ENKI

Set in the dark, gruesome basement of a serial killer, ENKI is a horror title that is solely based around solving puzzles. You will have 30 minutes to figure out your escape route, and find all of the items that you need in order to do so. The game boasts a high replayability factor due to randomly generated item placement and multiple endings that depend on how much you've learned about your captor, his previous victims, and his occult interests. The set up for Enki is fairly decent, the basement that you're locked in is creepy and has a very obvious Satanic vibe to it. There are books on demons, alchemy, and sorcery scattered throughout the area, along with cryptic symbols and notes. You have 30 minutes to gain your freedom, and to do so you must solve easy puzzles; most of them simply involve finding keys, but some require you to find other items such as sharp nails, fuses, and large circular tokens. If you happen to find the certain key that unlocks the cellar prior to the end of 30 minutes, you will have made your escape; if you fail, you will ultimately die. It's a simple concept with a simple execution, but the random item placement does make the experience different every time. Once you know what you're looking for and where it goes, the game gets a lot easier. While the store page does talk about multiple endings, there are five, the only difference is the headline of the newspaper at the end; escaping with mild knowledge, all knowledge, no knowledge, and two deaths. There are fifteen total "collectibles", for lack of a better term, to find in order to piece together who the killer is; five drivers licenses for previous victims, five demonic books, and five pages about the murderer himself. This does add a bit more to the story, but not very much. More in-depth endings would've been welcomed. The last time I reviewed ENKI, I completely crucified it for its abysmal optimization. Since then, the developers released an update that fixed that. I'm happy to say that on my 6700k/GTX 1080 rig, I ran at a flawless 60FPS with full graphic settings, at a 1080p resolution. I cannot say with certainty that this patch will help lower end systems, or AMD builds; my last rig was AMD and ran this game so poorly that I never got out of the 25 FPS zone, even on low settings, and my hardware was current at the time. After a total re-evaluation, I'm happy to say that I can recommend ENKI now. Being able to actually see what you're doing in a fluid framerate really helps things, and the developer has even seemed to fix the random crashes that used to occur and totally ruin your run. The only real improvements here could be having the timer pause when you're reading documents or when the game is paused. Other than that, ENKI is a great little escape room title and escaping from the clutches of a serial killer in a timed environment does make for a rather intense gaming experience. It's sure to appeal to puzzle enthusiasts, as well as horror thrill-seekers. [h1]Rating: [b]4.0/5.0[/b] - Excellent, highly worth playing.[/h1] The Horror Network [url=http://store.steampowered.com/curator/28221963/]Curator[/url] | [url=http://steamcommunity.com/groups/thehorrornetwork]Group[/url] Click for Gore [b]The developer offered to provide a free copy of this game for review through The Horror Network's Curation page. However, the title had already been purchased previously.[/b]

Enki – это короткий хоррор-проект. Интересная игра с легкими головоломками и немного напряженной атмосферой. Сюжет: главного героя похищает маньяк-сатанист и бросает в подвал. Задача – выбраться из страшного заброшенного дома. Для этого нужно собрать предметы и решить несколько несложных головоломок. На всё это дается всего 30 минут. Этого времени хватит с лихвой, но если всё же застряли, то со второго раза точно осилите игру) Игра может напугать в первый раз, при повторном прохождении уже совсем не страшно. Все предметы генерируются случайным образом, но если внимательно осматривать комнаты, то проблем с поиском возникнуть не должно. Качество графики и оформление не влияют на атмосферу, а наоборот усиливают эффект. Игра очень тёмная и временами вылетает, но мне правда понравилось играть в неё! Добавить ещё несколько комнат, головоломок, подправить оптимизацию и будет вообще великолепно. Имеются коллекционные карточки и легкие достижения. В игре есть русские субтитры! Оценка 6/10 P.S. Советую покупать игру по скидке, так как 130 рублей дороговато для такой короткой игры.

