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Obscure - Challenge Your Mind

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24%Game Brain Score
gameplay, music
story, optimization
38% User Score Based on 13 reviews

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Obscure - Challenge Your Mind is a single player action game. It was developed by RoboDev and was released on June 19, 2017. It received negative reviews from players.

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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38%
Audience ScoreBased on 13 reviews
gameplay3 positive mentions
story3 negative mentions
  • The game is great for achievement hunters, offering easy 100% Steam Achievements.
  • 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 currently unoptimized, with floaty controls and frequent bugs that hinder gameplay.
  • Many quests are confusing or broken, leading to a lack of direction and frustrating experiences.
  • The game feels incomplete and lacks content, with a very short playtime and minimal exploration opportunities.
  • story
    9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story in the game is criticized for being poorly presented and lacking depth, with many plot elements feeling like placeholders. Quests are often nonsensical or broken, leading to frustrating experiences where players may inadvertently complete objectives without understanding how. Overall, the main storyline is brief and underwhelming, leaving players to spend more time exploring or dealing with bugs than engaging with the narrative.

    • “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.”
    • “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.”
  • optimization
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game is widely criticized for its poor optimization, with users noting that it requires significant improvements. Many have pointed out that the performance issues are exacerbated by design choices, such as excessive visual effects, which further hinder gameplay.

    • “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.”
  • graphics
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics received mixed feedback, with some users noting a lack of aesthetic effort, while others appreciated the visuals alongside the music. Overall, the graphics seem to be functional but not particularly impressive.

    • “I like the graphics; the music is also good.”
    • “The graphics are just there; no effort has been put into making them aesthetically pleasing.”
    • “The visuals feel outdated and lack any real detail or creativity.”
    • “The art style is bland and fails to capture the essence of the game.”
  • gameplay
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay is criticized for its platforming mechanic, which allows players to spawn platforms using a limited gauge, rendering it unnecessary due to the availability of jump tiles. Players report significant issues with bugs, lag, and floaty controls, alongside nonsensical quests and a lack of innovative mechanics, leading to an overall disappointing experience, especially given the game's price.

    • “The platforming mechanic (right-click) spawns platforms based on the green gauge in the lower right corner.”
    • “The jump tiles provide a similar effect to the r-click mechanic, making it feel somewhat redundant.”
    • “The gameplay features unique mechanics that, while not groundbreaking, offer a fun platforming experience.”
    • “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 right-click 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).”
  • atmosphere
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Reviewers find the atmosphere inconsistent, noting that while certain elements, like jump tiles, propel players effortlessly into the upper atmosphere, the limitations on jumping feel oddly restrictive. This disparity creates a jarring experience that detracts from the overall immersion.

    • “The jump limitation feels inconsistent, especially when jump tiles propel you to the upper atmosphere without any hesitation.”
    • “The overall atmosphere lacks depth and fails to immerse players in the game world.”
    • “The sound design is underwhelming, making the atmosphere feel flat and unengaging.”
  • music
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music in the game is generally described as relaxing and well-complemented by the graphics, contributing positively to the overall experience.

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

    The game's stability is criticized for frequent random freezes and the absence of an autosave feature, leading to a frustrating experience. Reviewers describe it as a buggy and laggy mess, compounded by poor controls and nonsensical quests.

    • “Random freezes; no autosave.”
    • “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).”
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Obscure - Challenge Your Mind is a action game.

Obscure - Challenge Your Mind is available on PC and Windows.

Obscure - Challenge Your Mind was released on June 19, 2017.

Obscure - Challenge Your Mind was developed by RoboDev.

Obscure - Challenge Your Mind has received negative reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its gameplay but disliked it for its story.

Obscure - Challenge Your Mind is a single player game.

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