
The Initiate is a mystery puzzle game. You awake in a house full of traps and puzzles - This is your trial; complete it, or die!
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Languages: English**languages with full audio support
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so much funnnn
I played around 3 hours and decided not to continue. On paper, this should have worked for me. It has mystery, horror elements, locked rooms, hidden clues, puzzles, and that classic “wake up somewhere strange while a mysterious voice talks to you” setup. Basically, all the ingredients for a good little escape-room-style puzzle game. But in practice, it just became frustrating. The biggest issue is the puzzle design. Some puzzles are almost too easy, with answers handed to you in a very direct way. Others go completely in the opposite direction and feel too obscure, leaving me wandering around trying to figure out what the game even wants from me. Maybe part of that is on me. Sure. But I’ve played a lot of puzzle games, and this one rarely gave me that satisfying “aha!” moment. It was more like “oh, okay…” or “what am I supposed to do now?” The controls also don’t help. They are not terrible, but they feel clunky enough to make exploration less enjoyable. The camera movement started making me a little dizzy after a couple of hours, which was probably the final push I needed to stop. Presentation is a mixed bag. The graphics look dated, though that is easier to forgive considering it is a 2017 indie game. The sound design has some nice touches, but it is also oddly noisy. There is a lot of outside ambience that becomes distracting, and the music did not do much for me either. TL;DR: Cool concept, decent atmosphere, but frustrating puzzles, clunky controls, weak sound design, and a dull overall experience made me drop it after two hours. 3/10
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I didn't know joining a cult was this much work but I tried my best
Very good game. Not difficult puzzles. overall I enjoyed playing it. Recommend!
Al principio no me convencia. Pero la verdad q a medida q iba avanando los puzzles se volvian mejores. Me gusto bastante. Y la sorpresa cuando terminas el juego es algo sublime. La frutilla del postre. Realmente siento que estoy entrando a una secta de los enigmas..
A few issues with the controls - can't remap at all, and there are a couple of places where your character gets caught by the floor somehow - other than that, a fantastic escape room game (bring a pen and paper), I'm looking forwards to playing the Initiate 2 right now!
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Nice little escape room game
Good game, but a bit rough around the edges with several bugs and lots of typos. Some puzzles keep resetting themselves, and objects you've already collected reappear. A few puzzles were solved randomly. You need to save the game before you exit - which is not made clear, and to start with is not obvious. But if you start a puzzle and then save the game without completing it, the puzzle can become stuck in an unsolvable state.
No spoilers review: TL;DR: I give it a 3.5 out of 5. Good: Fun game for what it is. No jumpscares. Large area/room of puzzles. Atmosphere is great. Decent graphics and some nods to their other games. Puzzles range from pretty easy to medium. (assuming the game doesnt glitch and you think youre missing something, read below) Bad: Buggy still. I ran around for an hour trying to figure out the next part only to have to resort to a walk through which said to go do this one thing, except I couldnt because the door wouldnt open. Reloading fixed it, but reloading also resets some puzzles again. I wasted an hour thinking I was missing something. Only 1 side of a main cabinet wouldnt open, So i ran around again thinking I was missing something. Nope, was just glitched. Had to reload to get it open. One of the endings doesnt work. It plays the music but you're still stuck inside. Reloading doesnt fix this a new game does. Story: You never figure out what your memories are or why it even pertains to the story. I havent played the 2nd, maybe they explain it. But the story is non existent here.
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