TIME BREAKER

I really wanted to like this game, but several issues completely ruin the experience. Controls feel unreliable. LMB, RMB and Space often react inconsistently. Sometimes the character simply refuses to jump even though the key is clearly pressed. The time-slow mechanic on RMB frequently activates only on the second or third click, and picking up objects with LMB is also inconsistent. Platforming feels like guesswork. The game expects precise jumps, yet you can’t even see the character’s legs, which makes judging distances unnecessarily difficult. Camera problem with 1000 Hz mice. If your mouse runs at 1000 Hz polling rate, the camera becomes extremely jittery and shaky. Lowering the polling rate helps, but that shouldn’t be necessary in a modern PC game. Poor readability of interactive elements. Some puzzles rely on objects that are barely distinguishable from the environment. At times it feels less like solving puzzles and more like guessing what the developer intended. Level design often relies on trial and error. If you don’t already know what will happen next, you can easily end up in a dead end and have to restart the level. My rating: 5/10. The puzzle ideas themselves are decent, but the controls and design decisions make the game far more frustrating than it should be.