INSIDE

Easily one of the best puzzle games I’ve played, right up there with Portal 2. Absolutely love this game. The puzzles are brilliantly laid out and the pacing in general is immaculate. Great soundtrack too. If only a fraction of indie games were as unprecedented as this as opposed to being low poly carbon copies of one another.

Inside gerçekten güzel bir deneyim sunuyor, ancak aldığı devasa övgülerin tamamını hak edip etmediği konusunda emin değilim. Aslında bu durum tamamen beklentiyle alakalı. Oyunun atmosferi, yaşattığı deneyim ve bulmacaların kalitesi gibi güçlü yanlarına söylenecek pek bir söz yok; teknik anlamda oldukça başarılı bir yapım. Fakat tüm bunları bir araya getirdiğimde, kendi adıma Inside'a ancak ortalama bir oyun olarak bakabiliyorum.Eğer daha önce Limbo’yu sevdiyseniz veya türün diğer örneklerinden keyif alıp benzer bir arayışa girdiyseniz, Inside tam size göre bir tercih olacaktır. Ancak türün özel bir meraklısı olmayan ortalama bir oyuncuysanız, bu oyun sizin için de "ortalama" bir deneyimden öteye geçmeyebilir. Günün sonunda kötü bir tarafı olmasa da, herkesin bahsettiği o "başyapıt" hissini bana tam anlamıyla geçiremedi.

I really enjoyed Limbo, so I already had a rough idea of what to expect, and Inside ended up delivering that same silent vibe that’s both incredibly interesting and unsettling at the same time. The atmosphere does a lot of heavy lifting, and the puzzles throughout the adventure aren’t too complicated, which keeps the pacing smooth and engaging. What disappointed me a bit was the ending, which I feel could have been more developed. Still, overall I liked the experience a lot and would definitely like to see more games from Playdead in the future.

It's Dragon's Quest. Art is really good, but you don't actually do anything. So far as I can tell there is never an indication of what you should do, which is odd since all you can do is go right left, jump, and grab, or occasionally swim. Do you run out into the head lights or not? Sometimes you do. So pick one at random. If it doesn't work, do it again and pick the other one. Now run to the right. The wall in front is too high, run back the other way. Is it a cliff - leap of faith. Were you not supposed to leap of faith /this/ time? Then pick another thing at random to do. And on and on, long bouts of running and then interacting with one object in a scripted way or walking in a specified way. That's the game. There's only ever one option. How do the designers want you to interact with it? That's not a puzzle and that's not strategy. I submit it's just stupid. It's like a two piece jigsaw "puzzle" that you're trying to put together blindfolded. Have the user keep his mouse in this circle, that could be your next game. It's a cool senior CS game design project I admit, but you should've given it away not charged $20.00 for it (though I did get it on Game pass). So I played some of what should have been your short film and participated just as much. Might as well have written a text adventure that's just pushing "X" at regular intervals.

I'm going to be the fly in the ointment here amidst all these rave reviews. Inside is wonderful for a long stretch. The game is eerie, frightening and full of suspense. Then at about the three quarter pole things start changing for the worse. Despite all these hard core players claims about the game being a cinch, be advised that you may not think so. The puzzles get harder and harder.. Also, along with increased complexity and the inevitable tedium that results, the earlier feel and atmosphere vanishes with some very strange technical and convuluted sets. The climax is so underwhelming that you'll find yourself asking outloud; "That's it?"