ESCAPE SITE 13

[h1] Аномалии и баги [/h1] В горе, наподалёку от Чунциня внезапно появилось здание. Оно обрушило склон горы и с шоссе неподалёку можно увидеть вход в это здание. Само собой, никто эту гору не пытался перестроить – постройка просто появилась в ней. Чтобы узнать, что произошло, на место был отправлен специальный отряд. Но вскоре этот отряд перестал входить на связь. А за ним – второй, и третий. Четвёртый отряд под руководством агента Лю прошёл специальную проверку на взаимодействие со сверхъестественным, а также получил в пользование артефакт «Сердце гиганта», который распознаёт наличие живых существ неподалёку. Оперативники должны спуститься в странную постройку, найти хотя бы следы своих сослуживцев и понять, что тут происходит. Escape Site 13 очень умело работает с лором SCP. Непонятная постройка, которая возникла в горе принадлежит организации, исследующей различные аномалии. Ряд самих аномалий содержался в лабораториях этого учреждения, но из-за неизвестного ЧП они вырвались на свободу. Музыка, различные фоновый звуки, многочисленные записки – всё умело передаёт атмосферу. Аномалий немало и взаимодействие с ними различное. Не стоит ждать от игры боёв – даже когда главный герой берёт в руки оружие, вскоре он с ним добровольно расстаётся. Его основное орудие – ум и наблюдательность. Нужно будет решать различные головоломки и принимать решения очень быстро. От некоторых аномалий надо убегать, другие – рисовать, с третьими – вести правильную беседу, чтобы выжить. Столкновение с каждой аномалией уникально и требует персонального подхода. По комплексу раскидано немало записок и зацепок, которые помогут в расследовании произошедшего. Нередко, перед тем как перейти на новую локацию, игра потребует закончить одно из расследований. Понять, как эта постройка оказалась в горе; или какая аномалий причинила вред в определённой области; что нужно сделать, чтобы остановить сверхъестественное создание. Выводы по этим расследованиям нужно делать, основываясь на собранных уликах – в определённой панели совместить несколько улик и, если они подойдут, главный герой сделает вывод. Игра оставляла только положительное впечатление... до поры, до времени. Пока я не стал сталкиваться с багами, которые полностью не позволяли продолжать игру. Не сработал какой-то скрипт – привет, новое прохождение. Перезагрузка последнего сохранения не помогала. Причём работы над их исправлением не ведётся – последний раз что-то было слышно аж в январе. Escape Site 13 – это атмосферное приключение, полное разнообразных головоломок, но пройти его до конца невозможно из-за багов. [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/11769719/]Заглядывайте в группу кураторов, если понравился обзор. [/url]

