The Entropy Centre

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Intriguing reverse logic required. A lot like Portal, but in reverse, sorta.

Overall, quite good experience. Not a masterpiece, just good. Puzzles were quite enjoyable, however some were a bit frustrating, id say in the middle of a game. I found the last ones to be the most satisfying to solve, they weren't the hardest on brain but required cleverness. Writing is... just OK. I didn't connect to Astra. I liked E more. One can only wish there was more ...something between Aria and Astra, but too bad. It felt like there is no arcing, no development. Static characters, no change. Plot progression kinda stops in the middle of a game where you just plow through puzzles. I found that a bit boring, and i couldn't get enough lore emails to real in-between. I missed quite a few apparently. Bot encounters i found frustrating more than anything... Everything else about this game is pretty much good. Graphics, lore, etc. There is a location in the latter half of a game which felt just colossal and profound, damn I loved that one that's for sure!

It's good, I suppose..? The puzzles and overall polish are relatively basic compared to the giants in the genre. Far too many puzzles are easily cheesed, which is unfortunate since you can tell the developer sometimes thought of protecting against cheese, and at other times I finish the puzzle with cheese while goofing off while exploring the puzzle area, only to spend another 10-15 minutes to actually do the puzzle and solve it as it is intended to be solved. Achievements-wise, I kept expecting there to be some achievement involving vending machines, which wasn't the case. I kept expecting easter eggs to pop up if only I checked every single door I came across, but no such luck was had. The overall levels are simultaneously impressive and disappointing. It's always the same trash, desks and tables and stuff, just slightly reoriented. Vending machines that (if they work) dispense 6 times, but you can't do anything with what they dispense. Many of the walls glow around their edges in a lighting-glitch kind of way. I came across some weird stuff that I feel might have been of note on another platform (like a random toilet I cannot interact with facing a sunset, or being able to reach a very interesting-looking neon-lit water pool) but end up nothing burgers. I've softlocked several times while trying to skip certain elevators by climbing over or out of them. Yet at the same time, the interiors actually feel varied, and some areas are absolutely massive. Every place feels like a unique space rather than just another box. This unfortunately also leads to a lot of OOB exploration, but hey, at least I discovered some evidence of a cat cult and cat food while doing so. And the story? While it is very predictable in a way (I pretty much called it in one of the first few acts after I got some story nuggets) I must commend the developers on going above and beyond with actually doing the atmosphere during some of the story-heavy sequences. It honestly feels like the story parts and the actual game had two very different teams with different budgets working on them, and that is a shame. Despite my disappointment in some ways, it is worth what I paid for it. It's biggest flaw is genuinely that there is so much potential that has gone unexplored. While the main mechanic is nothing special, it can carry the game, but it just needs so much more consistent investment. Why can some broken things be rewound, yet others cannot? Why do some things break and others do not? Why is it so trivially easy to follow E when it pops in and out to guide you, only to see it mysteriously disappear in ways that make no sense in regards to the storyline? While can't I crouch a little to fit through this huge hole? How did I manage to softlock myself in a hole right after a checkpoint? Etc. It is the lack of consistent quality in all of its facets that makes it so regrettable. Despite that, I had fun playing a competent game. It's not highly refined art, nor is it AI slop. It entertained me, even if all my attempts to break the levels before ever solving them might not be what the creators intended.

Fun puzzles and likable characters. Works fully with Dualsense controller after disabling/enabling some setting on steam though it wont display the proper inputs. (Game was played and completed with Dualsense controller)