The Message from Deep Space

If you like math/science in pretty much any capacity, I would HIGHLY recommend this game! I was genuinely not expecting a game like this to be so well thought out, so satisfying, and so (positively) emotionally charged! I have a few nitpicks with some UI things and some transmissions seem almost [i]too[/i] specific, but the "clunkiness" almost adds to the 70s charm and there are enough guides out there to help you if you get stuck (to be used as a LAST resort!!!) that these weren't too big of a deal. The aesthetic of the game, especially the soundtrack and sound effects, is phenomenal and there are some genuinely funny and touching moments.

It's like I got dropped straight into an Andy Weir book. If you have a single nerd bone in you body you will love this game.

Juste incroyable. Il faut un peu s'accrocher pendant les premières heures très focus sur les notions de maths, de physique et de chimie, mais après c'est que du bonheur. Et la façon dont les concepts sont introduits au fur et à mesure, c'est très très malin.

First contact with extant life from another world, & it's the aliens sending us their math homework. All jokes aside, I love this game. The characters seem simple on the surface, but their little conversations, in-jokes and quirks really make you connect with them. I can't believe that within the span of a couple hours they had me go from jeering at Dr. Akers to genuinely empathizing and rooting for him. I also wanna shout out the OST, the music is actually really nice to vibe to while puzzling over a new transmission. I'm definitely relying on walkthroughs to make progress, but the atmosphere and story are enough to make it still an enjoyable puzzle game

很好的游戏，循序渐进的解密过程，说实话吸引我玩下去的不是每个谜题，谜题本身稍微有一点枯燥，纯做题，但是做题结束后时不时冒出的主角同事几人的吐槽很有意思，他们的对话中带着提示，而又不枯燥，你会发现他们会有和你一样的想法，就比如说他们也会想10/4为什么不是1.25而是1.2，然后引导你需要转化为8进制，之后升级的烟花也很让人感动，每次答对了就会放烟花\\丨// ，这个游戏最精彩的就是和同事们在一起的日常，我的上司也很好，总是颁发一些奇怪的奖杯给我们😭，他的画工也很抽象，虽然我每周的结束感言基本都是happy，不知道我的同事们会对这个词语有什么想法捏…，游戏有在循序渐进的教你，从最基础的重复开始，感觉外星人在引导你的感觉，我觉得对面是很高级的物种吧！

Wow If you feel like it drags at the beginning, stick with it until the end of act 2

I'm going to think about this game for the rest of my life

This game is nothing short of incredible. The concept is inspired: translating a message sent across space, from a culture that we know nothing about, and who in turn only know one thing about us: By the fact that we're reading this message, we must be intelligent. From patterns, to math, to science, to language and culture, you build up your understanding. There's little hand holding, and you will end up with wild misconceptions of what some words mean. But as you progress, you refine your understanding, improving your definitions. It's a challenging puzzle, but deeply satisfying. Your teammates (the other characters who serve to help you along the way) are extremely well written: They don't seem like they know the answer and are just spoonfeeding you hints. They seem just as baffled as you are, but perhaps have knowledge about astrophysics or linguistics that you don't. They really feel like coworkers, and by the end, friends even. Like the meteor, I know next to nothing about you, except for, by the fact of you reading this review, you're at least a little interested in the game. That's enough for me to unequivocally recommend you play it. The Message From Deep Space is one of the best works of art, never mind videogames, that I've ever experienced.

Crazy good. It's quirky, clever, imaginative, clunky, deep, and thought-provoking all at once. It makes you think about the nature of communication and how abstract language itself is. The characters can also prod you to think about things differently from time to time. It's a very slow burn, though: it seems like very much a "journey is more important than the destination," game, so if you're more destination-minded (like me), you might get impatient in some places, but stick with it: the end is worth it. Still, my recommendation is to NOT rush through: you can miss dialogue if you progress through the puzzles too quickly. If you're into STEM, there's plenty of that here, but if you're not, then don't worry: it's got plenty of other topics, too, which I don't want to spoil (I singled out STEM because it's already featured in the screenshots).