TARTARUS

TLDR: Buy on discount. I don't want to give this game a NO, because it's not bad just mediocre. The game looks nice and acting is nice, reminded me Alien Isolation with all the retro-futurism and when I was in cargo bay the chain sounds, good feeling. The bad is all the puzzles and limited interactivity. Puzzle with computer commands sucked balls, I stuck there for half of an hour and it could be much better if devs added more detailed error messages. It was just a waste of time and there were nothing interesting or exciting about solving it. Also, all interactive areas are so small and counter-intuitive, for example, you can see a hatch, but it does not allow you to open it until you find a small area in the corner where it shows the message "Push [E] to open".

I really wanted to like this game and give it a fair shot. Looking over the negative reviews, it seems like the computer interaction sections were too confusing, etc, but having years working on all different types of computer/networking consoles, this should be no problem. Talk about realism. The actual game is as broken as the computer in the game. [1] Tried to start the game for the first time and nothing but a black screen. Could not close out/ alt-tab out of program. Program will not allow task manager to come up. Had to hard reboot. [2] Started program again. Long loading screens, but I can handle that. Got to a section of the game where you pick up a key card. After going in to the inventory screen to look at it, could not get back out of screen nor access anything else. Gratefully I could alt-tab out and end the game. [3] Restarted and finally got to the section where you are logged in to the console. Yeah, its as intentionally made confusing as the reviews say. Its not just the commands that are a little off, but what they do and what you are supposed to accomplish. The SCAN function seems to "scan" a file (with *.scn file names) but apparently its scanning that SECTOR/SECTION of the ships functions. Spent too long to realize the difference because the results from the only SCAN that works, provides some information on what you need to use the CONNECT function for. [4] After getting past the first real issue on the console and was connected to the pressure lock maintenance screen, I realize I WAS suppose to write down all those numbers from a text file that lists just one set of pressure readings (are these what they should be, are these readings real time and if they are, they don't mean much because you know the pistons are not working right, is this a file of what the readings were days before????). Ok, the screen says press ESC exit. Well, ESC existed the game to a crash report screen. AWESOME........ Wonder how the game likes the steam DELETE command.

Симулятор допотопной кастрированной консольки. От вас не потребуется каких-то специфичных знаний, нужно всего лишь общее представление о том, что такое консоль. Эндрю подскажет, что делать :) Уникальная, неспешная игра. Наверное, единственный и бесподобный представитель своего жанра. Очень атмосферно. Но не в плане ощущения себя в космическом корабле (тут этого почти нет), а в смысле всего этого ретрофутуризма и напичканности не очень высокотехнологичной техникой. Красивые локации. Немного скучноваты отрезки, где нужно найти какой-то файл и ввести что-то где-то. Чуть поинтереснее начинается в [spoiler]грузовом отсеке[/spoiler] с "особенными" терминалами (своего рода мини-игры). Испытываю удовлетворение после решения очередной загадки. Не знаю, к плюсам или минусам отнести долгое "сканирование" директорий на предмет чего-то полезного. Имею в виду монотонность и времязатратность этого процесса. Разочаровала сцена (последняя), где [spoiler]Эндрю стреляет по нам[/spoiler]. Она абсолютно не вписывается в жанр игры и является очень сложной! Я так и не смог закончить игру по этой причине. Очень странные отражения в игре, серьезно! Предметы так не блестят на самом деле. Как будто меня всё время фотографируют муравьи! :) Местами корявый перевод на русский. В эпизоде, где [spoiler]нужно перенаправить охлаждающую жидкость[/spoiler], очень быстро проговорили вводные, весьма неожиданно для меня (обычно это можно было прочитать через tab или еще где-то), из-за чего пришлось перезапускать. Иногда можно застрять в поиске каких-то физических предметов, это слабая сторона этой игры. Но таких моментов я вспомнил всего 2: - резервный диск лежит [spoiler]в той же комнате, где вы взяли карточку доступа Митча.[/spoiler] - в медотсеке [spoiler]справа стоит цветок. Подойдите к нему.[/spoiler] Игра иногда пытается пугать, но у неё это не получается. Совсем. Тут нет мистики или монстров. Надо бояться людей. Не падайте ни от куда! Я так застрял, пришлось перезагружаться. Для того, чтобы пройти [spoiler]эпизод с ядерным реактором[/spoiler], пришлось запустить Excel :D

Öncelikle oyun amatör bir oyun, yanlış bilmiyorsam yapımcının da ilk ve tek oyunu. Font kullanımı, animasyonlar, seslendirme, oyunun yarı Türkçe yarı İngilizce olması gibi noktalarda amatörlüğü göze çarpıyor. Oyun fikir olarak hoşuma gittiği için ben bunlara çok takılmadım ve bir gün içinde oyunu bitirdim. Beni çeken temel şey Alien filmlerinden aşina olduğumuz estetik tarz oldu. Onun dışında oyunun bulmacalarının çoğunu DOS benzeri işletim sistemi kullanan bilgisayarlar üzerinden çözmemiz, bilgisayara meraklı birisi olarak ayrıca hoşuma gitti. Bulmacalar aşırı zor değildi ancak bazı durumlarda acaba bir yerlere geri dönüp ordan mı bir şey almam lazım diye düşünerek çok vakit kaybettim. Karakter de pek hızlı gitmediğinden ekstra bir zulüm haline geldi. O yüzden "backtracking"e imkan vermeseler sanki daha iyi olurmuş. Bir de etkileşime geçmemiz gereken objeleri bulmakta biraz zorlandım, şöyle belli belirsiz bi' parlama koysalarmış fena olmazmış bence. Sonuç olarak oyun herkese gidecek bir oyun değil ama ben beğendim. Daha önce buna benzer olarak Stories Untold oynamıştım ve beğenmiştim. Bahsettiğim şeylere ilginiz varsa bi' deneyin derim.

Alrght, that was an interesting attempt at emulating a near future shallow space ( as opposed to deep space) emergency and a crew member in dire straits and left to his own devices. However, it was uneven at best. Obviously I stuck at the nuclear plant riddle and as far as I can remember - i finished the game some year ago - but I must have made a simple and silly mistake so I can't honestly state that it was unfair. But the venting procedure was so arbitrary that even after I had used a walkthrough to look it up it remained quite unclear. I was proud at myself once at least when I successfully discarded the cargo from the cargo bay, but when I left the control room all of the crates were exactly in their places occupied before; I know since I had spent a great deal of time in there, trying to figure out what to do, where and how. I pointed that to the devs, but there was no reply whatsoever - I guess they were already fairly uninterested in the game by then. Ah, and I skipped the final chase sequence completely and watched that online instead. I happen to have quite a number of such stealth/ hide & seek then beat feet & run like hell games, but here it just didn't cater to my taste. I had a different expectations towards that game, they weren't fully addressed here and mainly because I had had such positive approach to the game I am leaving a positive opinion, but with a hesitant stance towards full recommendation. We just need more such games and since there are not so many, we really need to treasure what we have.