Replica
- June 6, 2016
- Somi
- 2h median play time
Games that have you snooping through someone’s personal phone or computer are fairly common.
Get on Steam"Replica is a single-player mystery simulation game with an intriguing story, marvelous game mechanics, pretty visuals, and a good soundtrack. As a player, you are given a cellphone of an unknown owner and must look for evidence of terrorism by hacking into the owner's accounts and inspecting their social media activity. The game features 12 multiple endings and 8 achievements, providing a unique and immersive experience that raises questions about privacy, surveillance, and patriotism."
Mac OS
Nintendo Switch
PC
Phone
Playstation 4
Windows
Xbox One
PlayStation
Xbox
Reviews
- story101 mentions
- 32 % positive mentions
- 64 % neutral mentions
- 4 % negative mentions
- gameplay33 mentions
- 39 % positive mentions
- 61 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- music18 mentions
- 44 % positive mentions
- 56 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- graphics17 mentions
- 47 % positive mentions
- 53 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- replayability14 mentions
- 43 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 7 % negative mentions
Critic Reviews
Replica Review – To Catch a Terrorist
Replica offers a great interactive experience. Its story is complex, with an ability to make players reconsider all of their actions and ideals. Replica's cellphone-inspired gameplay is immersive and realistic. Unfortunately, the story is repetitive after the first playthrough and backtracking is monotonous as the narrative expands. Still, Replica creates a shocking experience for anyone who likes a good mystery.
80%Replica Review
Games that have you snooping through someone’s personal phone or computer are fairly common.
70%Replica Review
Replica is an interesting title that has some really good ideas with how it lays out its puzzles. Rather than focusing on the generic "video game" ones, Somi instead has incorporated more "in real life" problem-solving with trying to crack into someone's phone. However, the overall premise that is dealt with important concepts should've had more heightened tensions that Somi needed, to make the story more believable. The corny dialogue detracted from the terrorism and surveillance-overlord Big Brother plot that needed to be taken a bit more seriously. However, presentation aside, the puzzles are quite clever and are worth at least a look into this experience.
60%
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