Submachine: Legacy

An amazing point-and-click puzzle game. I've never played Myst, but this feels like what it would be like. All you need to see is how massive the percentage of players who've fully-cleared the game is to understand just how good this game is. ([i]20%[/i] have 100%'d it, finding all secrets to unlock the true ending. One in five players full-cleared it. It took me 17 hours, but it's so much fun.) One thing: if you don't take notes on [i]everything[/i] from chapter 9 onwards, you're gonna be stuck for ages. They're such long chapters with so many different subsections that you're inevitably going to forget about something.

A fascinating point and click game, wonderful to have it up to date now. Only pity is that this version will only run on Windows. It'd be great if it would be playable on Linux as well.

Submachine serisinden haberim yoktu. Oyunun geçmişteki başarı hikayesini oyunu bitirdikten sonra öğrendim. Kendime "Oyunu neden bu kadar keyifle oynadım acaba?" diye neden sorduğumu şimdi daha iyi anlıyorum. Teşekkürler, harika bir oyun.

Used to play the flash games as a kid. This is a really nice remake/remaster of the original games with enhanced graphics. The levels blend into one another beautifully. Playing each of them gives me the exact same feeling as when I was young. Submachine is such a great atmospheric game! The monolith achievements add even more little puzzles to explore which is especially nice for people already knowing the original games.

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The OG Escape point-and-click game comes back stronger than ever! This legendary series is a straight masterpiece in puzzles, art and sound. There is no series more worthy of a remaster than this one. Mega props to Mateusz for keeping it alive!

MINOR DISCLAIMER: I did not get this game for free but I DID get it as part of the 2024 Jingle Jam bundle, so that's why this review doesn't count towards the general review score. I did not get the bundle [i]because[/i] of this game's inclusion, but I [i]am[/i] glad I got it through there, as I might not have discovered this great game otherwise :D I am someone who likes puzzle room/escape room-y type games a lot. And this game scratches those itches very well, in my opinion. There are multiple levels (including bonus stages), and they become longer and longer (apparently these were originally individual flash games released from 2005-2015??) and incorporate new mechanics quite smoothly, in my opinion. At some points I got pretty stuck as this game REALLY twists your brain (at one point in the last level, which is SO long omg, I literally stopped playing completely and only returned months later. then I STILL couldn't figure it out and only eventually managed to progress by reading a guide. I still don't quite understand the logic to the solution >_<) and I also wouldn't have gotten all the achievements (unlocking the "monoliths" present in each level by [spoiler]finding little red dots scattered throughout the game[/spoiler]) without a walkthrough, as hard as I tried (see my massive playtime. I was VERY stuck hahah). The [spoiler]time-dimension-shifting mechanics[/spoiler] were a little confusing but there [i]was[/i] a logic to it. The small snippets of story were good imo! some things seemed a little unclear at points, but I suppose the [spoiler]time+space travel[/spoiler] aspects are to blame there, it gets a little confusing to think about. without spoiling too much, I liked the story and characters [spoiler]despite not ever meeting them, only their graves[/spoiler] :] I love how this game feels very lonely and existential at times to play, the music really adds to the atmosphere!! at the end (after unlocking all monoliths) the dialogue about [spoiler]the differences in the "data" lost and gained in archiving vs. drawing the map of the submachine[/spoiler] hit hard. in the age of generative ai, especially as an artist (REMINDER: AI "ART" ISN'T ART), it's so important to appreciate the human aspects of art. <3 and playing this game supports human art too!! it's all hand-drawn with great detail to the little things that make a world feel "real". so. play this game if what I have said so far sounds interesting to you. I truly think it will be worth your while and really leave an impression on you, as it did on me! :D p.s. specs are attached because the game ran pretty well on my laptop (makes sense if it's a former flash game series i suppose) and idk i just like ticking the little box next to the "attach pc specs to this review" option. what can i say hahahah