NaissanceE

1. jmparis

   Sep 18, 2014

   10

   I really really appreciated this game. I've loved so much the atmosphere.
   I liked the exploration, and the puzzles too. Even if puzzles areI really really appreciated this game. I've loved so much the atmosphere.
   I liked the exploration, and the puzzles too. Even if puzzles are quite simple.
   
   I liked the fact that you can move from a very little room to a huge and limitless environment.
   
   I've just a concern about the final; that I found difficult. But it's the end of a game, it's normal :)
   
   Special attention and congrats to all levels between 30% and 90% of the game.
   They are just "ouaaahhhh"… Expand

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2. HyTricksy

   Mar 4, 2014

   10

   The player starts the game lost and confused. However, quite early, the character reaches a place where the game opens up and reveals its realThe player starts the game lost and confused. However, quite early, the character reaches a place where the game opens up and reveals its real face. The structures, in my opinion very influenced by Lovecraft and 'cyclopean' architecture, work to create giant spaces, bottomless pits and huge structures that make an acrophobic such as me experience the game in a very different (panicky) way.
   Outwith scenes apart, the physical puzzles inside use the player's reflexes and speed as well as their wits and puzzle-solving skills to move forward. This offers a pause in the exploration and 'admiring' of the gigantic outside vistas.
   As the game progresses it adopts a more surreal tone, which, in my opinion, goes perfectly well with the whole Lovecraftian feel the game has for me. The last chapters truly amaze and surprise you as you get nearer to the end. Truly a surprising and refreshing experience.… Expand

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4. darkwolf79

   Feb 14, 2014

   10

   This game sets out to make you feel alone and it keeps it promise.
   On an emotional level this game really delivers.
   At first you exploreThis game sets out to make you feel alone and it keeps it promise.
   On an emotional level this game really delivers.
   
   At first you explore simple yet confined level structures that very soon give way to absolutely monumental feeling set pieces that will have you in awe.
   The art style is in itself consistent and works very well, especially when paired with the rather excellent audio design. This visual and acoustic experience seems to always matche perfectly.
   The game really manages to deliver a wide range of experiences and emotions, from feeling lost in a huge and fascinating world to adrenaline pumping action sequences and solving the occasional puzzle, it does it all very well.
   
   The one thing I especially enjoyed is the at times very clever level design. While being a linear game with areas for you to explore it never feels like it is linear. In fact, I could swear I was making my way through at random or at being driven by interesting set pieces.
   
   Don't however expect much of a story. Not in the traditional sense anyways. Whatever happened or happens is up to your imagination. That is a good thing though.
   
   All in all, if you're looking for a game that will take you on a bit of an emotional rollercoaster ride while making you feel small, forgotten and alone, then play it.
   
   The thing that stayed most with me is the level design. Simply brilliant.… Expand

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5. everin

   Oct 1, 2015

   9

   Tier 1
   + One of the most visually stunning displays of level design ever created for a game
   + An innovative audio-visual experience that isTier 1
   + One of the most visually stunning displays of level design ever created for a game
   + An innovative audio-visual experience that is compelling from beginning to end
   + A lot of unique and interesting puzzles that tie thematically to the gameplay and world
   ? Some questionable exploration elements with frequent dead-ends
   - Some markedly frustrating platforming gameplay can pull players out of the experience… Expand

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6. Gracz-org

   Aug 8, 2017

   8

   NaissanceE jest świetną grą, będącą dowodem na to, jak kilka osób może stworzyć tytuł, który zostawi w tyle wiele wysokobudżetowych produkcji.NaissanceE jest świetną grą, będącą dowodem na to, jak kilka osób może stworzyć tytuł, który zostawi w tyle wiele wysokobudżetowych produkcji. Co prawda nie jest to gra idealna, ale zważywszy na fakt, że oferuje ona tak wiele doznań - można przymknąć oko na często irytujące elementy zręcznościowe i - momentami wkurzające - sterowanie. Jeśli chodzi o długość rozgrywki, to przejście gry zajęło mi około 5 i pół godziny - co jest dość znośnym wynikiem. Dodam jeszcze, że do wielu miejsc można dojść na kilka sposobów, można również trafić w „złe” miejsce i… nigdy już się z niego nie wydostać - trafimy bowiem na niekończące się schody albo ciągnące się bez końca korytarze. Wszystko ograniczono tutaj do minimum - żadnych map, podpowiedzi, ciągnięcia za rączkę do kolejnego etapu… to wszystko sprawia, że tytuł ten jest naprawdę godny polecenia. Mam nadzieję, że będziecie się przy nim bawić tak dobrze, jak ja.
   
