[h1]A tech demo, and an overpriced one.[/h1]
[b]Don't get this at full price, buy it on sale or try it on Itch.IO as others have stated, where it's free.[/b]
Fugue In Void is another in the long list of atmospheric walking simulators in an ever growing genre. I use the term "walking sim" incredibly loosely here because for even the very small amount of time it takes to complete this game, there's hardly any walking to be done.
The environments are some of your typical liminal spaces, ranging from almost desert-world beige landscapes akin to Kairo, to more industrial sections and light manipulated corridors with kaleidoscopic effects that take some inspiration from games like NaissanceE.
All things considered however, there isn't really a great deal to look at since most areas are tightly closed off with nothing in the immediate horizons to be seen. Any potential aesthetics are limited to exactly what's in front of you and that isn't really all that much to begin with because the detailing is fairly broad and not particularly abstract.
On top of that, each location is hurriedly jumped to and you'll likely spend no more than 30 seconds to a minute in any given area (save for maybe the first two or so locations). There's just too many fade to black sequences where the area and feel just completely changes to something different and unrelated to the last, or you're simply locked in place / boxed in a small room staring at something waiting for the next fade to black cut in order to carry on...all exploration is non-existent.
And the intro "cutscene" is 10 minutes, long, unskippable, and there's no meaningful context, explanation, or narrative linkage as to anything you're even seeing. When you think you're about to be introduced to a brand new area with larger landscapes in an urban city, the game just ends instead with a black screen that has to be forcibly alt-f4'd out of.
It only takes about 30-45 minutes to complete a run and you don't really even get to do anything in that space of time. There's a bit of incredibly mild walking through a street-like complex at the start but it's merely an A to B funnel with no different beaten paths.
I got it for £0.59 in the sale and I wouldn't go paying any more than that. This could have been a YouTube video and you could have gotten the exact same experience.
