Echoes of MK-ULTRA

The concept of this game is wildly different than any other game I've ever played on Steam. I'm not done with the game yet, but it requires some serious thinking and research, even extending to tools and resources outside of the game. It's the first real ARG I've personally played on Steam that stretches beyond the confines of the application itself. Highly recommended for the technical and curious minded folks. The only potential downfall I can see is that the game length is pretty short. I was able to clear it in less than an hour.

I love a bite-sized ARG, especially one that lets you relive HTML 1.0 in the flesh. Let's not talk about how my failure to [ /spoiler ] correctly led to me looking at the source code of every single website page instead of just [ /spoiler, or am I just protecting my ego?]. I hope the devs have fun checking the server logs and seeing the same dork visit the same pages over and over. Both endings got me hyped for the sequel, where I expect I will once again waste time instead of just [ /spoiler ].

"Echoes of MK-ULTRA" is one of those desktop simulator/hacking games (frankly that could have been done in HTML5). This one has you pretending it's the 1990's, and Milli Vanilli is really a top band, and you have a special hacking thing stolen from DARPA and you use it to pretend you're Neo from the Matrix, except without the Matrix, you're just a hacker guy alone at home. That would have been a boring movie. Just like this is a boring game... it doesn't closely resemble any real hacking, at best it's a lame adventure game that could have been done in a browser. What do you do in the game? Type in pretend commands to pretend you're a hacker, wonder why this browser game doesn't have tabs like Chrome, uninstall because you got bored. You can't even shoot guns in this game. For gameplay purposes, because the user interface for this game is mostly just 2D static text/images... it might as well be a web page. It's functionally no different from a browser game. And we all know, Steam isn't here to compete with Chrome and Firefox. If the game can be done in a web browser, it's just not rich or compelling enough to appeal to serious gamers on PC. The graphics aren't great, Basi…

Игра "Echoes of MK-ULTRA" – это жуткий и атмосферный хоррор, который глубоко погружает в параноидальную атмосферу теории заговора. Визуальное оформление, выполненное в стиле ретро-игр, только добавляет криповости происходящему. Геймплей, хоть и не отличается особой сложностью, держит в напряжении постоянным чувством слежки и надвигающейся опасности. Сюжет, вдохновлённый реальными событиями MK-ULTRA, заставляет задуматься о тёмных страницах истории и границах допустимого в научных экспериментах. Несмотря на пиксельную графику, игра способна вызвать сильнейшие эмоции и заставить поверить в ужас, который переживает главный герой. Звуковое оформление тоже на высоте, крики, шёпот и нарастающая музыка создают постоянное чувство дискомфорта. "Echoes of MK-ULTRA" рекомендуется всем любителям хорроров, которые ищут не просто скримеры, а глубокую и зловещую историю, способную зацепить до самого конца. Будьте готовы к тому, что после прохождения вы долго будете думать о том, что увидели.

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short but pretty fun. got through it in half an hour. imo not the hardest but if you like puzzle/args and hacker movies its pretty good, just dont expect anything mindblowing.