MysteryOS

egregiously loud, clunky, and all the written text is almost certainly AI (but there is no AI usage declaration?). black screens hard lock the player out of the game, changing the game volume doesn't change the startup volume so you still get blasted in the ears, and god why does it make the same sound almost every time you click? i could hardly stick it out to see if the design was interesting because of the aural torture and effortless slop writing. (i'll post a screenshot of some clear AI written content in the comments or discussion board)

blaah. sorry no. It's like trying to use game or software where there's some asian language as default. Doesn't feel "alien", only foreign. I have a dream of making a game or more of a art project, that is really alien, and absolutely no human logic, like a fever dream, so I know that the developer is trying to do with this. But it's too logical and humanlike.

Has potential as a puzzle game, but currently feels more like a checklist of tasks to be completed. Also has a number of black screen bugs that made it frustrating to progress.

I run Steam in a Flatpak on Fedora. The linux version won't start, and the Windows version plays no sound and likes to blank-screen in both Proton Experimental and Proton Hotfix. It looks like poor deployment, which is difficult to be charitable towards in the current sociopolitical environment. (Looking at the files it ships, I think it's a Chromium app.)

Pros: * Has the familiarity of a modern OS while still being foreign enough to be interesting * Minesweeper as one of the "applications" was a fun touch * The emails and files drew me in and made me want to know more * Nice to look at visually Mixed: * Puzzles felt a little more like a checklist, but I do chalk this up to the first level being shorter as a taste of what is to come Cons: * Sound at the game splash-screen is a pretty loud. I typically keep my system volume around 50% and it was still loud to me Overall an enjoyable experience, I'm excited to play through it a few more times and see what else I can discover that isn't necessarily part of progression (several achievements that I haven't gotten yet). It's nice that the first level is free to give players a taste of the game. Can't wait to see more :)