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Really a great atmosphere and a cool story. The gameplay works well, some action puzzles are against time which is a mechanism I don't like, but in the end everything is doable.
Artistic direction is really well made, I had much fun going to the end.
Please note that people craving for permanent action and disliking watching a story may not enjoy totally the game. Everybody is different, for my part I recommend. Disco powa, folks :)

Great puzzle game, not too difficult, based on interacting with the environment and inventory, with some standalone puzzles. A bit short to my taste (fnished it in less than 4 hours, missing a few collectibles) but price is decent in regard of that. Played it solo, so I can't say anything about the multiplayer thing.

Beautfiful and original game, based on exploration (some would call it a walking sim, but it's way more than that).
Atmosphere is really great, with great voice acting (kudos to "the devil").
I'got it for free (from AWA) so I'm not complaining about the fact that it is short - but it is for the price. But it's also an indie game, so they are probably not sitting on gold and that explains the price.
Puzzles are not too hard, but I would have loved to have more of them.
There is only one big flaw : I don't expect action parts based on quick reflexes when I play a puzzle / exploration games. There are in Indika a few times that can be difficult depending on your skills. While the devs put a lot of checkpoint in this case to ease the thing, I didn't see any 'skip' option, that may be game breaking for some people. Personally, I struggled a bit but went through it.
Anyway, I really enjoyed my time in the skin of Indika and warmly recommend the game.
Edit: a few months later, I didn't change my mind. I have to state it because of steam awards tasks :)

I wish there was a mitigated opinion, but there is none, so I have to choose.
It's not bad, in fact it's quite enjoyable and nice for the eye. But it has 2 very big issues :
- first, it is clearly inspired by The Room series and The House of Da Vinci series - you will find an oculus achievement and written notes about "dark energy" which is a blatant copy of The Room's "Zero" (maybe called "Null" in english, I play it in my language). These one are games I love and I'm not at ease with copy attempts that don't even mention the originals. The exact same tricks are used, and while it's working, it's expensive for a copy without originality in puzzle design (ofc the puzzles are different). Other way to say it: it's lacking inspiration.
- second, it has many, many, many logic puzzles. They aren't fun to solve at all. If I want to play Rubik's cube, I have one at home (and believe me, it's taking dust since years !). It's a metaphora, I didn't see any Rubik's cube in Boxes, at least yet, but you've got the idea. Artifical length based on figure how to make color items A in front of color items B by pressing buttons / make things roll, for example. I expected more puzzles about what objects to combine with (but that would take way more inspiration and design, see previous point)
Once again, I'd like to have a medium option, because it has also good moments.

Edit: finally finished it. Not a bad experience overall, but I can confirm that the game is plagued with pure logic puzzles, and totally inspired by The Room and House of Da Vinci series. Once again, without mentioning it, which is very dishonest at least in my opinion.

Very frustrating puzzles, a lot of codes to figure out of clueless possibilities. Not the kind of puzzle game I enjoy.
Not saying the game is absolutely bad, just not fitting my taste.
We are far from the gems of the genre in my opinion (the room series, house of da vinci, etc)

I realize I didn't review The Room yet... my bad.
The Room serie (all of them, 5 games so far at time of writing) is one of my all-time favorite games. Atmosphere, puzzles, all is great. It's one of the few games I enjoy replaying every 2 or 3 years (time to forget the puzzles' solution !).
If you like puzzle games and never tried The Room, it's a no brainer, really.
Best to do them in order (because of devs skills & polish improving over releases) in my humble opinion, but it doesn't really mater.

I guess all has already been said about The Talos Principle 2, so do yourself a favor as a logical puzzle solver with some taste for philosophical questions : just play it !
Regarding difficulty, many puzzles are quite mind-bending, but in the end I was able to solve almost everything by myself : main puzzles, hidden ('lost'), and mystery (golden gates) ones. TBH I confess using online help for finding some 'stars' !
Congrats Croteam, a wonderful job once again. TTP 1 & 2 are among my all-time favorite games.

I really enjoyed this game. I laughed a lot, more than I would have expected. The story is funny, gameplay is nice, puzzles are quite easy but not too much either, overall a great chill-out experience. Only downside is that it is not very long, but I prefer this quality over a longer uninspired thing. I'll follow the future work of these guys !

One of the best RPGs ever.
It was the glorious era, when Bioware was still a major studio (before it was destroyed by EA, in other words).
This edition comes with all the DLC, and trust me, most of them are really worth it. I spend dozens of hours (>100) back in time, exploring, rerolling, etc.

If you never played any Dragon Age game, I strongly advise you to settle for this one, the first of the serie.

The second one, in my opinion, is awful (not polished, no tactical combat since they added waves of ennemies falling from the sky, cut/paste "dongeons" that are all the same with only some doors opened or not to make a difference... in fact Bioware was bought by EA at this time, what a surprise). I remember trying the 3rd one, then let it go very quickly.

Very disappointed with this game, it seems that Cyan lowered his standards in a huge way. Sad from what was a top-notch puzzle game maker.
There are nice environnements, but the puzzles seems uninspired to me. A few "big" puzzles where you don't have to figure out what to do, but only how to do it (purely logical puzzles, as in classics like rubiks cube... not the kind of puzzle I'm expecting from a video game).
The "story" voiced-over is poor. It's not localized, while the game is sold for an excessive price relative to its content (once again, my taste).
I finished Myst without help and loved the "help yourself with almost no clue" experience. For Firmament, it doesn't work.
Well, this is my own view on the game, I'm sure different people will like it (the game, not my review !)