Amazing adventure game set in a fictional universe of strange anomalies and creatures that evolves into a much deeper story. You play agent Liu, who is sent to the Mausoleum, a mysterious structure discovered within a rock somewhere in China. It appears to have been "transported" there from another location on Earth because the surrounding nature does not fit the China wilderness. After losing communication with the original team sent inside to investigate, you and your two squad members must now locate possible survivors and uncover the mystery of this location. The game is set in the fictional SCP universe and references to case SCP-1730. There is a lot of material available online, so you can read it before playing the game to gain some context. However, this is unnecessary because the game and your primary tool, the tablet, will provide you with plenty of information. The tablet has all you need to know. It is packed with backstory and will reveal new entries as you progress through the game. The amount of text is really incredible, and involves experiments, entities, religion, and gods. Entries are organized into folders such as notes, anomalies, posters, and so on. Each new entry will be labeled so you can find it easier. Art is also very good, starting with generic facility and slowly turning more otherworldly and weird. Because the game was developed in China, there were some concerns regarding the translation, particularly given the large amount of text with terminology and descriptions that can quickly become a nonsensical wall of text. I am pleasantly impressed that the translation and story are excellent. Another nice element is that the characters have voices. English is not available, yet the language makes sense given where the game takes place. Controls are straightforward because the game is based on experience and atmosphere. Aside from walking and interacting with hotspots, your only other skill is to jump, which allows you to deal with simple platforming challenges. When you get close enough, interesting areas are marked with a white diamond, and because you are primarily limited to going left or right, they are hard to miss. There is just one default action per hotspot. You will either push something, use it, or get a closer look. Most hotspots merely include a comment from the main character. They appear in the shape of thoughts. The rest consists of clues and tablet entries. When you get everything you can from a hotspot, it loses its interactivity and diamond icon. Clues are stored on your tablet and do not take any effort. At some points, you will need to insert the correct ones into squares and make a deduction, although you can try as many times as you want. There are some logical puzzles and glyph tracing, but most challenges involve finding something nearby. The facility is not safe. One of the threats is displacements, which might cause your head to explode or keep you stuck in time. Then there are a couple of chase and stealth sequences. Fortunately, there are rare and death is not a big concern because the game makes a checkpoint right before you die and allows you to quickly continue. However, a checkpoint does not save the game. If you do not want to lose a big chunk of progress, you have to finish the entire section or until you see a “saving” message. One small critique will matter if you are a completionist. Because the game is primarily linear, you can walk through a specific door and move the story forward without getting the chance to explore. Also, in some cases, you can pick between two approaches. The game will continue to its intended ending, although you may miss a tablet entry. Fortunately, you unlock a feature near the end of the game that lets you return to previous sections. Everything you’ve collected so far will stay, so you can try finding the missing entries. The bad news is that you have no idea where those entries can be found. Another bad news is that some achievements appear to be broken; I'm almost positive I did them, and the completion percentage is zero. There are no visible bugs. A handful of speech bubbles are not translated and one interaction shows letters at an incredibly slow speed, but the rest of the game plays very smoothly.

The lore and writing/translation is interesting and solid. The art is quirky but suitably gloomy. Unfortunately on Steam Deck, there's a spot where you right a large robot, where the game slowed, dropping frames, which was fine, but then I got frozen in place, even though animation of the robot continues. When the game slows like that, it also becomes impossible to ascend stairs, as the animation just shutters from left to right. So I missed one optional area. No big deal for me there, but possibly a problem for achievements. Mysteriously on the fourth try against the robot it didn't glitch there. So I progressed through some interesting stuff (avoiding spoilers too much) , and I defeated a large monster, and was supposed to choose from spooky words. The words are sometimes next to each other so closely that it glitches and doesn't show them, vibrating the cursor. In one case I was already selecting one for several moments when a second appeared next to it causing me to select the new one. One instance had both sayings overlapping the same place, preventing me from reading either or choosing the bottom one. After 6 full retries, I gave up. Another Let's Play shows this problem on PC as well. It was kind of interesting to try to choose the correct words, but having even more random chance of failure because of a glitch was too frustrating. Happy to change my review if this last glitch is fixed.

It is a good game overall. The Chinese voice acting is strong and does an excellent job of setting the tone (English subtitles available). However, the game would benefit from trimming excess content and adopting a tighter pacing. The full experience takes roughly eight hours to complete. (I played it for half then then I watched a video about it. It has really too many uneventful sections for my taste.) It opens with a long walking-simulator section focused on exploring environments and collecting documents to read. Then this is followed by a maze-like segment that again revolves primarily around navigation and document discovery. Only after roughly the first hour does the game transition into its more eventful and engaging sequences.

I found this to be an interestin' take on the SCP formula. It's a side scroller with horror elements. It has voice actin' but not in English. That is a bummer but it is subtitled. I like the graphic style as well. The colors pop. Not usually thing in the horror sphere. I didnt get too far but am still intrigued. The price tag may be a bit much to some, however. I'll give it a thumb up for the intrigue. Gameplay Impressions: https://youtu.be/nnyFUyNGB7U