Enclosure 3-D

Fun and quick AGI game for adventure fans

What a pleasant surprise this was! I love the old Sierra games, and this one had all of the charm of those games but with an awesome parallax 3D scrolling effect that blew my mind! I really love the way Enclosure's artists turned the old Sierra 2D style into 3D, and I would LOVE to see the earliest Police Quest/Space Quest/King's Quest games given the same treatment. The game it self is a pretty easy (and short) Agatha Christie-like murder mystery/whodunit set in an Arctic base, with nods to movies like The Thing and even Alien (sort of). I finished with full score in about 4 hours without much help and the twist ending wasn't much of a surprise, but overall I had a lot of fun. Plus the nostalgia factor of playing an 80s-style parser-driven adventure game again was great. Give this a try if you have an appreciation for Sierra's oldest games and you want to play something similar, or you like an intriguing whodunit story with a pinch of suspense and you're willing to endure the old-timey design to experience it.

While short the game is pretty good and unlike the Sierra adventures this game was inspired by the puzzles make logical sense. The writing, while not mind blowing, is competent. The controls are a little clunky and I am not convinced the "3D" actually does anything. Overall I rather enjoyed this game.

Probably the best game I've played since Police Quest (EGA) a few decades ago. It's sad that it didn't make my internal speaker beep. But other than that a fun game that gives my keyboard a good workout. Recommended. :)

A fun, atmospheric game in a retro style with a gripping story: recommended!

I've just played through ‘Enclosure’ and had so much fun with it. I grew up with old Sierra adventure games, but ‘Enclosure’ doesn't reach their level of difficulty, so don't worry about getting stuck to often. But since you can (and will) die, to save often is still a good course of action. In terms of the setting, the game is of course reminiscent of John Carpenter's ‘The Thing’, and that's by no means a bad inspiration. Without wanting to give too much away, the story doesn't move in the direction of sci-fi body horror. Like I said, I had a lot of fun with the game over the 4.5 hours I needed to complete it, and the 3D effect that can be switched off is also a cool new feature. Even though the dialogue and the ending are far from perfect, the game is highly recommended and would be well worth the money. But for free it's a must for every fan of old adventure games!

"Enclosure 3-D" is certainly a clever idea, nobody could deny that, but nobody stopped to ask if it's a "good" idea. This is basically a ripoff of Sierra adventure games from the mid 1980s, only slathered onto some low poly environments. Gameplay is the same, however, you just go on a bit of a retro adventure, and removing the quirky 3D look, this isn't really as good as spinning up some of those ancient abandonware games instead, if you're looking for a retro experience. The graphics in this game are passable, but could be better. Yes, they do authentically reproduce the look and feel of those 1980's sensations, but it's 2025 now. And while it's vital for any game to have impressive visuals (gaming is a visual medium, after all), there's more to a game than just the graphics. To be worth a gamers time, the game must match top tier visuals with top tier gameplay, and that's not happening here. On the matter of pricing and value for gamers, most "free" games on Steam aren't really free. There's often nasty mobile app cash shops, or content locked behind DLC, or donations being requested, or any other number of shady pricing schemes that could mislead gamers, but in this case I'm glad to say this really does appear to be a fully free game. Nothing demonstrates a developers belief in themselves and their work than giving it away without any remuneration. This is a service to themselves, and the gaming industry, and should be applauded. Of course, just because something is free, doesn't necessarily mean it's valuable, or something you might want to spend your time on. Even though this is "free", it failed to appeal to the 120 million+ gamers on Steam. SteamDB showed the game peaked at only 4 concurrent players... this is a dismal public reception. This was so bad they couldn't even give it away. Bearing in mind that free games don't add +1 to your game collector count, should you bother adding this to your library and downloading it? This is a "maybe" experience... if you have a lot of free time on your hands and nothing else to do, why not? But for the purposes of a review, this isn't something I can say everyone must try. It's not quite there. Valve doesn't give us a "maybe" option in reviews, but if they did, that's what I'd choose for this.