Desktop Explorer

Good game, similar to hypnospace outlaw, I liked the story and the puzzles felt difficult but never unfair

Very good. Tho...I have to say...This is kind of a game for grown up. The puzzles SOMETIME can be confusing,but by no mean as hard and esoteric as some others adventure games. Theres always kind of an obvious logic to it. The kind that,when you realise,your like: Omfg im so dumb. Thats so obvious. Plus...You always have your -friend- to help you with useful advice in times of needs. Game deserve its overwelmingly positive status. Love it. People whining on the forums have the reading skills of a pre-teenager.

Desktop Explorer is a quite fun concept, and I think that the execution is quite strong on the puzzle front. It is difficult to judge a game based upon the puzzles, because their difficulty is dependent on the person doing them! (For my money, only two or three puzzles here were quite hard. Other than that, its coasting.) Where this game shines for me is the vibes. And the vibes are truly *[u]Chefs kiss[/u]* If this had a mode where I could just put one of the desktops on and chill out with the music, chunky ui, notetaking app, that would be very rad. Moving past the presentation, the structure of the game is pretty straightforward. Each pc user profile is a different chapter, and they tell a story of a family all together. Milage will vary, but I found one quite good, and one quite whatever. I think that the story the game is telling goes to some interesting places, but [spoiler] the story is fundamentally a difficult thing to tell, and the game doesn't land it.[/spoiler] [spoiler] The thrust of the story is a family that has fallen apart i guess? But the actual text of the game doesn't really make this clear, and in fact the characters relationships are a bit murky. [/spoiler] Anyhow, the game runs well and only had one issue with the actual performance of the game. In the arcade, I had a wonky camera trigger. Still, it was absolutely playable and was no hinderance whatsoever. In conclusion, great vibes, fun puzzles, interesting story that doesnt nail its landing. Very much a good game to hammer through over the weekend.

I've been looking forward to this game since the first look I got of it many years ago at PAX, and I'm so happy to report it has not disappointed me even one little bit. A fantastic bit of deduction horror, with snippets of narrative in devastating ways. 10/10

Haven't finished yet but there is a LOT more to this game than I was expecting. Puzzles range in difficulty and get harder as it goes on, some of them were quite tricky but satisfying when I finally figured them out. I'm honestly surprised by the variety of puzzles in this game and just how much is packed into the game. Love the story so far and the creepy atmosphere. For fellow fans of games like Hypnospace Outlaw, I'll say that this game is even better.

I enjoyed the first act, but they changed the whole game in the second act with the slog that is the NextRooms. I found myself stuck in certain places on the first floor with a bunch of details that do not help me. If there's details I'm missing, I'm just gonna chalk that up to not being able to make the Nextrooms screen larger. Meanwhile, PIzarro is useless by saying things like 'did you know you can erase things?' I had to wait so long to get the right fish colors to spawn on that screensaver, and it was just extremely unsatisfying to the point where I'm just taking a break from this. I cannot recommend a game that goes from a bunch of fun little ah hah moments with the puzzles in the beginning to an experience of waiting for the last two damn fish to show up. I dunno if I'm just unlucky, but that is some straight BS.

Such a good game with lots of depth, and uses the fear of the unknown very well. I would 100% recommend to someone who loves puzzle games.