Magrunner: Dark Pulse

My first impressions are that it's a "fine" puzzle platform which, however, I'm not willing to keep playing. Puzzles are relaxing but a bit boring, nothing exceptional, not something that would convince me to play this instead of something else. Also, the game loop alternating each one or few puzzles with a monologue of some character always in the same small room is boring, and the story itself didn't excite me much. To sum up: beginning not catchy, rythm a bit boring.

[h1] THOSE LOVECRAFT INFLUENCES GO WAY BACK [/h1] With the 2026 release of Frogwares' The Sinking CIty 2, I thought I'd dip back into ye ole' catalogue of some of my favorites—crafted in a mostly peaceful world before a seemingly endless, illegal war in Ukraine :( Back in 2013 (oh crap, was that 13 years ago?...god help me), I was seriously impressed by Magrunner: Dark Pulse. So impressed, in fact, that I bought a retail PC box copy with a cool, full-color printed manual which still sits on my shelf today—you remember physical media, right? On the surface, the blending of a sci-fi universe with ancient Cthulhu mythos doesn't seem like something that would work. And then there's that horrific moment in the game, while standing in the middle of a sterile, Portal-esque test chamber with your Magtech Glove strapped to your hand ready to the solve the puzzle room in front of you, a slimy, tentacled thing disappears behind a wall panel while dragging a dead body across the spotless floor. It leaves a massive, bright-red blood smear behind. And then you realize: Yep. This works just fine. In my blog review at the time, I said: "When I come across underdog, derivative games like this that are engaging and immersive and just plain fun…well, this is what I live for." The whole (way, way too long and spoilery) review is linked below. Read it. Or really, just go buy and play Magrunner instead. https://wkduffy.wordpress.com/category/magrunner-dark-pulse/ Long live Frogwares and Slava Ukraini!

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Despues de años, habiendo jugado la demo en una ps3 hace mucho, pude ya comprarme el juego, y que puedo decir? Es un juego raro, el magnetismo funciona al contrario de la vida real, hubo algunos puzles que me costaron bastante para descifrarlos Este juego es como un portal, solo que con imanes, y en vez de GlaDOS nos enfrentamos a un sectario loco fan de Cthulhu A veces el juego parece corto, en otros momentos se hace muy largo, la actuacion de voz esta decente, pero por momentos derrapa un poco y los modelos de personajes... emm dejesmoslo como un "si", las expresiones no son las mejores, tampoco le podemos pedir mucho a un juego de ese momento. Quiza un remake no le vendria mal, pero casi nadie conoce este juego. No es la gran cosa, pero lo recomiendo, mas si te gustan los puzles no tan complicados, tengan buenos dias, tardes o noches

Не помню почему забросил игру, вроде игра не очень

I love it