Through Abandoned: The Refuge

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Thumbs up out of pure nostalgia as i loved this game series for many years and only recently got to play the final game. But honestly, it's pretty buggy and I recommend you follow a guide (found a nice one on steam) if you get stuck/crash a lot. A lot of the puzzles are very doable but then others don't feel quite worth going through (looking at you, piano puzzle). It bugs out a lot upon puzzle completion...so you'll be redoing some puzzles. I personally tried to solve puzzles myself the first time and if the game crashed after I did, i just looked at a guide to replicate the solution quickly. Not the way I usually like to play puzzle games but boy did crashes change my mind. If you're me and just really into the game world, then yeah it's worth suffering through crashes. if not, might keep your sanity by just watching a walkthrough. As far as I experienced, you don't need to do crazy file changes to get through the game, some patience and fast clicking out of a puzzle upon completion to avoid freezing. Also...don't take the crowbar immediately, you aren't able to grab it the first time you click on it for a reason...keep looking around...

Through Abandoned: The Refuge is a compact point-and-click adventure that places mystery, environmental observation, and puzzle solving ahead of action. As the third chapter in the Through Abandoned storyline, it continues the search for a missing twin brother across a strange network of parallel worlds. This time, the journey reaches the Refuge, an isolated place concealed between worlds where the player must investigate what happened, uncover pathways forward, and ultimately find a means of escape. The premise immediately creates a feeling of uncertainty, and the game largely trusts its environments to maintain that mystery instead of overwhelming the player with exposition. Developed by Igor Krutov and published by Conglomerate 5, the game stays faithful to traditional point-and-click adventure design. Exploration involves moving through interconnected locations, examining objects, collecting useful items, and determining where those objects belong. Progress is rarely about speed or mechanical skill. Instead, the player must pay attention to visual information, remember previously inaccessible areas, and recognize relationships between objects and mechanisms. This slower struct…

♥♥♥♥♥♥ game that can crash after every puzzle and you need to alt+f4 and check integrity of game files each time to fix it. Oh and then do the puzzle again. Yay, fun.

Okay, the first game was okay. The second game was aggravating. The Third game, was actually, surprisingly, very good. The puzzles MADE sense. The GREAT Art style returns, thank you. The puzzles WORK! The game only bugged out if you went to check on something on the side, so I can NOT Fault the game. The way EVERYONE is complaining about the hint you can completely miss from the beginning BOGGLES my mind. Just, be observant, or be like me and not click the literal thing holding up the entrance without exploring? It is a SECRET, not an absolute needed thing. YES, it is okay to be mad you missed it, but it is not the game's fault. This is EASILY my favorite in the series and a great ending for now, but still only a 7/10 which IS NOT bad, and the price being this cheep makes me happy. The CHEAPEST in the franchise but also being the best is great.

An average quest. I enjoyed some of the puzzles, while others seemed a bit odd. It went quickly and didn't evoke much excitement, but it was worth the time.