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Obscure - Challenge Your Mind

29%Game Brain Score
music, graphics
story, optimization
38% User Score Based on 26 reviews

Platforms

PCWindows

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A first-person puzzle-platformer adventure that will take you into the depths of a little boy's imagination and his inner conflicts.

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Obscure - Challenge Your Mind screenshot
Obscure - Challenge Your Mind screenshot
Obscure - Challenge Your Mind screenshot
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38%
Audience ScoreBased on 26 reviews
music2 positive mentions
story3 negative mentions

  • The game offers easy 100% Steam Achievements, making it appealing for achievement hunters.
  • The music is relaxing and the graphics are visually appealing, contributing to a nice and relaxing experience.
  • The developer is responsive to player feedback, showing potential for improvement and future updates.
  • The game is plagued by numerous bugs, unoptimized performance, and floaty controls, making it frustrating to play.
  • Quests are often unclear or broken, leading to confusion and a lack of direction for players.
  • The game feels incomplete and lacks content, with many elements appearing as placeholders after years in Early Access.
  • story
    18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story in the game is criticized for being poorly presented and lacking depth, with many plot elements described as placeholders. Quests are often nonsensical or broken, leading to frustrating gameplay experiences where players may inadvertently complete objectives without understanding how. Overall, the main storyline is brief, lasting only about an hour, with much of the gameplay spent on aimless exploration rather than meaningful narrative progression.

    • “Took me a while to figure out there weren't invisible quest objects littered around the backyard, and I was just opening/closing cupboards from 300m away.”
    • “Apparently I just beat the game by finding a random object in a corner of the backyard while running around aimlessly because my quest was bugged.”
    • “The presentation of the story, plot objects, etc. are all obvious placeholders and utterly barebone.”
    • “Some quests are straight up broken, and it's not apparent until you reload the save and they magically work.”
    • “Main story line is only about an hour; the rest of my time was spent screwing around trying to go out of bounds or figuring out achievements.”
  • optimization
    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game is widely criticized for being poorly optimized, with multiple users noting that it requires significant improvements. Despite warnings about its optimization issues, the addition of excessive visual effects has exacerbated performance problems.

    • “It needs a lot of optimization and work.”
    • “- horribly unoptimized, though it does warn you of this.”
    • “- the design decision to add a hemorrhaging pink particle volcano effect to an already unoptimized game.”
  • gameplay
    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Gameplay is criticized for its platforming mechanic, which allows players to spawn platforms using a limited gauge, rendering it redundant due to the availability of jump tiles. The overall experience is marred by significant bugs, lag, and floaty controls, alongside nonsensical quests and a lack of innovative mechanics, leading to disappointment, especially given the game's price point.

    • “Apparently this was changed from infinite because of abuse, but as it is now, you can just use jump tiles to the same effect, making the rclick mechanic completely unnecessary.”
    • “This would be perfectly fine if the game was free, but as it stands it is a buggy, extremely laggy mess with bad, floaty controls, 'quests' that don't make sense and mechanics that aren't really anything new (you can spawn platforms, that's pretty much it at the moment).”
  • music
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music in the game is consistently described as relaxing and enjoyable, complementing the overall graphics and enhancing the gaming experience.

    • “The music is relaxing.”
    • “I like the graphics; the music is also good.”
  • graphics
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics received mixed feedback, with some users appreciating them while others criticized the lack of aesthetic effort in the text presentation. Overall, the visuals are generally liked, but the text design detracts from the overall experience.

    • “I like the graphics, the music is also good.”
    • “The graphics are just there; no effort has been put into making it aesthetically pleasing.”
  • stability
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game suffers from significant stability issues, including random freezes and a lack of autosave functionality, leading to a frustrating experience. Many users describe it as a buggy and laggy mess, compounded by poor controls and nonsensical quests. Overall, these stability problems detract from the gameplay experience, especially given the game's price point.

    • “This would be perfectly fine if the game was free, but as it stands it is a buggy, extremely laggy mess with bad, floaty controls, 'quests' that don't make sense and mechanics that aren't really anything new (you can spawn platforms, that's pretty much it at the moment).”
    • “Random freezes; no autosave.”
    • “Random freezes; no autosave.”
  • atmosphere
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Reviewers find the atmosphere of the game inconsistent, noting a peculiar contrast between the restrictive jump limitations and the liberating experience provided by jump tiles that propel players to great heights. This disparity creates a sense of confusion regarding the game's mechanics and overall immersion.

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