STASIS is a point-and-click story set in a sci-fi setting, with a dark and streamlined narrative. Without spoiling anything, let me give the rundown:

• Above average voice acting
  
• Well produced visuals
  
• A rather unconventional 3/4 isometric presentation
  
• Simple interface
  
• Casual-gamer friendly puzzles (most are solvable in 1-2 screens and inventory never exceeds a handful of items)
  
• A compelling atmosphere
  
• Not particularly scary
  
• All achievements can be obtained in one run

• The voice acting, while decent, is quite melodramatic and sometimes forced
  
• Contains gore that may be off-putting to some (suicide achievements?)
  
• Too much emphasis on digital diaries to drive the plot, skip them, and you miss important details
  
• An overall lack of flavor text for many things, including inventory, which may push the player to brute force solutions for sheer lack of information. When the puzzles do make sense, they're often too simple, which might disappoint challenge seekers.
  
• Unskippable cutscenes and autosaves - beware, achievement hunters - save often
  
• The plot feels rather empty with only 3 active characters in the entire game
  
• About ~5 hours to complete without rushing, no alternate endings, and little replayability outside achievements

Overall, STASIS succeeds in telling a compelling story of a man in search of his family, but it is nothing particularly mind-blowing. You'll hate the stereotypical villain and cheer and cry with the unfortunate MC. The visuals and sequences are quite reminiscent of the Alien film franchise and will make you want to see the mission to the end. Although it advertises itself as a horror story, I find it to be more suspense, since the isometric presentation inadvertently creates a distance between the player and the action. It tries very hard to shock and disturb with moderate levels of gore, which for the most part, I found detracting and over the top. But STASIS maintains fairly even pacing from start to finish and wraps it up with an ending befitting its universe: cold, dark, and alone. For mature audiences only.

STASIS is a point-and-click story set in a sci-fi setting, with a dark and streamlined narrative. Without spoiling anything, let me give the rundown: [h1]Pros[/h1] [list] [*]Above average voice acting [*]Well produced visuals [*]A rather unconventional 3/4 isometric presentation [*]Simple interface [*]Casual-gamer friendly puzzles (most are solvable in 1-2 screens and inventory never exceeds a handful of items) [*]A compelling atmosphere [*]Not particularly scary [*]All achievements can be obtained in one run [/list] [h1]Cons[/h1] [list] [*]The voice acting, while decent, is quite melodramatic and sometimes forced [*]Contains gore that may be off-putting to some (suicide achievements?) [*]Too much emphasis on digital diaries to drive the plot, skip them, and you miss important details [*]An overall lack of flavor text for many things, including inventory, which may push the player to brute force solutions for sheer lack of information. When the puzzles do make sense, they're often too simple, which might disappoint challenge seekers. [*]Unskippable cutscenes and autosaves - beware, achievement hunters - save often [*]The plot feels rather empty with only 3 active characters in the entire game [*]About ~5 hours to complete without rushing, no alternate endings, and little replayability outside achievements [/list] Overall, STASIS succeeds in telling a compelling story of a man in search of his family, but it is nothing particularly mind-blowing. You'll hate the stereotypical villain and cheer and cry with the unfortunate MC. The visuals and sequences are quite reminiscent of the Alien film franchise and will make you want to see the mission to the end. Although it advertises itself as a horror story, I find it to be more suspense, since the isometric presentation inadvertently creates a distance between the player and the action. It tries very hard to shock and disturb with moderate levels of gore, which for the most part, I found detracting and over the top. But STASIS maintains fairly even pacing from start to finish and wraps it up with an ending befitting its universe: cold, dark, and alone. For mature audiences only.