to navigate and the snap turning is flawed by modern standards. Try Firmament instead, it's a fantastic game!

Awesome game

You know what I liked it. Obviously not the best of Cyan's games but it was still really good!