- August 11, 2019
- Orphic Games
THE UNCLEARNESS
52%Game Brain Score
story, graphics
grinding, optimization
61% User Score 36 reviews
Platforms
PCWindows
About
You are going to try your luck in the role of a private detective Stan Ingram and try to solve a tricky case of suicide.











+17
Audience ScoreBased on 36 reviews
story10 positive mentions
grinding6 negative mentions
- The game features an interesting cyberpunk setting and a narrative-driven story that keeps players intrigued.
- Voice acting is generally decent, and the music complements the atmosphere well.
- The vehicle controls are surprisingly good, adding a fun element to the gameplay.
- The game suffers from numerous bugs, poor optimization, and clunky gameplay mechanics, making it feel unpolished.
- The writing and dialogue are often confusing and filled with grammatical errors, detracting from the overall experience.
- Combat can be tedious and frustrating due to enemy AI issues and a lack of clear direction in gameplay.
- story38 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
The game's story is described as an intriguing science-fiction narrative that, while entertaining, suffers from poor writing, convoluted plot points, and numerous grammatical errors. Players find the pacing slow and the gameplay mechanics distracting from the storyline, which is filled with absurd elements and lacks sufficient background context. Despite its rough edges, many reviewers express a desire to explore the story further and appreciate its atmospheric qualities.
“Personally, I think the game might have been a bit better if it just does away with the gunplay (and lockpicking) entirely and focuses more on the storyline, the dialogues, and the atmosphere.”
“I immersed in an exciting atmospheric storyline and despite all limitations, I liked it, and recommend to try, at least for support new developers.”
“In the penultimate stages of the story, we reveal the involvement of a man from the 'green zone', one of the elite who happily admits that they're engineering all the gang warfare in the 'grey zone' in order to keep the masses distracted.”
“It feels like the Eye of Argon game where you have to read the story, typos and all, without correcting them while trying not to laugh.”
“[I] discovered this 'gem' accidentally - bought on a whim (€6.65), it reminded me of The Slater (same derivative bottom of the barrel trash full of charm) - so it's clunky/unpolished, poor optimization & AI, bugs, clipping, grammatical errors in written text (the audio dialogue is okay though) - convoluted plot hard to follow, assets that feel like they belong in another game, too many loading screens, and so on!”
“- Poor writing (or was it translation?) - these are direct quotes from one of the missions you get in the game (@ 57:26), 'get a vial of lieutenant for analysis' and 'use the electronic key of the lieutenant who gave the homeless'... yup.”