s.p.l.i.t

wholesome shell typing game

Too short to be meaningful, you will spend more time "typing" in a fake IRC chat than in an actual terminal, of which only 2/3 commands are actually UNIX like. The game has a single puzzle which is just correlating two pieces of information from two files. There is no hacking nor simulation here. If the game were free I would give it a neutral review, but this is not worth paying for.

Прошёл за 50 минут даже с моим куцым опытом обращения с терминалом. Стильно, понравились катсцены и история через чат, но слишком коротко и хотелось бы больше головоломок.

Very cool, short game. Definitely worth the small asking price. Nice soundtrack, neat gameplay, and a really compelling story. Above and beyond for a $3 game.

I have read many reviews complaining about the briefness of this game. And it is true: You can complete it in less than an hour. Yet it never claimed to be anything else. It's exactly what it says on the tin: a short game. It is also true that there is a lot of straightforwardness and linearity to the story. With the masterful atmosphere Kublinka is known for, you genuinely WANT there to be more. You want the game to challenge you further, to give you more to do, more to uncover, and more ways to interact with its OS. There is a part of me that wishes it had leaned further into its gameplay. And yet, I think the worldbuilding it manages to weave into such a short experience makes the linearity worth it. There is something sublime about the way this game reveals its world, but explaining why would require spoiling what makes it so effective. [spoiler]The subtlety of starting with something as familiar and retro as that interface, complete with the inability to tab-complete anything (nightmare stuff for me), only to gradually realize what the dates of entry for the prisoners actually mean... And then to reach those absolutely terrifying words explaining that the “way out” established from the very beginning would no longer work with the technology of that grim future. Phenomenal.[/spoiler] It is dirt cheap, it's short, and I think it's absolutely worth the price of admission. Go in blind.

Neat little game. If you are born before Win. 3.1 you'll probably manage to navigate pretty easy through the OS. Without roaming around and looking for secrets, est. playtime 30 min. to rech both endings. I've tried to find some secrets or easter eggs but haven't discovered any (except some game names and minor stuff). No real story, just some mysterious hacking. A pre- or sequel would be great.

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