The Temporal Invasion

This is a game that challenges you to solve a series of puzzles and mysteries that span across history, science, and conspiracy. You will need to use both in-game tools and real-world resources to find the clues and uncover the truth. The game is a modern take on the alternate reality game (ARG) genre, blending fiction and reality in an immersive way. The game has some pros and cons that you should consider before buying it. Some of the pros are: • The game has a compelling story that will keep you hooked and curious. • The game has a variety of puzzles that test your logic, creativity, and research skills. • The game has a low price and a high replay value, as you can try different paths and solutions. Some of the cons are: • The game has some technical issues and bugs that can affect the gameplay and immersion. • The game has some unrealistic and confusing elements, such as the delivery of information and the lack of explanation for some puzzles. • The game has some clichéd and predictable aspects, such as the use of common conspiracy theories and historical events. It is not perfect, but it is worth a try if you are looking for a unique and challenging experience.…

The Temporal Invasion is certainly a fairly unique game on Steam, but being unique doesn't mean it's "good" by any stretch of the imagination. This is sold as an "Augmented Reality" game, but before you start thinking about real world interactions like Pokemon Go, this is much dumber than that. What it means is you need to use your web browser and google stuff. Like, you know, a walkthrough for the game. Or, more likely, try googling "How do I uninstall The Temporal Invasion?". The implementation here is really shoddy, it might as well be a browser game. Following this along, the developer makes the ridiculous demand that you should play the game in windowed mode, because then it's easier to use your web browser. But wow, what a crap gaming experience that results in. Especially considering one goal that games should always aspire to is "immersiveness". From a technical perspective, the game doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard. While there are options to change the resolution for the game, all this does is scale up the simplistic 2D art assets used to make the game, which makes little or no difference to the graphics quality. …

Solve mysteries basically, sometimes the hints are a bit off and confusing but other then that relaxing game to play

Very interesting premise, but holy crap is the game janky. And this is coming from someone used to the jank level of Slavic games.

I enjoyed the first two puzzles but then it didn't seem to increase in difficulty and became repetitive very fast. I might have stuck around if I enjoyed the writing or story but found it personally very lacking in both areas. I suppose maybe this could be for a lower age group though because the conspiracy story paired very beginner level arg puzzles feels odd.

The Temporal invasion is an extremely extensive ARG, in the form of an internet scavenger hunt. When new, I would have recommended this game. However, after almost 8 years, it's becoming very difficult. Many custom webpages that were set up for it are no longer easy to find, and some news stories have been forced far enough down it's gotten much tougher. Also, I had a huge problem with the video sections being too grainy for me to be able to properly interpret them.