ELEA

I lost the motivation to play ELEA when I died an hour into the game without even understanding I was doing everything wrong. I actually thought the game was finally taking off the moment I died. This is how abstract ELEA is (in a bad way). And apparently being pregnant makes it impossible to walk in a normal pace, you walk extremely slow. This was an incredibly frustrating experience and I do not intend to finish it. Don't even think about buying this buggy and unfinished crap on sale.

ELEA Positives: + Nice idea and interesting story + Fantastic graphics + Mostly nice atmosphere + Nice style and design + Very detailed environments + Good sound and music + Nice voiceacting Negatives: - All the nonsense parts that doesnt do anything to the story - Sometimes hard to know what to do next - Quirky controls - All the bugs and glitches - Bad facial animations - The flickering, blinking and other horrible effects that are highly unneccessary - Overly use of effects in general that make the game look worse - Very slow walking speed - The "ending" makes no sense - Very short length This could have been a great space walking sim, but it ended up in a bit of a dissappointment. Dont get me wrong, its still worth to play. But it could have been a lot better. Where is the rest of the game and story? It went nowhere. And be aware that some parts got horrible effects that a lot of people will find challenging to watch. Total Score: 7/10

ELEA is a narrative-driven science fiction adventure developed by Kyodai Ltd and published by SOEDESCO, presenting a deeply introspective journey through space, memory, and human fragility. Framed as a first-person exploration experience, the game places players in the role of River Elea Catherine Jones, a scientist grappling with profound personal loss and unresolved questions surrounding an interstellar expedition known as the Pilgrimage. Years before the events of the game, humanity faced extinction due to a mysterious disease affecting children, prompting the launch of a desperate mission to colonize a distant planet named Solace. River’s husband joined that mission and vanished without explanation. ELEA unfolds as River ventures into the remnants of that failed expedition, determined to uncover what happened and to confront the emotional void left behind. From the outset, ELEA establishes a contemplative and melancholic tone. The pacing is deliberate, often slow, emphasizing atmosphere over action. Rather than relying on traditional gameplay mechanics or combat systems, the experience centers on environmental storytelling and narrative immersion. Players explore spacecraft co…

This game did not work properly for me on Steam for PC. Motion was slow and at times worse. Several times the game glitched and would not display properly. I thought it was part of the game until I watched the posted Youtube video. My game ended about half way through. I never got to see Ethan's face or the elevator to the "control platform", etc. I saw "rebooting" several times then the game just ended. Overall, I just didn't enjoy it. I read a comment somewhere that it was not much different from the ending of "2001 Space Odyssey". Well, I didn't like that either and this was like the ending throughout the entire game. I paid $1.49 for it and it wasn't worth it.

The story begins with interesting strange, albeit epileptic and sometimes creepy hallucinations and memories of family, but then makes a sharp leap forward 20 years to the colonist to the ship sent to find people a new home without radiation harmful to children (causing uncontrolled outbreaks of violence), on which the main character seems to be trying to look for her husband, who disappeared on the previous ship, while sleeping with a childishly jealous captain, drugging a colleague to steal her authenticator, blocking his eldest son’s transfer to the same ship behind his back, after she left him and other “pleasant” things, and it all ends with an escape to the planet without the slightest answer to a bunch of questions with a planet-sized basis for a continuation, which, obviously, does not happen This would still be a good sad story about a family drama and a mysterious planet a-la the novels of Stanislav Lem, if not for one disgusting thing that ruins everything - the voice actress reads the text from a piece of paper absolutely unemotionally throughout the game, even in the moment when that same son calls and the ship’s robot notes “double pulse and strong excitement” 5/10 t…

Un walking simulator "sci-fi" trop perché pour son propre bien, où vous serez sûrs qu'aucune question initiée par le jeu ne sera répondu au final. Mention spéciale à la vitesse du personnage qui fait que vous allez moins vite qu'un nain unijambiste... A fuir même pour les fans du genre !