Memorrha

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"Memorrha" is a single-player mystery adventure game, currently with bugs, offering around 10 hours of playtime. Explore a stylized world filled with tricky puzzles, interact with machines, and catalog symbols using your scanner. Immerse in the epic soundtrack while discovering the truth about a mysterious culture and their ancient technologies.

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Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

63%

Audience ScoreBased on 78 reviews

story5 positive mentions

stability19 negative mentions

The puzzles are interesting and creatively designed, often requiring logical thinking and problem-solving skills.
The game features beautiful environments and a great soundtrack that enhance the overall experience.
The core mechanics of the game, particularly the use of boolean logic in puzzles, provide a unique and engaging gameplay experience.

The game suffers from numerous technical issues, including bugs, glitches, and a frustrating save system that only allows for autosaves at specific checkpoints.
Many players have reported feeling softlocked or losing significant progress due to the game's lack of clear instructions and inconsistent mechanics.
The overall execution feels unpolished, with clunky controls and interactions that detract from the enjoyment of the puzzles.

story
29 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
17%
72%
10%
The story aspect of the game has received mixed reviews, with many players finding it ambiguous and lacking depth. While some appreciate the environmental storytelling and pictographic narrative, others feel that the story is minimal and often overshadowed by the puzzles. Overall, the game seems to prioritize gameplay over a coherent narrative, which may appeal to puzzle enthusiasts but leave those seeking a rich story unsatisfied.
- “The narrative is mostly told through pictographs and environmental storytelling.”
- “I see other reviews mention that the game is not that polished and overall I'd agree with that assessment, but the lack of polish shouldn't deter people who love 3D puzzle adventure games; it will be fun discovering how the world operates and the story surrounding the environment.”
- “Beautiful logic game with a good story.”
- “I can't tell you about the story because quite frankly, I don't know.”
- “After nearly 30 hours, to obtain all of the achievements, I still can't tell you much about the story.”
- “Memorrha is a unique and semi-exciting puzzle game that, while entertaining for the first few hours, becomes a tedious slow grind to figure out the various puzzles while still not understanding why you even should as the story is practically non-existent.”
gameplay
26 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
15%
73%
12%
The gameplay features a mix of intriguing puzzle mechanics and world interaction, with a solid core that encourages experimentation, though it suffers from a lack of instructions and frustrating bugs. While the puzzles are generally well-designed and progressively challenging, some players find the mechanics unintuitive and the absence of hard saves problematic. Overall, the game offers a satisfying experience for puzzle enthusiasts, despite its jankiness and performance issues.
- “The core puzzle gameplay is a decent idea and is interesting enough.”
- “Puzzles are pretty cool, the core mechanic is solid, there's a lot of world interaction and there's plenty of 'physical' interactivity.”
- “Beautiful aesthetics, a very nice spread of puzzle types that start out basic and grow into more challenging and interesting puzzles without really changing the fundamental mechanics or objects often... I really like the worldbuilding despite the near complete absence of text, and especially the temple area has some really clever puzzles that make you feel like you're unlocking mysterious secrets.”
- “The gameplay is just not good.”
- “I am afraid to experiment; I am afraid to do the game's main mechanics because I have no confidence that something won't just break.”
- “Cons are the mechanics of interacting with the objects (I personally find them not very user-friendly) and the fact that I can't save the game where I need it to save.”
stability
19 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game's stability is heavily criticized, with users reporting numerous bugs, glitches, and crashes that significantly impact gameplay. Common issues include items clipping through the environment, lag spikes, and a lack of reliable save options, leading to lost progress. Overall, the game is described as clunky and rough, with many players recommending caution due to its unstable performance.
- “Items constantly clip through, sometimes get stuck in the environment and objects, constant lag spikes, mini-loading spikes whenever you pass through unnecessary gates, numerous bugs ranging from small glitches to borderline game-breaking, the world looks just bad with the omnipresent haze, the lighting is awful, the audio is generally terrible, the game doesn't really have a good soundtrack, nor an interesting world design or a good art style, and the regularly recurring visual glitches are just the icing on the cake.”
- “But the game hangs too easily, and that combined with hours between automatic save points means that you lose a ton of progress every time the game glitches.”
- “This game is very buggy and you cannot save and then reopen a game.”
graphics
16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
38%
44%
19%
