This game might just be the most scary games ever made. Probably because you missed some really important clue or ignored all the really subtle warnings that you were going the wrong way. Turned left instead of right at an intersection? The game will happily let you continue down this path for 20 minutes throwing puzzles at you as you go just to find yourself trapped in a room with no way out. When the hero is asked "Do you want to save the princess?" It might give you a Yes or No choice but really no matter what you pick, you have to go save the princess. In most video games they give you a few options but most of them don't lead anywhere. When the hero is One of the best puzzle games ever made. They act like DVD extras giving a player who is willing to look a greater insight into the game, these included screenshots from old versions, a gallery of assets, wire frame models, a weird flowchart, and other more abstract areas… I’m especially curious about those little purple cubes that were placed in hard to reach areas.
Apart from the gorgeous art, loveable life assuring messages and abstract Eno-esq soundtrack, my favorite parts of the game were the Easter egg rooms the developer must have left dotted and hidden about. This is not the case, the world definitely has a set of well defined rules, they’re just generally used in a more ‘left field’ and ‘outside of the box’ context. In all the hype up to its release, I was expecting more illogical puzzles and weird happenstances. I found it to be have less ‘eureka’ moments than expected, instead the game slowly expanded your toolset so that you always had something new to try, whether a new gun (of which there are 5) or piece of information on how the weird and wonderful world worked. It’s brilliant, the difficulty level is just right to let you find your feet before stonewalling you with another puzzle. If Alan Fletcher, Bridget Riley and Spike Milligan had got together to a made a game I think Antichamber would be close. If Alan Fletcher, Bridget Riley and Spike Milligan had got Its nearly 3am, I’ve just completed Antichamber and my brain literally aches. Its nearly 3am, I’ve just completed Antichamber and my brain literally aches.
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