   Plusy:
   + klimat!!!
   + sugestywny i tajemniczy świat gry
   + ogromne, budzące zachwyt struktury
   + projekt i wygląd etapów
   + balans czerni z bielą, światła i ciemności
   + świetna muzyka
   
   Minusy:
   – absolutny brak fabuły
   – mogłoby być więcej zagadek logicznych
   – niekiedy irytujące elementy zręcznościowe
   – … i sterowanie
   
   Pełna recenzja dostępna jest na blogu Gracz.org… Expand

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7. pfpfpfpf

   Jul 23, 2015

   8

   the graphic and the gameplay feel outdated but it's good enough if you enjoy platformers
   it's nostalgic in some ways.
   I personally enjoythe graphic and the gameplay feel outdated but it's good enough if you enjoy platformers
   it's nostalgic in some ways.
   I personally enjoy it's frustrating dumbness because the atmosphere and the design is really good. In case you don't know Pauline Oliveros is a huge experimental music composer that does music since the 60's or so. She's part of modern music history and that was the main reason i tried this game.
   And as Arainami says so, An apparently famous manga artist did the level design. Which is to say minimalistic but intriguing enough to make you keep playing.
   Puzzles are based on variation of space, light and air. cool heh?
   
   i think you would enjoy this game mostly for aesthetics reasons. I has a strong poetic potential. It is far from perfect, gameplay wise, but still for the weird atmosphere and design, it deserve a try.… Expand

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8. evild4ve

   Mar 7, 2014

   2

   It's much less breathtaking than it looks. The puzzles, at least during the first hour or so which was all I could endure, involve pressingIt's much less breathtaking than it looks. The puzzles, at least during the first hour or so which was all I could endure, involve pressing light switches to move floating light sources around that make certain platforms appear and disappear. At first it looks like a clever mechanic like Closure (but in 3D), but it's really just switches. In HUGE levels, with no particular idea of where you're supposed to be going or why. It isn't open exploration, there's a linear route - and it's just intentionally not marked out well, or indeed at all. It's like: if I crawl through this little space here and jump over these boxes I'm in the "next" area, which is much like the last one except the boxes are a different way round. The gigantic scale looks good, but it's dull to wander round it. Another game that had this problem was EYE: Divine Cybermancy - if you've played the particular couple of maps in that with vast outdoor areas that take five minutes to walk across but have nothing to interact with or particularly look at on the way, that's pretty much NaissanceE. Only, without anything to do at the end of the long walk, or anything to look at on the way other than grey boxes.
   
   Another puzzle that annoyed me early on involved navigating down a big grey "lift shaft" type thing by hopping from ledge to ledge (long drops kill you forcing a return to the last save), and the puzzle is that the only available light source slowly drifts up and down the middle of the "lift shaft" so that you have to wait 30 seconds between each jump. I hate it when games make things difficult in the game that would be easy if you were physically there - and in this case could feel for the sheer drops at the edges of the ledges.
   
   I'm being really down on this game. It does have a moody, mysterious atmosphere going for it. But probably so would Halo if you removed the plot and replaced all the scenery with grey boxes and put a sort of pixelly filter over the front of everything. And it could well have profound spiritual revelations waiting further into the game, about loneliness, or whether anything means anything... but I just have a creeping suspicion that I could get the same revelations by walking around a shopping mall at night wearing dark glasses. They seem to be patching it lots, and it's a genuine indie not a cynical cash-in, I could just have done with more freedom to get lost walking round a huge grey building, the linearity at the start was a huge disappointment. Back to Anti-Chamber for me!… Expand

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