INDIKA

Визуально приятная игра с простенькими головоломками. Приятный русский дубляж. Это история без ответов, вызывающая еще больше вопросов в целом. Настоящая серая русская хтонь. В конце не хватает титра: «Режиссер — Алексей Балабанов».

You're not ready for the journey you go through in this game. There's a lot better left unsaid, because going through it is how you really feel the impact. When the credits rolled, I knew it was already part of my favorites. It's just the right amount of length to drive the point without wasting time, this gets a glowing recommendation from me.

[h1] Rough indie game experience, and a misinterpreted Russian Black Comedy [/h1] [list] [*] short experience with straightforward puzzles and platforming [*] flashback sequences are presented with a 2.5D retro aesthetic, with the aesthetic being a novel way to present climactic reveals - however, the upbeat visual style doesn't mesh quite so well with the dark subject matter [*] the story tries to explore its philosophical underpinnings within both the game design and the writing, but falls flat twice. [*] from a game design perspective, there are a few opportunities where the interplay of morality and temptation is used in the puzzle solving, however the overall gameplay is disjointed from the themes as a whole. piety is pointless, given the circumstances of the character; you technically have the option of not playing a la Spec Ops: The Line, but at no point in the game is there a "point of no return" choice; for some reason, platformer rage games are also "important" to the story in spite of adding nearly nothing to the story's themes or writing. [*] writing has two issues. the first is discussing is-ought problems of religion, which may be new for games but not for writing as a whole. the second failing is the use of young characters that argue theoretically, and without substance that comes from experience. [*] Indika is written like a made for TV film. the whole story seems to take off from a single absurd event, after which the story becomes a form of macabre wish-fulfilment using archetypal characters. good luck trying to determine character motivations from having so many unreliable narrators [*] runs acceptably from a technical perspective, but has odd framerate drops when loading new areas [*] checkpointing system basically doesn't exist - you can find significant chunks of playtime deleted if you quit to menu in the middle of a chapter, but the game is short and cutscene skipping is easy [*] softlocking bug for one puzzle that required a level restart - thankfully this caused less than a minute of progress loss [*] disappointing soundtrack that makes use of grungy beats for 'edgy' moments, and nothing much else [*] to the game's credit, no yellow paint is used to guide progression [*] a tough recommendation even on sale [/list]

«INDIKA — это не просто "странная прогулка", как её иногда называют, а глубокий, мрачный и невероятно честный психологический шедевр. Игра поднимает тяжелые темы, которые заставляют задуматься надолго. Одна из самых сильных сторон сюжета — беспощадное разоблачение религии как инструмента власти. Игра проводит гениальную параллель: церковные догматы здесь работают ровно так же, как деньги — это иллюзия, социальная конструкция, созданная власть имущими для контроля над "послушным стадом". Настоящие демоны в этом мире не рогатые чудовища из ада, а высокопоставленные священники чиновники и вся система . Они грешат, убивают, лицемерят и прикрываются "добром", пока система перемалывает души простых людей. Но гениальность INDIKA раскрывается через личную трагедию героини. История её детства и любви к молодому цыганёнку — это разбитое сердце игры. Её чувство было своего рода "иллюзией выбора": отчаянная попытка 15-летней девочки сбежать от участи, которую ей уготовил отец (брак со старым купцом). Но в момент истины, когда отец их поймал, она не смогла побороть животный страх. Она промолчала и сделала вид, что не знает его. Любовь оказалась слабее страха. Именно эта невыносимая вина, детские сомнения и сломленная воля раскололи её психику. "Бес" в её голове — это не внешний паразит, а порождение её же подавленного страха и боли. Многие ругают концовку за то, что она кажется оборванной на полуслове. Но это самое гениальное решение сценаристов! Финал не обрывается — он идеально подытоживает путь Индики. Момент, когда она осознает всю фальшь системы, срывает маски с "праведников" и принимает свою правду, становится моментом её исцеления. Ей больше не нужно бороться с собой. Бес исчезает, потому что она наконец перестает быть рабой иллюзий. Страх самый сильный инструмент давления на людей , животных... INDIKA — это тяжелое, сюрреалистичное, но необходимое произведение. Это история о том, как страх и догмы ломают личность, и как сложно, но необходимо найти в себе силы разорвать эти цепи. Однозначно рекомендую всем, кто готов думать, чувствовать и искать скрытые смыслы. 10/10»

Pomerne kratka pribehova adventura, ktera se odehrava u konce 19 stoleti v Rusku. Hrajete za mladou jeptisku Indiku, kterou ostatni povazuji za divnou a trpi "vidinama". Jako jediny ukol po nudnych pracich v klastere dostanete dorucit dopis a prave na ceste se odehrava cela hra. Cestou potkate trestance Ilju, kteremu odumira ruka a veri ze ho zachrani relikvie zvana Kudec. Behem hry navic odhaluje minulost hlavni postavy. 2d pixel minihry do te atmosfery moc nepasovaly. Nepochopil jsem jestli sbirani bodu a talentovy strom je bud nedodelanej, nebo slouzi jako narazka na RPG hry. Uplne o nicem. Celkove je hra uplne jednoducha, spis takovy walking simulator, minihry ala presun sem bednu jsou fakt rychlovky. Velmi jednoduchy achiev run na 100% - lze se dodatecne vratit dodelat pomoci vyberu kapitol. Cestina ke stazeni.

A philosophical fever dream is probably the best way to describe this game. I found the idea of the nun and the devil really interesting and it was the main reason why the game caught my attention in the first place. Unfortunately I felt like the concept could have been explored much further. Visually though, I thought the game was genuinely impressive. Especially later on there are some really creative designs and interesting changes to the environment that I enjoyed a lot Unfortunately the game didn’t manage to fully deliver on all of its interesting ideas. Especially towards the end I was a bit disappointed. The ending came very suddenly and didn’t really feel satisfying to me. Even so, it is still a very interesting and unique game with some really great ideas. It just didn’t quite manage to reach its full potential in my opinion.

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Sorry, can't find anything positiv about it - apart maybe from the (suprisingly) superb voice acting. Otherwise, it's an asset-flip trash: looks nice thanks to the engine, but has no substance. Painfully slow, no relevant gameplay, and even as a walking simulator it barely scores points, also due to the fact that the underlying narrative can only considered deep or thought-provoking if you haven't ever read a book. Can't even entertain from a "whacky/fever dream"-POV, as there was only a single wtf-moment (which was coincidentally also featured in the trailer) and the out-of-place video game elements (level ups, points) don't go anywhere. All in all, it was that boring and uninteresting that I couldn't be bother to finish it - despite it's short runtime of about four hours. Definitly not worth any time or money of yours. If like me you're initially intrigued by the untouched cloister-setting and the time periode - just watch the first level on yt to get over that initial curiosity, because the "game" never really evolves from those first minutes.

Eh, it's alright. Only about 3-4 hours of story. The puzzle are fun, but few. The story is ok. Honestly you wouldn't miss much watching a gameplay video.

Indika starts off atmospheric and intriguing and sets itself up well for an enthralling conclusion. Unfortunately it falls short in most ways. The story eventually becomes extremely bizarre and somewhat difficult to follow. The puzzles and 8-bit interludes are janky and frustrating. The themes it attempts to explore also become pontificatory and challenging to sit through.