Recent reviews by Slartibartfast

Phenomenal game. A stressful and interactive The Day Today, worth playing through a few times as the game changes with your choices. The writing and humour is top notch and whilst it is brief at the moment, there is so much potential here. I cannot wait for the next episode!

Absolutely indispensible. Fantasy Grounds has helped with both play at the table and online. Whether I'm using a projector to provide battle maps for players around my table, preparing for my game offline, making and managing my own content or playing remotely. The automation is fantastic, though it does take some learning to get everything working. I'd recommend fantasy grounds to anyone who plays D&D. I got the ultimate license and do not regret the decision.

My only qualms can be that the purchased content can be somewhat tricky to manage in play (lots of windows) and that the connection system is pretty archaic but Fantasy Grounds Unity will likely fix it. Absolutely worthwhile even if it means buying my books again, though you can copy the content over manually (but this would take alot of time).

As with many horror games, the true fear is in the anticipation of what is to come. Archimedes manages to capture that anticipatory horror and suspense very well. The puzzles and fourth-wall breaking tasks are novel and enjoyable though I never felt as though I came up against a wall at any point. (Which is a positive and a negative!)

For it's price it is a very enjoyable game, I feel like I got my money out of it and it only took around 75 minutes to finish. Which doesn't sound very long but given the price point I think that I got good value out of it.

The puzzles themselves are enjoyable but not so obtuse, the suspense is great though if I were unaware that the game is considered a horror game I'm not convinced that I would be as nervous as I was throughout. I wouldn't want to spoil the game but I did find that the 'reveal' was a little underwhelming and I think I would have liked to see more of the game actively trying to scare, perhaps another 20 or so minutes added on to the game would have been nice just to see more of the antagonist actively interfering with my actions or causing issues whilst solving puzzles.

That said, I consider this game to be a rough gem, worth the money and definitely something I would love to see more of. It whetted my appetite for more games which are ARG-like and I felt at the end like I wanted more. Certainly a better outcome than becoming jaded by what is going on and feeling like I was slogging through to the end to see the conclusion.

I thoroughly enjoyed the game but I'm left wanting more of this type of ARG-esque experience, the suspense was great but the reveal didn't spook me as much as I had built up, but maybe that's a testament to the atmosphere the game creates. All in all, if you like puzzles and mysteries, especially those that break the fourth wall and leak out into the real cyberspace I would wholeheartedly recommend the game. For the price point an hour's entertainment is well worth it and it has certainly left a hunger that I never knew I had. Cheaper than going to see a movie and certainly felt alot more engaging and involving.

As with games of this type there is pretty much no replayability, once you've solved the puzzles it's done. Great game, great atmosphere. If you're on the fence, and you think it might be your thing, give it a shot.