BLACKSHARD

Worth every cent

It's like.... I don't know...

Visually amazing! The environments in this game look so cool, trippy, confusing and impossible. It is so creatively done and really feels like being stuck in a dream. Some areas made me stop and go "wow!". The atmosphere is immaculate-mysterious and slightly spooky, and the music lends itself perfectly to that atmosphere. Theres a bit of a story that's told through the discovery of "memory shards" and speaking to characters (only like 2 or 3 characters in the game i think). There's no voice acting which would have been nice but it also doesn't detract too much from the experience. Things that did retract from the game was the jankiness of it. Clipping through structures and getting stuck, running into invisible walls where they dont make sense, getting stuck in deep pits that i cant climb out of, falling through tiny cracks or holes in the floor. Thankfully there is a button that allows you to warp back to the last save point. I also experienced some very noticeable drops in framerate at times, but the game never crashed on me. I found that the walking pace was unbelievably slow. Like excessively slow. The sprinting pace was alright, except when you were trying to make your way down one of many many seemingly endless hallways that this game has, then it felt like you were barely making any progress at all. Overall its a bit rough around the edges at times but I'm still very impressed with what such a small team was able to accomplish. Glad i gave this a chance and I look forward to seeing what else this team can come up with. If I had to rate it I'd probably give it a solid 7/10, where definitely the visuals and atmosphere are the star players here. Theres no action in this one and no puzzles, also nothing to collect except memory shards. If you're not into walking simulators you'll probably have a bad time with this one but if like navigating your way around a really cool, complex labarynthine mega-structure, and appreciate visually stunning and interesting environments this might be for you.

This might sound a bit silly, but if I was marooned on a desert island with my pc (and a solar powered generator I guess) and I was told I could only take two games with me, I’d pick Blackshard and Hypnos. I’ve played 2.4 hours of Blackshard and in looking at the trailer of the game it looks like I haven’t seen 90% of the game - honest truth. Almost everywhere I go and every angle I look, it’s an awesome majestic showpiece. These two games (Blackshard and Hypnos) are well and truly the best experiences I’ve had. If only they were in VR??? I’m an old geezer and wouldn’t know how to do it myself, but I’ve heard that people have converted games into VR that weren’t originally. Can it be done with these two games? Please???

Truly an hidden gem if you like Megastructures and walking simulator games. Loved every single second

Awesome experience

This is such an atmospheric game, where exploring and experiencing the setting does so much work for the story, more through implication. Absolutely adored it.

Seriously, this is the strangest journey I have ever emabarked on. I know I'm lost, but I'm enjoying it. The graphics are dream-like (well, like my dreams anyway) with the decor like the towers I used to sketch up while studying architecture. Weird but enjoyable.

yo despues de tomarme el cloro que mi mama dejo en la cocina

Un voyage extraordinaire dans les Confins. Je me suis perdue pendant des heures, découvrant avec plaisir des zones à l'architecture sublime, bercée par une musique parfaitement en adéquation avec les lieux. Si vous aimez l'action, passez votre chemin ; ce jeu est pour ceux qui aime observer avec curiosité.