

Jacob
Duck Duck Zeus · 2016 · Free to Play, Indie, Casual, Strategy, Puzzle
PC
Mostly Negative37% · 101
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About Jacob
Jacob: a free and simple puzzle game/experience with a scientific twist - it's evidence-based, using research on societal inequalities to determine game difficulty.
Features
• Incorporation of real research findings into gameplay - a simple control scheme with quick play-through.
• Leaderboard - players build a population of scores which reflect socioeconomic difficulty, game skill, and random chance.
• Awe-inspiring silhouette landscapes.
• Beautiful and uplifting soundtrack.
Features
• Incorporation of real research findings into gameplay - a simple control scheme with quick play-through.
• Leaderboard - players build a population of scores which reflect socioeconomic difficulty, game skill, and random chance.
• Awe-inspiring silhouette landscapes.
• Beautiful and uplifting soundtrack.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Jacob. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also Jacob's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realise that they're not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Jacob truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Jacob's existential catchphrase "Jacob," which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Duck Duck Zeus's genius wit unfolds itself on their computer screens. What fools.. how I pity them. 😂 And yes, by the way, i DO have a Jacob tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ …4 found this helpful
Jacob is an educational game developed by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, with the goal of broadening general knowledge of the concepts of sociology through the media of video gaming. What a terrible idea. The hamfisted attempt to "Just make a game about Sociology" works out pretty badly. The idea is that you have to build a ladder and climb as high as you can, but in possible one of the most clumsy analogies ever made, you're given a random start and random pieces, to demonstrate that life is unfair. Okay then. The technical implementation here is shoddy, with pieces that drag and drop inelegantly, and an obscure game design that you just have to work out (perhaps the lack of a tutorial is another hamfisted metaphor). This trash isn't making sociology better, it's just making gaming worse.2 found this helpful
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THIS GAME ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ SUCKSS!1 found this helpful
Игра "Jacob" - это атмосферное приключение, которое цепляет своей загадочной историей и визуальным стилем. Главный герой, Якоб, пытается разобраться в мрачных событиях своего прошлого, путешествуя по сюрреалистичным локациям, наполненным символизмом и скрытыми смыслами. Геймплейно игра представляет собой смесь point-and-click адвенчуры и хоррора с элементами головоломок. Задачи довольно сложные и требуют внимательного изучения окружения, а также логического мышления. Особую роль в создании атмосферы играет музыкальное сопровождение, которое отлично подчеркивает мрачность и тревожность происходящего. Визуальный стиль, выполненный в приглушенных тонах, добавляет игре уникальности и узнаваемости. Однако, стоит отметить, что игра может показаться немного медленной и затянутой, а некоторые головоломки недостаточно хорошо объяснены. Тем не менее, если вы любите игры с глубоким сюжетом, завораживающей атмосферой и готовы потратить время на разгадку тайн, то "Jacob" определенно стоит вашего внимания. Это не просто игра, а скорее интерактивное повествование, которое оставляет после себя долгое послевкусие.
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