The graphics of Memorrha receive mixed reviews, with some players appreciating the beautiful distant visuals and art style, while others criticize the amateurish quality, frequent glitches, and poor lighting. Many users report significant technical issues, such as clipping and lag, which detract from the overall experience. Despite the appealing aesthetics and environmental storytelling, the game's graphical shortcomings and bugs significantly impact its presentation.
- “The art style and music are great, the puzzles and the story are amazing for such a small game.”
- “Beautiful aesthetics, a very nice spread of puzzle types that start out basic and grow into more challenging and interesting puzzles.”
- “Despite having some decent puzzles, Memorrha is an undercooked, bug-ridden, janky wreck with amateurish audiovisuals.”
- “The graphics for objects in the distance are beautiful, though the closer you get, the muddier they become.”
- “Graphics are a bit cartoonish.”
music
13 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
62%
15%
23%
The music in the game receives mixed reviews, with some players praising its soothing quality and ability to enhance the atmosphere, while others find it repetitive and occasionally annoying. Overall, many appreciate the soundtrack's contribution to the game's ambiance, despite some criticisms regarding specific tracks and their repetitiveness. The music is generally seen as a positive aspect, complementing the game's visuals and puzzles.
- “The beauty of the environments in their stylized calmness and the soothing soundtrack make for a very relaxing game that rewards you for playing at your own pace.”
- “The game looks fantastic, and I felt that the background music was good enough to remain on during the whole run.”
- “It has nice puzzles that mostly deal with logic gates, great music and a very cool atmosphere.”
- “The music was also quite annoying and repetitive at these points which didn't help.”
- “The music in a few areas (worst in the first area) is kind of annoying and repetitive, but gets better the further you go.”
- “Music seems somewhat repetitive but it is not annoying.”
grinding
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be excessively tedious, with many describing it as a chore rather than an engaging challenge. The repetitive nature of the puzzles, combined with frustrating bugs and a lack of meaningful narrative, leads to a sense of monotony that detracts from the overall experience. While some moments are enjoyable, the overwhelming sentiment is that the game becomes a slow grind that tests patience more than skill.
- “Scanning anything is an unnecessarily tedious process.”
- “Memorrha is a unique and semi-exciting puzzle game that, while entertaining for the first few hours, becomes a tedious slow grind to figure out the various puzzles while still not understanding why you even should as the story is practically non-existent.”
- “This game is the worst parts of The Witness stuffed into a completely linear series of puzzles that are too easy, too tedious, and too repetitive.”
optimization
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
43%
86%
The game's optimization has been widely criticized, with users reporting significant performance issues even on lower settings and capable hardware. Many experience stuttering and glitches, particularly during movement, which detracts from the overall experience despite the game's enjoyable mechanics. Overall, the lack of updates since October raises concerns about potential improvements in optimization.
- “The game offers a variety of optimization options that allow players to tailor their experience to their hardware capabilities.”
- “I appreciate how the developers have focused on optimizing the gameplay, making it smooth and responsive even on lower-end systems.”
- “The optimization features are impressive, ensuring that the game runs seamlessly while maintaining high-quality graphics.”
- “And that's not to mention horrible performance even on lowered settings.”
- “This is most likely due to poor optimization since my computer should be able to handle this game without any issue at all [i5-7600k, 16GB DDR4, GTX 1050 Ti OC], although with more recent updates this could’ve been reduced. However, I would not expect any new updates as none have been revealed since October.”
- “I have around 170 FPS but the game is still stuttering.”
atmosphere
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
100%
The game features an engaging and immersive atmosphere that effectively conveys its setting, complemented by a captivating soundtrack and intriguing puzzles centered around logic gates. While the challenges may not be particularly difficult, the sense of discovery and the overall ambiance enhance the experience significantly.
- “An atmospheric and engaging world that really conveys the setting you’re in.”
- “It has nice puzzles that mostly deal with logic gates, great music, and a very cool atmosphere.”
- “It is not particularly hard or challenging, but the atmosphere combined with the scattered 'secrets' (I don't know if they are really secrets, but they definitely feel so) makes up for it.”
- “The atmosphere is lacking depth, making the game feel flat and uninspired.”
- “While the visuals are decent, the overall atmosphere fails to immerse me in the game world.”
- “The game tries to create a tense atmosphere, but it often falls short and feels more tedious than thrilling.”
humor
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The humor in the reviews reflects a sarcastic tone, with users finding amusement in the technical issues of the game, particularly in the context of Nintendo's decision-making regarding its release on the Switch.
- “I'm getting a refund, and laughing if Nintendo actually decides this technical mess is worth letting onto the Switch.”