Enki is a puzzle horror game, where you are trapped in the cellar of a serial killer and have to find a way to escape. Story: As stated before, in Enki you play as an unnamed person, who is trapped in the cellar of a dangerous serial killer, he has left you and will return in 30 minutes, so you have to find a way to escape as fast as you can. That's about all the story you get. You can collect things to learn more backstory, but I never understood how it worked and never learned more than what the game gives you. Graphics: The graphics in Enki aren't that bad, but there are some problems with it. I'll start off with the good. The environments are actually quite well designed and I liked walking around and looking at things. But that's where one big issue arises. The environments are way too dark and sometimes hunting for puzzle pieces becomes a pain in the ass. There are times when items are pretty big and you will spot them easily, but sadly some of the smaller items you might miss if they end up in a hard to see spot. Audio: This is the games strongest suit and it helps to build a solid atmosphere and paired with the time limit that is constantly ticking down makes the game quite intense. The jumpscares aren't that loud and are far and few between and when they happen they slightly catch you off guard, I actually quite liked the audio design. Gameplay: Enki is pretty much and escape the room type deal, you have to solve puzzles and escape your environments in the 30 minute time limit you're given and some of the puzzles I actually quite liked, like looking for medals throughout the environment and translating them into a code to unlock a door. Also the game has multiple endings to witness so there's slight replay value, but the one thing that gives it barely any replay value is the advertised random generated puzzles each playthrough. All this feature does is change the order of puzzles and item locations and in my opinion that is not enough to warrant another playthrough. The only replay value comes from the different endings, but to experience them all you can do it within an hour, since once you figure out what solution each puzzle requires you can quickly wrap up a single playthrough, even with the random generated item locations. Verdict: This is another situation where I wish Valve would give me a neutral option for a game, I don't really despise Enki, but sadly there's not much value in this package. The story is really unimpressive, not much replay value and overall the good puzzles and creepy atmosphere are not worth it alone, since a single playthrough lasts barely 15 minutes if you know what you're doing, however on a sale, I suggest giving this game a shot. Pros: + Creepy atmosphere + Good puzzles Cons: - Random generated puzzles don't provide any replay value - Some locations are too dark and make spotting items hard Final Rating: 5/10 If you liked this review please consider joining https://steamcommunity.com/groups/completingthebacklog and https://steamcommunity.com/groups/ImperialReviews

I was expecting this to be scary but it wasn't really. Just a shadow, loud hisses and doors slamming behind you. It was quite tense with the time limit. I beat the game with about 2 minutes to spare. From start to finish it's about 30 minutes but there's some replay value for achievements and different endings - I'll probably check them out. In a nutshell, the game is about escaping and finding objects scattered around the environment to achieve this. There's stuff to read as well. Short and sweet I guess - not every game has to be 20+ hours. I would recommend waiting for a sale. I got it for 69p - nice. It was definitely worth that. Cheaper than a Mars bar innit.

repita as run até conseguir escapar de forma perfeita. é perfeito para se jogar sem videos ou guias, pois isso lhe desafiara a saber se tem QI para o desafio. 30 minutos parece muito, mas imagina 30 minutos quando não sabemos o que esperar e que objetos usar. vale muito a pena pelo menos experimenta-lo

Кроту страшно, вырубай.

Not Recommended

You are kidnapped by a maniac and you only have a few minutes to get out of the building - and report everything to the police. The game in the "room escape" genre will test your reaction speed, your powers of observation and your ability to solve non-standard logical puzzles - when your life hangs in the balance. [b]Pros:[/b][list] [*]+ Difficulty [*]+ Trading cards for sale [*]+ Achievements [*]+ Good work with sound[/list] [b]Minuses:[/b][list] [*]- Optimization [*]- FPS drops [*]- Too dark places[/list] [b]Total:[/b] Quite an interesting puzzle, objects have a rule to change their position a little - but the meaning of the tasks does not change from this, like the codes. Therefore, after passing it several times, you can go to earn achievements. The game is not optimized a bit, there are freezes and FPS drawdown. The game has a story - but it is pretty much smeared on the wrists, so only those who will delve deeply into the game will appreciate it. Game on time - pass and forget.

I definitely enjoyed playing this puzzle type game, actually I replayed it twice :).

Gra logiczna na czas ale w otoczeniu jak z gier akcji z lekką szczyptą horroru. Gra z dużym charakterem i z klimatem, który się nam udziela, dając wrażenie gry akcji, mimo że to tak na prawdę gra logiczna. Ogólnie, fabuła i klimat bardzo nas wciąga i czujemy nieodpartą chęć aby pokonać trudności i uwolnić się. Gra na jeden wieczór (ale może być na trochę dłużej). Osobiście jeszcze kiedyś do niej wrócę (gdy już pozapominam drogę przejścia), bo to bardzo fajna, klimatyczna gierka zmuszająca nasz mózg do efektywnej pracy.