Causal Loop

What an experience. Let me preface this by saying: I’m not a puzzle game fan. Far from it, actually. But I wanted to step outside my comfort zone a bit, and I thought, “This is sci-fi, it has aliens, and the story sounds cool… ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, I’m in.” The Story I was pleasantly surprised by how much I grew attached to these characters. Bale and Walter have such strong buddy-cop energy that it’s impossible not to find them endearing. Speaking of Bale, I loved his development throughout the story. He starts off as this cocky, egotistical jerk who only cares about himself, but gradually grows into someone who realizes there’s far more at stake than his own survival. I genuinely empathized with him and the difficult choices and uncertainties he had to face along the way. The Gameplay I found the gameplay loop (heheh) incredibly satisfying. Searching for scattered pieces of information and slowly piecing everything together like one giant puzzle felt rewarding from start to finish. I also loved the surge of excitement whenever you reached a major milestone and that burst of energy appeared in front of you — shoutout to your family, because that moment was absolutely peak. My only…

Nice game is really fun to play with all the puzzles. If you don't have good space awareness, it can be tricky, especially in the last stages. Advice: include a simple map

having recently read three body problem I love the mystery and puzzle aspect of the game thus far while also combining ancient civilization with future technology. It keeps me wanting more

Absolutely stunning graphics and overall design! Lots of fun to play while figuring stuff out. Mostly impressed by the Echo Mechanic and how it works. 10/10 would recommend!

Pros: - Good pacing, never felt like a section was dragging on and new mechanics were introduced gradually - Varied puzzles - Great environment/art design - Story is engaging - The characters grew on me quite a bit, and the voice actor performances were great. Bale is a bit annoying at the start, but I think it serves a narrative purpose as he grows and gets less annoying throughout the story - Runs well, had one bug (clipped into a slope and got stuck) but wasn't able to replicate it and had no other issues Cons: - Some of the timing based puzzles are very strict, would be nice to have an option to extend time limits for things like buttons a bit - The symbols can be difficult to differentiate, which gets especially difficult in later levels when things are more spread out, it can be hard to find what a button even activated. Could maybe benefit from waypoints to things that activated out of view, and/or having numbers or something next to the symbols to tell them apart more easily - The jump is frustratingly short My complaints only became a problem in the final quarter of the game and were pretty minor, but still enough to create friction. I'm recommending it as I think the ex…

A game based entirely on annoying mechanics, and somehow works. Clearly inspired by Talos Principle's ever-hated recorder puzzles, this game's primary mechanic is recording yourself so that there is more than one of you. Yet, for the majority of the chapters, this is completely unused for anything but opening the exit once the puzzle is already solved. Instead, the majority of the puzzles are a game of hot-potato with explosives which, for some reason, the recording cannot interact with in any capacity. Basically, they gutted the recording mechanic so that it cannot do anything other than press buttons, and as a result, avoid all the annoying overcomplicated aspects of the puzzles in Talos Principle. Level design here is quite.... confusing. Much of the navigation is through teleporters and the connections between puzzle elements are signage-based. This means much of the difficulty comes from figuring out what two (or more) items are linked together. Usually I would spend about ten minutes just finding the first step. Of course, once you put the pieces together, the puzzle feels rewarding to solve, and this actually gets better in the final chapters. Pros: Everything looks amaz…