The Shattering
Super Sexy Software · 2020 · Adventure, Indie, Thriller, Atmospheric, Psychological
PC
Very Positive86% · 33269Metacritic
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About The Shattering
You can’t remember anything. All you see is white around you. You hear a voice. You see a watch, swinging slowly in front of your eyes:
“I know you think everything is alright, but tell me, how come you can’t even remember her name?”
The Shattering places you in the mind of John Evans, where you struggle to piece together the fragments of your past and present. Not remembering is one thing, but what will happen when your mind leads you down the twisted path of fake memories in order to shelter you from the truth?
Follow the voice of the Doctor as it guides you deeper into your mind, and experience the key moments of John’s life that had defined and shaped him. Discover the truth, shatter the lies, find out what happened to John… and remember her name.
The Shattering is a first-person, story-driven, psychological thriller. Its defining features are the dynamic environments, beautiful aesthetics and intriguing story. There are no failure conditions in The Shattering, nor complicated puzzles. The gameplay is meant to submerge you in the mind of John, as you take each step forward into the twisted mystery of what had happened. A serene and emotionally charged soundtrack gives life to every single moment, while the visuals delight at every corner.
A rich and constantly evolving world taking place in the mind of John, where there are no limits or rules.
Beautiful and rich realistic environments painted with a pristine white aesthetic provide a original scenery that stands apart.
An intriguing story split into 4 acts that pieces together knowledge of the past and understanding of the present as you progress.
A sublime, gripping and intense original score composed for the story of The Shattering breathes live into each moment.
The Shattering is a work of passion coming from a small group of 5 close friends lead by Marta Szymanska. Super Sexy Software started in spirit in 2013, when the first echoes of The Shattering started to take form. The project began from studying the contrast of white and black in horror and culture. The core theme draws on the premise that horrors and fear can be achieved through embracing white and the absence of information, rather than darkness and the obvious, though unseen, enemy.
Over various iterations, the game took shape and the decision was made to work on it in every spare moment that could be found. With members of the team residing in Poland, France and Switzerland, they grew in experience and efficiency as the true spirit of the studio was born. As the game progressed, the developers and Deck13 met at a networking event and the synergy between the companies resonated immediately. A publisher was found, and all the ingredients to finish The Shattering were ready.
With the full development spanning multiple years, births and deaths, tears and laughter, the only joy greater than that of the journey together as one team and family, is the joy of seeing The Shattering take shape and be played by people around the world. We’d like to thank you, the player, for taking interest in our passion. We hope our story can echo out and reach gamers around the world.
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What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
I wanted to like this, and I do think it had potential, but it’s a thumbs down from me. I was intrigued about this one as reviews that I read were making comparisons to Layers of Fear, which I remembered enjoying back in the day. I was feeling pretty confident that this was going to be good giving the review score, but perhaps too high an expectation was part of why this fell so flat for me. The first thing I noticed was our narrator, assumingly a psychiatrist. By the early stereotypical imagery of a swinging pocket watch, it seems that our character is having hypnotherapy treatment. The narration kicks in and I just wasn’t really feeling it straight away. To me it sounded like someone putting on a voice, and I don’t think anyone will agree with this but it had tiny twinges of sounding like David Bowie in Labyrinth to me so I kind of had a hard time taking it seriously (which isn’t ideal in a narrative game). This wasn’t really helped by the “pretentious psychiatrist” trope it seemed to fall into at times. There were moments throughout the game he was talking and it just felt like someone waffling on trying to sound smart. It brokered a very “yeah, yeah, whatever” reaction from m…3 found this helpful
I wish there was an "Eh, Maybe" option instead of a simple yes or no. The game wasn't what I expected, which [b]can[/b] be a good thing, but it also wasn't what I [i]wanted[/i] which is less of a good thing. Was intrigued by the aesthetic design of the trailer and teaser pictures but in actuality it was a bit too blinding. I found myself wishing there was a way to lessen or outright turn off the instances of flashing lights, particularly combined with the brightness, as it was uncomfortable to watch and I ended up having to look away at some points. I wanted to be more sympathetic to the character - the trauma was impactful, sure - but I wasn't really given a reason to care about him other than simply being in his shoes. The voice acting was a bit too wooden to evoke a true emotional response too so I didn't really get invested via the other characters either. What really got me though was the story - or rather the distinct lack of a coherent one. [spoiler]I get that there's emotional and physical trauma going on over the years for our protag and that can do a lot to a person mentally, but there was too much left up to "mystery" to have a proper storyline to care about. It's fin…1 found this helpful
I very much enjoyed my playthrough. Good story and really cool aesthetic. I thought there were going to be more puzzles, but it was more of a point and click adventure.
Poor John. The only thing more predictable than his life, is this game.
Nice story ... I liked to act I more than the rest.
healed immense trauma that I have been dealing with
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