ROUTINE

Enjoyable but the [spoiler] underwhelming ending was extremely disappointing[/spoiler].

9/10 ROUTINE is amazingly athmospheric and genuinely scary. Also this is one of the best looking video games I've ever played. Can't believe so many people complained about the length, just look at the credits, there just wasn't a million people working on this. The Puzzles in this are great, intuitive but never easy and I must say, I genuinely enjoyed the backtracking because the games mazelike structure works even then. MILD SPOILERS: The Story became a bit predictable and vague in the end, the prologue cutscene seemed unnessecary and could've gone in a more interesting direction but in the end, I didn't play Routine for the Story and I don't feel like the game or the devs ever promised for it to be deeper than it is. I didn't go out of this trying to figure out the deeper meanings, or even plotholes of the story... just asking myself: what are these devs creating next? ;)

alright so, overall i would recommend routine. however, i have some issues with it that make it frustrating. there will be spoilers in here, im not going to spoiler tag them. first let me say what i liked about it... routine is very good at sound design and immersion. it felt like i was on the space station with all of the little sounds in the distance. it thoroughly spooked me and gave me anxiety, which i think they were going for. i liked the story overall but it felt kind of empty at the end. now then, lets get into it... theres no jumping which is ok, but they have this peeking system where you can peek up by standing on your toes, lean side to side, and go prone. these are not used in the game at all, you never have a situation where you have to go prone or stand on your toes for the plot or gameplay. and peaking side to side you ask? it doesn't hide you from entity A's line of sight. speaking of, entity A can see you even if you don't move while it is completely turned around. it has eyes on the back of its head or something because it doesn't need you to have it in it's line of sight to see you. also it can go invisible for some reason??? which i never interacted with. if i have to stand up, swap to a certain mod, aim the CAT at where the entity might be to see it... by time all that happens im getting seen 100% chance. think you're safe under the tables? NOPE it can grab under tables for some reason?????? it also one shots you for no reason, besides immersion i guess. the robots were ok to deal with since they weren't so sensitive to sounds, stay stunned for longer than 1 second when you shoot them, aren't invisible, take 3 hits to kill you, and don't HIDE IN DARK PLACES TO AMBUSH YOU (just because of immersion?) . but the robots are gone pretty fast and then you have to deal with the entity wandering around the majority of the areas for the rest of the game. which btw the entity can go into areas that have a save spot so be careful where you save lest you get softlocked. speaking of sounds... once entity A is out and about, don't run if you hear it nearby because that makes a ♥♥♥♥ ton of noise, because of immersion i guess. and then theres barrels and carts and ♥♥♥♥ that make a ♥♥♥♥ ton of noise when you bump into them, for immersion i guess. now let me tell you about the navigation... it kind of sucks. the world is very dark and winding, for immersion i guess, so sometimes there are hallways that are so dark that you can't tell that its there without turning to look at it. figuring out where i needed to go was generally ok most of the time, but sometimes i had no clue. and even if you know where you need to go sometimes the layout while dodging the entity gets very confusing. i had to look at a guide atleast 5+ separate times in the story just to figure out how to do my objective. which the objectives are also pretty vague sometimes, due to immersion i guess. which btw GOOD LUCK with that, everything is randomized for the numbers and puzzles so most of the guides don't work at all for those. using the CAT was a little annoying. having to swap the mods, degauss the CAT sometimes (for immersion i guess?), shooting the entity and the robot's cores was unintuitive with the screen grain on the CAT (because you're panicking and you have 5 seconds before the entity catches you and murders you), and how you have to click on a button to open up the menu where you can save/look at stuff you know about (because of immersion, i guess) also the battery system was slightly annoying, sure theres replacements a plenty but then why make a battery sytem at all?! immersion, i guess, but then there are times where you're blasting security doors and then you don't have a charge to stun the entity that appeared out of nowhere. also walking on the moon was cool, but making it suuuuper long, just for immersion i guess, wasn't fun. walking around is already slow enough because most of the time im scared and paranoid so i don't run so i don't aggro the entity and have to try again or run and find a suitable table for me to hide under and not get grabbed out of. the plot concept was interesting, but eventually it got repetitive. everyone's journal you find is like "uh oh im infected im already gone theres nobody here anymore", and you're still scrambling around trying to figure out door power location puzzles because everyone shut everything down, or so it feels like. and then to wrap up the story apparently right before everyone ventured into the canal they asked you to come help so you end up dying in vain and then more people come and die? so nothing gets explained or solved; just "the moon is ♥♥♥♥♥♥, don't go there or else you become this hivemind plant's food and/or become another entity (because theres two males and a female, and apparently they can have children????)"

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An amazing experience for those who enjoy world building and atmospheric horror. The only gripe I have is the ai's difficulty in the first half of the game could be higher but that's more than made up for in the second half. Make sure to read all the diary and email logs to help with puzzles and feel more immersed. Masterful audio and stunning visuals combine with interesting tool use (The CAT). The game was very immersive and interactive

Presentation 9/10 Performance 9/10 Visual 10/10 Sound Design 10/10 Story 9/10 Overall 8/10 Only Downside for me is the enemies. They are not challenging. I don't know if this is intended. Running around couple corners and they just simply give up chasing you.

Scariest game ever.