Recent reviews by BinarySplit

Very short - only took me 35 minutes. The puzzles were adequate. Not overly challenging, but at least not in any way grindy.

Shame about the price. Don't buy it unless it's on one of its usual 90%-off sales. The base price is absurd. The discounted price of €1/US$1 is fair.

Disclaimer: Blackhaven currently has horrible FPS drops for some people. Even though my PC is only slightly below the recommended specs, I had to run at very low graphics settings to get over 30FPS. If you can't tolerate imperfection on a free game, this isn't the game for you. If you can look past it, an engrossing, unique experience awaits you.

It's a linear adventure with no real challenges, but I just love how everything fits together - the museum quiz, the audio tour, the slow reveal of the history and plot twists. It's like everything a real-world museum visit should be and more. I don't normally like walking simulators, but the way this story was told was just perfection. I can't wait for the follow-up game, Cassius.

For a free game, this is pretty awesome. It's basically a playground of the stealth mechanics you'd see in games like Dishonored or Thief. Some bits lack polish, e.g. there's no adjustment of controls or resolution, but as long as you keep in mind this is a FREE GAME and look past it, there's a lot of fun to be had with Honored. Great level design and fun gameplay.

I didn't encounter any of the bugs other reviews have mentioned. I guess they've already been fixed.

SOTANO has some good and diverse puzzles of varying difficulties. They won't amaze you with their innovation or beauty, but you'll definitely need to engage your brain to get through them all. This isn't a game to get you hooked on puzzle games, but it will help fuel your addiction.

Decent puzzles at an appropriate price. Overall I enjoyed it and would recommend it to other puzzle addicts.

Well designed puzzles, nice environment design, appropriate price. This isn't the most polished game - you'll likely hit a few bugs but nothing game breaking. If you're a fan of escape room games it's still worth your time.

Recommended with caveats. Relicta is in the same class of physics-puzzlers as Portal, Talos Principal, Antichamber, etc. If you liked any of them, Relicta definitely belongs on your wishlist... but not at the top.

Relicta has a huge number of fun puzzles - it's really good value for money if you're in the mood for them. The problem is that Relicta is really not as polished as the others. The story's sufficiently interesting, but almost all characters are impatient and snarky, making them quite unpleasant to listen to. The hub map is a completely unnecessary sprawling maze full of easy-to-miss collectables that only add frustration to the experience. Many of the puzzles (especially in the DLC) are excessively long, meaning you have to replay a lot every time you ragequit/softlock and have to reset. If I wasn't already hooked on the puzzles, there were many moments where I would have just stopped playing.

So basically, Relicta isn't the game that will get you hooked on this genre, but it's a good hit to feed the addiction. Play the other major physics-puzzler games first.

Mixed review. You can tell a lot of effort went into Escape Legacy. There's plenty of fun to be had and the replayability is implemented quite well. However, some of the frustrations ultimately ruin the experience.

It's too easy to get stuck, and it's usually unclear whether you're stuck because you're misunderstanding the puzzle, or because you haven't found all the clues yet. The clue locations are randomized each playthrough, so sometimes you might spend 20 minutes scouring every corner unable to find a missing clue, then restart and find it in the first minute.

It also feels kind of bad to play - the character acceleration is awfully slow, the camera jerks around a lot (head bob, animated door-opening sequences), and even with the brightness adjustment option there's far too much darkness for a game about finding hidden objects. I feel like too much work went into making the game feel realistic for VR, at detriment to the gameplay.

That said, I suspect my above complaints don't apply to the VR version. I only played the non-VR version, but having direct control over the camera without the molasses-like movement acceleration sounds like it would make it a lot easier to find hidden objects.

A solid medium-difficulty puzzle/adventure game, perfect for de-stressing & taking your mind off of life stuff. The puzzles seem to be at the perfect balance where they're not so easy you get bored, but not so hard you keep getting stuck. Story isn't a major focus, but there's enough there to keep you interested. So far I've enjoyed the prologue, Chapter 1 and Chapter 2. I'm saving Chapter 3 for a rainy day.

The best part: each chapter is well priced for its quality/duration. Each chapter was better than the last. The prologue is definitely worth a try - it's short, but is a self-contained part of the story worth playing before Chapter 1.

A solid medium-difficulty puzzle/adventure game, perfect for de-stressing & taking your mind off of life stuff. The puzzles seem to be at the perfect balance where they're not so easy you get bored, but not so hard you keep getting stuck. Story isn't a major focus, but there's enough there to keep you interested. So far I've enjoyed the prologue, Chapter 1 and Chapter 2. I'm saving Chapter 3 for a rainy day.

The best part: it's well priced for its quality/duration. Don't wait for a sale, just buy it if it sounds interesting to you. Or play the prologue first, because it's also good and worth your time.

I bought this alongside The Line from the same developer, and I have ultimately the same complaint: I couldn't find where the gameplay actually began. I explored the game world completely, but couldn't find anything interactable that would allow me to progress.