Quadrant

Until the third and the final chapter, [b]Quadrant has been a good old-fashioned horror game I'd like to love[/b]. There are not so many indie horrors I know that are the same thrilling, atmospheric and interesting to dive into as Quadrant was like. [b]But there is a bad ending to a good start[/b]. [h1]Pros[/h1] ● [b]Great thrilling atmosphere[/b] which sometimes makes you feel goosebumps. Sound design and the darkness all around as well as the hallways with low ceilings make you feel uncomfortable. What makes you even more uncomfortable is that until a certain point in the game, you don't see the danger directly, but hear about it on the walkie-talkie from your comrades and see some evidence of it. One by one, you're left alone with the danger, and that's the moment you start feeling a real fear. ● [b]Reading the notes in order to find out more about the situation happened in this laboratory is interesting[/b]. It's a bit odd to praise a game in which such things should be interesting a priori, but this is – in fact – a rare thing for indie horrors if not for horrors in general. ● [b]Stealth mechanics and non-trivial puzzles[/b]. There are many office levels you which could m…

I remember watching the gameplay of this on YouTube nearly a decade ago, CJU played it. And back then I thought the atmosphere was fun. Randomly found the game in my library recently and decided to give it a spin for myself. Finished it and meh. It's janky, buggy, terrible optimization, barely anything is explained. It's a chore to play basically. Far better indie horror games out there for sure.

There are a lot worse indie horror games out there, but there are also a lot better ones as well. In an overcrowded genre like this, it's tough for me to recommend Quadrant. The game starts off ok, but toward the end the devs completely lost steam and you're just running constantly through long hallways and tunnels. Should've abandoned the third chapter and squeezed some of its material into the back half of chapter 2. All the effort into developing horror gameplay (fuse collecting, light puzzles, and varying level objectives) kinda goes out the window and the game becomes far more boring. I will say that the game's story is better than a lot of other incomprehensible game stories, and the voice acting is good- not great, but there were no cheesy lines and delivery that I recall. There's more I could say, but ultimately if you're that interested in Quadrant I'd just watch a letsplay.

~ DIFFICULTY ~ 🔲 My 90 year old grandma could play it ✅ Easy 🔲 Normal 🔲 Hard 🔲 Dark Souls ~ GRAPHICS ~ 🔲 MS Paint ✅ Bad 🔲 Meh 🔲 Graphics dont matter in this game 🔲 Good 🔲 Beautiful ~ MUSIC ~ ✅ Bad 🔲 Not special 🔲 Good 🔲 Eargasm ~ STORY ~ 🔲 This game has no story ✅ Like playing Temple Runners for the story 🔲 It's there for the people who want it 🔲 Well written 🔲 Epic story ~ PRICE ~ 🔲 Free 🔲 Underpriced ✅ Perfect Price 🔲 Could be cheaper 🔲 Overpriced 🔲 Complete waste of money ~ REQUIREMENTS ~ 🔲 You can run it on a microwave ✅ Average 🔲 High end 🔲 NASA computer ~ LENGTH ~ 🔲 Very Short (0 - 3 hours) ✅ Short (3 - 15 hours) 🔲 Average (15-50 hours) 🔲 Long (50-90 hours) 🔲 Extremely long (90-110 hours) 🔲 No ending ~ FUN ~ 🔲 I'd rather watch paint dry ✅ Hard to enjoy 🔲 Repetitive 🔲 Actually pretty amusing 🔲 Ride of your life ~ REPLAYABILITY~ 🔲 It's a one-time experience ✅ Only for achievements 🔲 If you wait a few months/years 🔲 Definitely 🔲 Infinitely replayable ~ WORTH BUYING ~ ✅ No 🔲 Wait for sale 🔲 Yes ---------------- Quadrant attempts to present itself as a deep and …

Played for over an hour and got bored.

Recommended for liker of this genre, considering walking SIM, Adventure, some horror and a bit clubbing but quite rare in occasions, don't expect much of graphics as it does remind a bit of a Half-Life mod with with regards to its built, voices, underwater sequences with near sound of HL, some horror intakes, stealth or run like hell, solve puzzles with use of ancient language and following flickering light for clues or collectibles, sound and atmosphere makes a good ambient and I enjoyed a certain variety. I didn't manage to get all 6 collectibles as being lacking one Alien transcript, heck knows where this has been as some places are too dark and being forced to stealth does not give the right combo for finding things despite of being looking thoroughly, anyway- I had my joy for a few hours.