09-27-2015, 03:34 PM
* spoilers, you were warned *
I logged about 17 hours, good length for the game.
Where to begin? The environment was so immersive... that trek through the water at Tau was just amazing.
I like the fact that Catherine was with you... but she could only speak when you plugged her in. When you first find out she's going with you... I was like "oh no, another talking sword".
I simply loved the moment when you first find a mirror and check yourself out. Shocking.. creepy. The voice actor for Simon... perfect... sounded like one of my friends that was put into that situation... unaware of what was happening.
The level where you have to fix the elevator and you have to program the door circuit board... I was stuck in that office for SO long... but somehow I managed to lock the creature in the room next to the security office. I just walked (no, really -- I WALKED) to the elevator and fixed it. I might not have had any weapons, but I finally won one. This kind of mechanism would have been great elsewhere... the chance to lock them in a room would have been nice. ;-)
The guy that talks to you near the end and asks for your help... that seemed to pop up and go away as fast it appeared... I know there was the messages that came up on the displays often enough... but it just felt like boom and it was over.
The save system had a minor glitch... to save anytime I wanted.. I had to exit the game... I did this... ALOT. I appreciate the number of save points but I like to do it when *I* want to.
The end.. I suppose a few years ago I could have railed against it not being the "perfect" ending, but hey, Simon already did that (at least the copy of Simon that I played did
). It was how the story went... they would be copied and that's what happened (even though I did have the same thought that Simon did... I thought he would be moved not copied... sounds like a Windows problem. Heh.)
Masterful, Frictional. Thanks, what an experience.
I logged about 17 hours, good length for the game.
Where to begin? The environment was so immersive... that trek through the water at Tau was just amazing.
I like the fact that Catherine was with you... but she could only speak when you plugged her in. When you first find out she's going with you... I was like "oh no, another talking sword".
I simply loved the moment when you first find a mirror and check yourself out. Shocking.. creepy. The voice actor for Simon... perfect... sounded like one of my friends that was put into that situation... unaware of what was happening.
The level where you have to fix the elevator and you have to program the door circuit board... I was stuck in that office for SO long... but somehow I managed to lock the creature in the room next to the security office. I just walked (no, really -- I WALKED) to the elevator and fixed it. I might not have had any weapons, but I finally won one. This kind of mechanism would have been great elsewhere... the chance to lock them in a room would have been nice. ;-)
The guy that talks to you near the end and asks for your help... that seemed to pop up and go away as fast it appeared... I know there was the messages that came up on the displays often enough... but it just felt like boom and it was over.
The save system had a minor glitch... to save anytime I wanted.. I had to exit the game... I did this... ALOT. I appreciate the number of save points but I like to do it when *I* want to.
The end.. I suppose a few years ago I could have railed against it not being the "perfect" ending, but hey, Simon already did that (at least the copy of Simon that I played did
). It was how the story went... they would be copied and that's what happened (even though I did have the same thought that Simon did... I thought he would be moved not copied... sounds like a Windows problem. Heh.)Masterful, Frictional. Thanks, what an experience.
