The Long Gate

I totally dig the atmosphere. The graphics design is very nice, reminds me faintly of Portal 2. With that kind of low fidelity geometry however, the game has no excuse for being so damn [i]LAGGY[/i]. The frame stutter alone makes it somewhat uncomfortable to play, but then the logic puzzles decide to snap elements to a grid by applying a dastardly unpredictable force to the first person camera. The result is a constant feeling of some moron jerking my mouse around. It gave me wrist cramps within half an hour. The puzzles themselves are plain old Boolean logic, and consequently did not have one interesting moment in the the three hours I spent in the game. Maybe it gets better later, but the premise did not seem promising.

Like many other reviewers, I'd like to add I am a programmer, and understand a decent bit of electric components. That may not be a requirement to get through this game, but it sure as heck made it a lot easier. With that knowledge, I certainly enjoyed solving all the puzzles. That said I do have one pretty big "complaint" about the game that may ruin it for some: [b]there's a lot of walking and waiting involved[/b]. Locations are large, walking to a puzzle will take a while. There's one massive and some smaller elevators in the game, and they take a long time to get where you want to go (especially the big one). Using your instrument to interact with inputs plays a lengthy unskippable animation. Even some rooms and interactions lock you in place and control your camera for a bit, sometimes repeatedly if you re-enter the room. Most of your time might not be spent solving puzzles, and if you have "goopy goblin gamerbrain" as some people put it this may very well ruin the experience for you even if you love puzzles. It didn't quite do that for me, but it got close, and if you don't understand things at all moving back and forth trying to understand things will massively exacerbate the problem. That said if you don't mind that, it's a great puzzle game.

I hoped I would enjoy this game more than I did. While I admittedly only reached the first major area I think this 3D, almost FPS, way of presenting logic gate puzzles didn't clutch that well with the idea of a logic gate puzzle game. The puzzles themselves were enjoyable enough but I felt that the gameplay limited my enjoyment of the puzzles rather than added to them. I'll fully admit this may get better later on in the game but from how long I got into the game, it didn't seem worthwhile continuing for me.

前半は初歩的なプログラミング関数でもある、ブーリアン関数 要は（１か０：TrueかFalse）の機能を持つ装置などを繋いで信号が通るようにしたり、２進数を利用したプログラミングをFPS視点で行うデジタルエリア。後半は異なる機能を持った装置を繋げて、周波を調節して見本と同じ周波を作り出したり、上手く信号が通るようにスイッチをポチポチするアナログエリア。最後は、[spoiler]量子ビット [/spoiler]を使った謎解きで構成されています。 理解度を高める為の軽いチュートリアル的なものは用意されていますが、本来は見取り図で行うような事をFPS視点で行っているので、ファーストパーソンパズルとしては全体的に難易度が高く、数学的な思考をして答えを出す場面が多くなりますので、脳内で軽く１０進数と２進数の変換は出来たほうが良いでしょう。まあ出来なくても数値いれたら変換してくれるサイト利用しても問題なし。全体的に装置がズラッと並べられ複雑そうだと圧倒されがちになりますが、意外とシンプルだったりタイミングを見計らうだけの謎解きもあったりするので、億劫にならずにパズルに挑戦してみてください。 ただ、メカニズムをちゃんと理解出来ないと、The Witness以上の苦行を強いられる事になります。一番苦戦したのはアナログの周波エリアでしたが、総当りでも解ける問題もあるのでなんとかなります。正直言って、[spoiler]量子ビット [/spoiler]のエリアは、まるで理解せずになんとなく総当りでクリアしちゃった気がします・・・ ストーリー性はほぼ無いが、全体的に無機質で人気の無い雰囲気とビジュアルのマップ造形は良かった。

A [b]VERY[/b] slow and [b]VERY[/b] technical game. Way too much walking in my opinion.

It's a puzzle game based on computer science concepts. I consider it more challenging than the average based on other puzzle games I have played. If you like puzzle games there is no reason not to try this one out.