- October 8, 2019
- A Brave Plan
- 5h median play time
The Bradwell Conspiracy
It's not often that you can forgive puzzles taking a backseat in a puzzle game, but The Bradwell Conspiracy's narrative, visuals and voice acting more than compensate for its lack of puzzling weight.
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About
"The Bradwell Conspiracy" is a first-person narrative-driven game with original photography mechanics, where players explore a Brutalist-style gameworld and uncover secrets via the Bradwell Guide Glasses. Featuring a 3-6 hour gameplay, this game boasts a rich storyline, hidden lore, and an illustrious voice cast, including Rebecca LaChance and Abubakar Salim. Created by an international, award-winning team, this game offers a unique NPC relationship and immersive environment to delve into.











- The game features a charming art style and engaging atmosphere, complemented by good voice acting that brings the characters to life.
- The photo-communication mechanic is clever and adds an interesting layer to the gameplay, allowing for unique interactions with the NPC.
- The story has intriguing elements and potential, with moments of humor and a captivating narrative that keeps players engaged.
- Puzzles are often simplistic and unchallenging, leading to a lack of satisfaction in solving them, which detracts from the overall experience.
- The game suffers from significant performance issues, including frame drops and bugs that can disrupt gameplay and immersion.
- The narrative, while interesting, feels incomplete and fails to fully explore its themes, leaving players wanting more depth and resolution.
gameplay
64 mentions Positive Neutral NegativeThe gameplay is primarily centered around a 3D printer gun mechanic for creating and manipulating objects, but it suffers from poor execution, including frustrating object placement and limited interaction. While the photo-communication feature is praised for its creativity, overall, the gameplay is described as underdeveloped, linear, and often boring, with many mechanics failing to enhance the experience. Players noted bugs and a lack of engaging puzzles, leading to a gameplay experience that feels empty compared to similar titles.
“Gameplay is very much like a linear walking simulator with puzzles here and there, using the gimmick of the game - the 3D printer gun.”
“You have limited construction/deconstruction abilities, and the puzzle gameplay revolves around this (building bridges, weighted switch/tile puzzles, etc).”
“This mechanic glues the whole game together, and I really enjoyed my time taking photos of random objects, posters, books, you name it, with Amber having a piece of mind to share about almost anything.”
“The whole gameplay in general is underdeveloped and dry.”
“Interesting idea but the story doesn't get more interesting, the gameplay is rather boring and the final chapter was buggy for me.”
“But those prior niggles aside, the gameplay just never really rises to the occasion.”
The Bradwell Conspiracy Review
There’s been an explosion in a museum – and you need to escape.
70%A Matter of Substance --- The Bradwell Conspiracy Review
The Bradwell Conspiracy presents some interesting concepts and good humor, but all it really does is present them. Puzzles never get interesting or complex, performance is terrible even on an enhanced machine, and it’s too short to let its mysteries simmer.
55%The Bradwell Conspiracy Review
It's not often that you can forgive puzzles taking a backseat in a puzzle game, but The Bradwell Conspiracy's narrative, visuals and voice acting more than compensate for its lack of puzzling weight.
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