Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller

replaying this game after years and anjoying it just as much as the first time

Within 30 minutes I had to stop playing. The writing was of a level below that of Tommy Wiseau. The characters, plot, and dialogue may have worked if done as satire but there's nothing witty or amusing about what's presented. The art and mechanical aspects of the game are unimpressive but serviceable. There's certainly worse out there but nothing is interesting, either. There may or may not be a decent set of puzzles under all this but the combination of mediocre visual design, weak mechanical design, and abysmal script make it impossible to engage further. There are better games with better art, better game engines, and better writing for the same price or less. Don't waste your time.

5/10 I can't recommend this game.

This is a good game with glitchy gameplay. Cognition plays as a classic adventure game splitted into 4 chapters, all accessible through a loader menu. You are FBI agent Erica Reed, you solve murders and other crimes with the help of your coworkers. They generally like you but some of the bosses might not. The game starts on a cemetery, in media res, trying to rescue your brother from a serial killer who likes to setup death traps similar to Jigsaw. There's more, you have psionic powers that let you see past events in some capacity. These powers are a very interesting addition to the game and are a key component of the setting and plot, they are not just a random mechanic. More powers are unlocked as you progress on the story. Voice work is great, the cases are interesting and varied, the characters are for the most part ok. The plot is the strongest point of the game. The first case is probably the most boring one, with a ton of office tasks like searching on a computer, printing evidence forms, and a main case that takes its time to pick up pace. Fortunately, each following chapter is just better than the last one. The second case features a gruesome killer, while the third one adds a new playable character that gives a much needed fresh air to the saga. The last chapter brings everything to its conclusion, there's a couple of last plot details that were highly satisfying. Now, I don't know if the game got broken in an update or what happened, but it's full of bugs. The art style looks good, it's a mesh of 2D painted backgrounds with 3D models for characters and active objects. Everything 3D on this game doesn't work very well. Erica will take ages to move to one place to another, slowly turning around, strafing instead of walking forward, and sometimes just inverse kinectics go wrong and she has epilepsy convulsions. It's a shame really, because the story is engaging and deserves at least one play. None of the glitched animations and characters will crash or softlock the game, but it detracts a lot from the very serious atmosphere when you are having a very tense moment and suddenly the animations break down. The other main issue, is that around half of the dialogues in the first chapter are unskippable. They eventually fixed it in later chapters, but the first one tends to drag a lot because of this. If you are ok with technical issues, take a chance to get into this adventure, otherwise avoid completely.

I liked this game a lot, interesting characters, an engaging story. I liked the puzzles, but many a time I was not able to solve them. If even the built in hints were not enough I turned to referenced video, but at the end traditional FAQ was more helpful https://www.magicgameworld.com/cognition-an-erica-reed-thriller-walkthrough/ Graphics are nice, I liked the style a lot. Nevertheless, don’t expect top notch animation. Music and voices were great. “Quick time events” are a bit annoying, but there are fortunately scarce. All in all, it is good game.

Ja, das Spiel hat Schwächen, vor allem was die Grafik angeht. Manchmal habe ich die Figur verflucht, weil sie so verzögert reagiert. Aber alles in allem ist Cognition ein gutes Spiel, das mich mehrere Tage lang sehr gut unterhalten hat. Vor allem die Psi-Fähigkeiten sind ein innovatives Konzept, das das Gameplay bereichert. Auch die Figuren fand ich - wenn auch mitunter sehr klischeebehaftet - gut ausgearbeitet und teilweise liebenswert. Hätte ich nicht vor kurzem "Foolish Mortals" gespielt, wäre das wahrscheinlich mein persönliches Lieblingsspiel dieses Herbstes.

Bardzo przyjazna komiksowa przygodówka. Stare już , ale daje rade doskonale.

Difficile de mettre une note positive a un jeu aussi buggé ! J'ai rarement eu autant de problèmes avec un jeu, et jamais avec un point and click... J'avais commencée ce jeu en 2015 et je l'avais vite arrêté a cause des Freezes et bien 10 ans plus tard rien n'a changé ! Freeze toutes les 15 ou 20 minutes, inventaire qui ne charge pas (au début de l'episode 1 ), point de localisation qui ne spawn pas ( episode 2, l'appartement de melissa), bug son, parfois c'est impossible de prendre un objet en avance ( a quoi sert l'inventaire dans ce cas ?) . J'ai hâte de voir ce qui m'attend pour les épisodes 3 et 4 (si je tiens jusque là) C'est bien dommage parce que l'histoire est sympa mais tout ces bugs gâche le plaisir d'y jouer.