The Spectrum Retreat

I started and didn't close it out until I completed it. Voice acting was perfection, sound design and music the same. I was creeped out, sad, hopeful, angry, and here I am starting another playthrough.

The puzzles are good, the color swaping mechanic is clever. But the game has a bug that affects everyone, it's not just my PC, the camera/look input refresh rate is half of the game fps. If the game runs at 60, the camera moves at 30, doesn't matter if you are using a controller or mouse&keyboard. I even bought the game on Xbox hoping that this issue was just on PC, but no, in fact is even worse because the game runs at 30 fps on Xbox, but when you turn arround it's clearly 15 fps, it's unplayable. How is it possible that the developer didn't noticed this and release the game like this? NOT RECOMMENDED

I feel a little bad giving this a bad review given the low review count. It's a reasonable game. There are just so many good puzzlers out there and this doesn't compete well with them. The narrator is annoying and tells you the next steps way too quickly (it's a puzzler, I don't need to be told the solution straight away). There are ways for puzzles to fall into fail states - needing a total restart. Worst of all, a pretty high number of puzzles have a hidden colour door at the end and if you didn't just guess that it would happen you have to go back through to the puzzle start to fix it. If it were cheaper, I'd recommend it but not for the askign price.

Fun puzzle game, but I wish there were less possible softlocks in puzzles near the end

Pretty good puzzler with an interesting story. The mechanics are interesting, but there might be some problems if you're prone to motion sickness.

The Spectrum Retreat is a mostly fun Portal-like. You work your way through increasingly more complex chambers. The new tool introduced over time are keep the puzzles interesting. The puzzle can be difficult but never feel unfair. The game boasts a story told between puzzles. It explores how the player character ends up at the Spectrum Retreat. I found that the way this story is delivered to be the worst part of the game. It can be such a slog to slow walk around the retreat to search for clues to advance. Even though it would be somewhat out-of-place, you should be able to run during these sections between puzzles. The best part of the game are the puzzles, and the parts between bring the fun to a screeching halt. I could imagine some people finding the conclusion to the story very satisfying but I just found it average. I decided to go for the achievement that unlocks by after selecting the alternate ending. This requires you to reply the entire game. For me that sealed the deal how unfun the sections outside the chambers can be. Having said that, most of your time is going to be engaging with the puzzle chambers, which I really enjoyed.