Aethernaut

There are so many clever puzzles in here! I'm 2hrs in so far, and i've only experienced a fraction of what this game has in store for me! Very excited to finish Aethernaut in order to see where the narrative takes me.

It bangs.

Interesting game, but has some technical issues. Functions on Steamdeck, but Unity impacts performance heavily. Takes a long time to boot every time. Menu controls are buggy, sometimes moving down several options when you expect to move once, or changing the option again before moving off of it. In game, I think I averaged around 40 FPS, depending on where I was. Very few graphics options to change. Camera control is juttery and doesn’t allow precision. The game is clearly a “narrated by the developer” game, although maybe you can argue that it fits the character. The story is interesting though. The puzzle elements are very interesting, although it might be a little unintuitive until you understand it. I got stuck in an early room where a cube was imprisoned for its crimes, until I looked up the solution and figured out that purple is more powerful than blue, and proximity is important. After that, I liked solving all the puzzles up to where things open up more. After that, I followed a pathway to a new section where there are two puzzles bolted onto each other, and a new green puzzle element. Unfortunately, I restarted in the second puzzle, and the door behind me closed. I either have to figure out or look up the solution, or stay stuck there.

portal+ light matter +talos辺りのシステムだろうか。部屋の施錠されている先にあるアイテムを取得するのが目的。六角形のノードと呼ばれるアイテムをロックされているドアに設置し、ライトを当てて解錠して行くのが基本システム。ライトを当てる装置も基本的には重りでしかなく、色がついたキューブを装着して初めてライトが点灯します。この装置とキューブの分離と付け替えが、既存のパズルゲーを参考にしつつも、特徴的なシステムに仕上がっています。全部で９４レベルまであるプレイボリュームは評価出来るが、中盤から自身の行動を記憶してリプレイさせるタイムポータルが難易度を飛躍的に上げ、同時にバグの温床と化している。 [h3] ゲーム進行を妨げる数々のバグやタイムポータルや次元転移時のバグ [/h3] 異常に重すぎる。Talos2などを60fps切らずにプレイ出来る環境でもカクつきがひどい上にパズル部屋だとfpsも20とか30が平均なのばかり。マップの作りの甘さと崖登りアクションがシーケンスブレイクを発生させやすい。パズルに関係ないマップの装飾オブジェを踏み台に高台に移動出来ちゃったり、ジャンプを連打して装置を高台に無理やり設置、崖登りで無理やりゴールに到達出来ちゃう場面もしばしば。装置を持っていると崖登り出来ない、ジャンプ力が低下するとは言え、持ってるときだけでも完全にジャンプできないシステムか、崖登り自体無かった方が良かったのでは。 それよりも緑のキューブを使ったタイムポータルや次元転移のパズルのバグが酷く、パズルを解く為に、転移先でアイテムを移動していると、いつの間にか消失する。アイテムを拾ったけど、地面に置けない。ポータルに入った途端フリーズと言った、よく発売したなレベルのバグが酷かった。 バグのせいでリトライというパターンに間違いなく遭遇すると思うが、Talosクローンゲーとして多少粗さはあるものの、この手のゲームにしてはクリアまで２０-３０時間掛かるボリュームと難しさを兼ねているので、甘い評価ではあるがサムズアップでも良いかなと思いました。

非常不错的第一人称解谜游戏，关卡数量十足，几十个小时的游玩时间，制作方诚意漫漫，就是游戏存在一些bug，导致某些谜题正常解法过不了。非常推荐

I'd describe it as a steampunk Talos Principle with some Portal inspired puzzle elements (but it adds unique twists to those). Scant tutorial but part of the fun of puzzles is figuring them out yourself. Puzzles are not too hard though I've barely started. Great graphics, though they did almost max out the GPU utilization on my 512gb Steam Deck. Voiceovers and story elements need work.

Very much inspired by talos principle with a touch of lightmatter and a sprinkling of portal, classic first person puzzle approach. If you love those games, you'll at least like this. Be wary, it's janky. Performance is bad on good hardware, especially with the portal mechanic active. Graphics are...decently styled, but feel very 1999, and a lot of graphical bugs like one-sided textures and z-fighting. There's voice acting. It's not great, but the bar has dropped on that recently with a lot of bad voicing coming out, so I would've been more annoyed in 2022 than I am now. The time-portal mechanic kinda sucks, every game that has tried that type of mechanic (including my beloved talos principle 1) has failed at it, it's best avoided. The other mechanics are good. I like the combination of TP-style gear with LM-style beam width control. Some puzzles have unused gear, implying multiple solutions are possible. So, yeah, it's got a lot of problems, but a lot of good too. You'll get your $17 worth of entertainment if you like puzzly games.

It's clear how much effort was put into this, but ultimately Aethernaut is Portal without Portal's thoughtful learning ramp, elegant puzzles, or wit. I cannot imagine finishing this game.