Technobabylon

Many of the puzzles are regrettably a bit insane (and by "a bit" I mean "completely"), but just look up any solutions needed along the way. If you can get past that annoyance, you'll be rewarded with a story that is just [chef's kiss]. Magnificent.

Technobabylon ended up being one of those games that I didn’t expect to last this long, yet at no point did it feel like the game or plot was dragging, even across 12+ hours. I don’t want to spoil the story itself, but the writing is genuinely excellent. The voice acting is great across the board, but the soundtrack is what really tied everything together for me. So many scenes land perfectly because the music fits the mood so well. It could just be me since I’m a sucker for synth/EDM music and simple drone-like tracks :) The characters feel like actual people with histories and motivations instead of existing just to hand you an item or block a hallway until a puzzle gets solved. Everyone feels like they belong in the world. Puzzle-wise, the game does a really good job guiding you without shoving obvious hints in your face. Almost every solution felt logical and fair. It was only near the very end where I got completely “wrenched” and stuck on a puzzle that required combining multiple characters, quick timing, and using items in a way the game had never really asked of you before. I did feel like the game foreshadows the main reveal a bit too heavily halfway through, so the ending lost a little of that huge final payoff for me. Even so, this is still a fantastic cyberpunk adventure with memorable writing, atmosphere, and likable characters that actually feel like they have chemistry with one another.

Clearly not for me

Interesting and unusual story in a high-tech future setting. As with other Wadjet games, nice voice acting as well. One QOL feature I found myself wishing for was some way of highlighting the interactive spots, but that was not a major problem since most of the scenes didn't have too many possibilities. If you like adventure games, you will probably like this one. Recommended 7.5/10.

The story is well-written, straightforward, and linear. It won't blow your mind, but it will keep you entertained for a few hours, even if it's very cliché. Yes, you have a sense of what happening right at the beginning, or at least there are suspicions. Despite this, I still didn't like Regis's initial motivation for cooperating; he's a very intelligent detective who doesn't have a reasonable solution for not giving in to the blackmail, very shallow... you could say it's for emotional reasons, but it's still very shallow. The art direction, sound, and voice acting are good. I love pixel art. It's a modern point-and-click game, but with the same old problems. Some puzzles are annoying, like the wrench in the elevator; others don't make sense, or you get lost in what you're supposed to do due to lack of information, and so on. For some reason, the achievements sometimes don't work. Reloading and playing the scene again fixes the problem, so save frequently. Only the Talking Heads is bugged; there's a solution to the problem in the community. I played from beginning to end with the developers' comments, which I recommend, by the way—it's very interesting.

Ich mochte einfach die Story nicht.

I enjoyed the game until it got ruined by a necessary gravball game in the trance which is impossible to control using the mouse. Ended up uninstalling this game, and am not recommending it.

A great sci-fi vision implemented as an adventure game. I played in mid-2026, and the plot written before the modern AI era was very compelling. The very first puzzle in the game is the hardest (because you haven't really learned the rules of the world yet), so don't give up in the first room.