STASIS: BONE TOTEM

Literally one of the best Sci-Fi/Lovecraft point n' click games ever made Writing. Gas. Acting. Gas. Setting. Gas. Everything else. GAS. Literal must-buy for anyone interested in a point n' click game with a unique story, sprinkled with clever puzzles throughout.

A top tier point & click game

首先说明，这个好评是给汉化补丁的制作者的，如果没有该作者，我对本作必然要打上一个差评。 且不论12国语言无中文，也不论在中文版上的出尔反尔，单说游戏本身吧。 首先风格上该组作品都是一个模子，一两部还挺邪典有点意思，玩多了就纯粹是重复，缺乏变化，本作大多数场景十分黑暗，背景贴图绘制也十分粗糙，不仔细分辨都不知道是什么。 然后是关卡设计，一层一层往下下，中途场景、套路基本没什么变化，感觉很大程度上是为了水时长，至少一半流程可以砍掉。 最后是剧情，西方游戏主角是不是一定要有心理创伤，家庭悲剧啊？不带点这个是不是不会写剧本啊？玩之前还奇怪为什么会有个成就是全程不跳对白，玩完了才知道，对白写的跟老奶奶的裹脚布一样又臭又长，而且在对话时无法进行任何操作。全程叽叽歪歪，一半以上的对白毫无意义，走两步一句痛苦啊再走两步一句勇敢啊，甚至还不如美式碎嘴子，碎嘴子烦归烦好歹氛围轻松，本作纯纯的无病呻吟。

Almost didn't get to play the game due to some initial issues related to the Unity engine, but stuck w/ it and enjoyed a wonderful game. Great successor to the original Stasis game (same universe, different characters). I enjoyed the writing, dialogue, plot, characters, voice acting, atmosphere (!), wonderful visuals, and great blend of sci-fi and horror. I must not be good at problem-solving b/c I had to look at the walkthrough in the Manual more often than I would have liked, but that could be a me-problem more than a game-problem. Constructive criticism would include...well, not much. Moses moved interminably slowly. Mini-map and fast travel might have been useful at times, due to backtracking. Also, at the conclusion of the game, the in-game Achievements showed what I received today, but outside the game Steam didn't show the last 4 Achievements as unlocked; a small annoyance. Original troubleshooting forum post follows: I almost couldn't get the game to play at all initially. I'd hit New Game, get the quote, a black screen...and after a few minutes, not only did the game crash, but it forced a restart on my Mac (2024; Tahoe 26.5.1 latest OSX...). This happened 3x and I was close to asking for a refund...but then on the 4th try, everything loaded correctly and I was free to enjoy a great game. I only had 1 crash/restart while playing the game, just prior to a cutscene. By then I'd read through these forums and when I got back to the game, I just changed the Fullscreen to Windowed Mode and then back again after the cutscene.

great atmosphere

This has been one of the best point and click series I've played in a long time.

While the last third is somewhat weak, the game overall felt like a solid book. Also the only game with so much screen time given to a knocked out shrimp.