The Journey Back

I can't tell you very much about the game at this point, because I have not gotten very far through it. I have progressed far enough to see that the backstory is about a car crash and/or a mental health crisis, and this, frankly, is not the sort of thing for which I play a game. But I also had problems getting just from A to B, before being able to grasp the big picture. There were too many problems, in my opinion, advancing the player through the fictional world--trying to find the next goal, the next place to go--to justify spending a lot of time at it. There were long walks through rooms and corridors where the player tries in vain to find anything of importance, possibly mirroring the delirious mind of the crash victim, but not exactly endearing to someone just trying to play the game. If there is something more profound than this that the developers are trying to convey, I am not aware of it. And the game is not exactly beautiful, the graphics not entirely charming, the quiet music extremely repetitive.

I would not recommend this game for anyone who tends to get motion sickness. Your field of view wheels around in response to the movement of your mouse which gave me terrible motion sickness. I did like how you could switch between panning the camera and interacting with objects. Unfortunately, you can only move forward, backward and sideways; the only way to turn was to use the camera panning function. I can't say much else about the game as I only managed to play for about 30 minutes before the motion sickness became overwhelming. From what little I was able to see, the puzzles were too easy for my taste, but considering the price, it seems fair. I also thought the premise and the environments were interesting. I enjoyed the relaxing piano soundtrack at first, but it quickly became monotonous and I had to turn of the music. I did love that this was an option in settings. I recognize that not everyone has this issue, so if motion sickness is not an issue with you, you may enjoy this game. I just wanted to put this review out there for people like me who may experience this kind of problem.

The Journey Back war für mich ein Spontankauf und es ist die knapp 2 Euro es auf jeden Fall wert. Die Grafik ist ansprechend und das Spiel ist simpel und einfach gestaltet. Es gibt ein paar kleine Grafikbugs, die aber nicht weiter stören. Was ein wenig stört ist das reinbaggen kurz in den Boden. Ansonsten ein sehr schönes, wenn auch kurzweiliges und vielleicht ein wenig zu leichtes Game, was die Rätsel betrifft. Auch hätte ich mir zum Schluß etwas mehr Infos zum gewünscht, was genau mit uns geschehen ist, auch wenn man sich einen kleinen Teil denken kann. Auf jeden Fall ein Kauf wert.

[quote][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/9686972/]Follow "[b]First Person Exploration and Puzzle Games[/b]" for more games like this![/url][/quote] A short and simple puzzle game that takes 45-60 minutes to beat. There are a few bugs, but nothing gamebreaking that I found. None of the puzzles were mind-blowing, but none were infuriating either. The game is seriously lacking options - the mouse sensitivity is set to "Absurdly High", with no way to turn it down. Overall, not great, but not bad either. Worth picking up on sale if you're a puzzle-game aficionado.