Mind Portal

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Mind Portal is a single player action game. It was developed by Daniil Titner and was released on January 12, 2018. It received negative reviews from players.

A beautiful, low poly stylized, first-person exploration game centered around three things: interesting story, hard mazes and atmospheric music.

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40%Audience ScoreBased on 15 reviews

story4 positive mentions

gameplay3 negative mentions

Beautiful, low-poly stylized 3D worlds with unique level designs and atmospheric music.
Simple yet challenging puzzle mazes that offer a reasonable difficulty curve and can be completed without guides.
Thought-provoking story elements, with some improvements made in English translation and bug fixes after release.

Long, unclear, and unengaging intro with poor signposting, making navigation confusing and causing player frustration.
Unpolished controls with sluggish camera sensitivity and inconsistent puzzle mechanics that can lead to frustration and occasional softlocks.
Large, mostly empty game worlds that require slow walking without sprint, resulting in boredom due to repetitive traversal between puzzles.

story
13 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
31%
46%
23%
The game's story presents an interesting and thought-provoking premise conveyed mainly at the start of each world, encouraging replay to grasp its complexity. However, it suffers from basic English and somewhat simplistic or underdeveloped social commentary, resulting in mixed reception ranging from engaging to boring. The narrative is closely tied to exploration and puzzle-solving, though limited interactivity may dampen the overall storytelling experience.
- “A beautiful, low poly stylized, first-person exploration game centered around three things: interesting story, hard mazes, and atmospheric music.”
- “The story was one which makes you think and opens the possibility to play it at least twice just to try and understand the complexity of it.”
- “You will find that the majority of the story telling takes place at the beginning of each 'world' with three puzzles in each world that you need to complete to unlock a portal to the next one.”
- “The story is rather boring in my opinion.”
- “The story is undercut by a few feeble attempts at social commentary.”
- “Usually it's not on the story but what you can (very limited) interact.”
graphics
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
44%
23%
33%
The game's graphics feature a nice art style and beautiful visuals, though performance issues on lower-end hardware require reduced resolution and settings. Opinions on overall graphical quality are mixed, with some finding it decent while others see room for improvement.
- “The graphical component is quite nice, as you can see in the screenshots.”
- “The art style is nice.”
- “The visuals are beautiful.”
- “I have to play this at a 640x480 resolution to get decent FPS due to having an Intel HD Graphics card.”
- “I also had to set the quality to low, again due to my graphics card.”
- “I'm not sure how the graphics and performance hold up on higher-end machines.”
gameplay
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
20%
20%
60%
The gameplay features interesting mechanics and exploration elements but suffers from a lack of cohesion and underdeveloped content, resulting in a somewhat disjointed experience. Improved world-building and better integration of mechanics could enhance overall enjoyment.
- “A living world, more content and better implemented mechanics would be generally good.”
- “A thing of beauty... it reminds you of something... gameplay?”
- “Both of these mechanics are ok, but why put them together?”
- “Gameplay is exploration with various cuts to a block maze/puzzle.”
music
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
25%
75%
The music in the game is generally praised for its atmospheric and fitting style, complementing the art and exploration elements. However, some users find the looping music annoying, especially due to issues like overlapping when alt-tabbing and the inability to turn it off.
- “I really like the art style and the music.”
- “Why can't I even turn off that annoying music?”
- “The music loops alright; however, it overlaps whenever you alt-tab.”
- “A beautiful, low poly stylized, first-person exploration game centered around three things: interesting story, hard mazes, and atmospheric music.”
atmosphere
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game's atmosphere is characterized by a beautiful low-poly art style, immersive first-person exploration, and a compelling blend of atmospheric music that enhances its intriguing story and challenging mazes.
stability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game demonstrates strong stability, with users reporting minimal issues and no game-breaking glitches during extended play sessions.
optimization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users are uncertain about the game's optimization on higher-end machines, indicating a lack of clear information or experiences regarding its performance across different hardware levels.
humor
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The humor in the game is considered poor, with some hidden jokes that may not be easily appreciated or entertaining, even by experienced content creators.