- Publisher: Nilo Studios
- Release Date: Jun 21, 2016
- Also On: PC, Xbox One

- Summary: Asemblance is a single-player, first-person, psychological thriller. You awake to find yourself trapped inside an experimental machine. A machine built to simulate memories. You have no idea how you got here… But to break the cycle, you must look into a past that you may not want to remember.
- Developer: Nilo Studios
- Genre(s): Adventure, 3D, First-Person
- Cheats: On GameFAQs
- More Details and Credits »
Score distribution:
-
Positive: 1 out of 13
-
Mixed: 9 out of 13
-
Negative: 3 out of 13
-
Jun 29, 2016To call Asemblence an unorthodox game would be an understatement; it’s a game that throws convention off a cliff. I doubt many would find it fun, or even satisfying in a traditional sense, but it's a game that pushes the boundaries of what a game can be – that questions our most basic assumptions of the medium, and that is something we desperately need.
-
Jun 27, 2016However, even with an ending that takes way too much to achieve with very little pay off, Asemblance still manages to be a very intriguing and atmospheric sci-fi story.
-
Jul 5, 2016Asemblance delivers an intriguing narrative based around a time looping mechanic, and makes a lot out of very little. The game may not have many environments to explore, but each one is carefully layered and crafted to allow the story to emerge at whatever pace you're able to keep up with. It helps that the title has genuinely interesting – and, oftentimes, unnerving – ideas, which, when paired with the menacing music, makes for an engaging experience.
-
Jul 8, 2016Asemblance is a special experience. It has the serious overtones of something dramatic but plays like something simple. It’s thought provoking but not a huge commitment.
-
Jul 18, 2016The ending isn’t completely satisfying, but as a pilot episode of an ongoing series I’m totally on-board to see what comes next.
-
Jul 7, 2016Developer Nilo Studios says it wants this to be the start of a series of experiences reminiscent of the X-Files or the Twilight Zone. Unfortunately, there’s so little pay off in Asemblance that it’s difficult to muster much excitement for its future.
-
Jun 21, 2016Asemblance seems to be trying to posit a number of thought-provoking questions to the player, but neither the narrow gameplay nor the convoluted narrative articulates this message effectively, and the result is a diluted experience that is over before it began. Hopefully Nilo Studios has the opportunity to deliver more fulfilling and expansive episodes to the series in the future, but this first outing doesn’t inspire too much confidence.
Score distribution:
-
Positive: 2 out of 8
-
Mixed: 2 out of 8
-
Negative: 4 out of 8
-
Jun 21, 2016
-
-
Aug 7, 2016
-
-
Oct 31, 2016
-
-
Jul 13, 2016
-
-
May 16, 2017
-
-
Jan 22, 2017
-
-
Aug 8, 2016
-