The gameplay is passable but the substance is lacking.

The Talos Principle was engaging and managed to hold its serious tone, here the tone just comes off as pretentious. Plot is clichéd and kind of goes nowhere in the end. Filled with elements that don’t actually make sense and subjects that feel dropped in just for the sake of it.

Doesn’t have the atmosphere or tension of Moon or Alien. The graphics and art direction here are fairly bland. Pacing is tiresome, too much gameplay with too little downtime.

Characters in Portal were witty and likeable, here they are are pretty annoying, especially the MC who constantly acts like a child that can't comprehend anything. (Reminds me of SOMA. I don’t know why devs insist on having moronic main characters, its like they're trying to insult their audience. Films don't have them and they'd debatably be targeting a wider audience even. *Thinks back to Interstellar* Wait no they do I take that back.) Although the AI character in this game is OK, not quite 2001 A Space Odyssey level of death.

As for technical stuff, I think the options menu could use some work. There were no separate y-asis invert controls for mouse and controller which was a bit of an inconvenience for me since I like to switch often. Also there’s no Linux or Mac support, Booo. (Not that I care so much having played it now)

So while obviously inspired by multiple other works, it fails to develop any of those ideas further and just comes off as mediocre all around. I wouldn't recommend this title unless its on a discount and you're desperate for an FPP to play.

The gameplay is passable but the substance is lacking. The Talos Principle was engaging and managed to hold its serious tone, here the tone just comes off as pretentious. Plot is clichéd and kind of goes nowhere in the end. Filled with elements that don’t actually make sense and subjects that feel dropped in just for the sake of it. Doesn’t have the atmosphere or tension of Moon or Alien. The graphics and art direction here are fairly bland. Pacing is tiresome, too much gameplay with too little downtime. Characters in Portal were witty and likeable, here they are are pretty annoying, especially the MC who constantly acts like a child that can't comprehend anything. (Reminds me of SOMA. I don’t know why devs insist on having moronic main characters, its like they're trying to insult their audience. Films don't have them and they'd debatably be targeting a wider audience even. *Thinks back to Interstellar* Wait no they do I take that back.) Although the AI character in this game is OK, not quite 2001 A Space Odyssey level of death. As for technical stuff, I think the options menu could use some work. There were no separate y-asis invert controls for mouse and controller which was a bit of an inconvenience for me since I like to switch often. Also there’s no Linux or Mac support, Booo. (Not that I care so much having played it now) So while obviously inspired by multiple other works, it fails to develop any of those ideas further and just comes off as mediocre all around. I wouldn't recommend this title unless its on a discount and you're desperate for an FPP to play.