The Turing Test

[spoiler]Pew pew[/spoiler] I have pirated this game once and decided to buy it and play it after it's been some years. Needless to say, I've enjoyed it more than last time I did. Overall game rating 8/10, lore is OK, story is a lot better. In my first playthrough, my biggest complain were the puzzles, because they were too easy (having just recently finished talos principle). Replaying it now, I feel like they are still simple, yet they don't feel like cheap or worth no effort, so I still enjoyed through them. I never needed a guide apart from twice during the special parts, but oh well. I quite liked the puzzle mechanics, especially in the later levels it was fun to figure out what to do. Unfortunately this game suffers a bit because it's also easy to bruteforce it, given the limited amount of "puzzle configuration". The characters were likeable...enough. Actors did a good job portraying their respective characters, but I do not find Ava to be all that likeable of a character. [spoiler]And the irony that she's being manipulated by both entities. Kinda funny yet sad.[/spoiler] Overall, a shorter, but still enjoyable ride.

Может ли машина мыслить? Фух, пожалуй головоломок хватит мне на долгое время. Игра оказалась приятным сюрпризом для меня, когда-то купил и забыл про нее. С некоторыми уровнями пришлось напрячь свою головушку. Пройти секретные комнаты без руководства я не смог, слишком глуп. За беседой с ИИ, напряжение в игре нарастает с каждой главой и только остается, что разгадывать головоломки и добраться до истины. Хотелось бы пройти игру побыстрее, возможно у вас получится.

In the Turing Test you play as an engineer in space named Ava, and set in the distant future, you enter the game on a seemingly unmanned station on Europa; one of Jupiter's many moons. The station has an AI named TOM, who plays an important role in the story. Slightly educational in regards to learning a few things about our solar system along the way, but the focus is more on the story and the puzzles itself, and the story is quite engaging. Although your character carries a "gun" like tool, be rest assured that this is not a weapon or for violence, despite its outwards appearance and how it is carried, but is simply transfers energy, which you use to solve the puzzles. Even with similarities to other games, this is its own game, and not a rip off of games like Portal. If you do like the game Portal though, you'll probably also enjoy this game as well. Themes: Brief violence: Regarding the alternate endings (Potential spoiler here), due to the possibility of in game violence shown, it must be stated that there is a live gun at the very end, and depending on how the game ends, it can result in violence and death of characters (briefly, and no blood or gore is visible). It is possible to complete the game without this happening, though the threat is still present. *** ~ House Blythe, curator for Non-violent Entertainment: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/35899705/

Après avoir joué à ce jeu, je dois dire que mes attentes n'ont pas été comblées. Bien que le scénario de départ soit intéressant, le jeu semble avoir été abandonné à la fin de son développement. Les logs audio sont indispensables pour comprendre le comportement des personnages et ce qui s'est passé, mais le problème est qu'il n'y a aucun sous-titre disponible même dans la langue originale. Cela rend très compliqué la compréhension surtout avec les effets audio ajoutés (voix, bruits de fond). Le seul bon point du jeu ce sont les puzzles qui sont malheureusement simple (trop?). La fin est prévisible, avec un semblant de "choix" sur la dernière séquence qui n'a aucun réel impact sur le déroulement de l'histoire. Et qu'elle fin...tout ça pour ça. Le jeu est une pâle copie de Portal, sans jamais vraiment atteindre la surface de ce dernier. En résumé, un scénario moyen mal exploité sur l'épilogue qui se fini trop abruptement, l'absence de sous-titres (en anglais pour les logs et d'autres langues pour le jeu complet) et une simplicité des puzzles qui n'arrive pas à rattraper le jeu. De plus, la fin prévisible et le "choix" insignifiant offert au joueur n'ont pas aidé. Le jeu essaie de s'inspirer de Portal, mais ne parvient pas à atteindre sa qualité. En somme, il est difficile de le recommander.

An interesting storyline that really makes you think about humanity and what YOU would do when faced with certain dilemmas. The puzzles were fun and interesting, some of the optional puzzles were HARD but others not so much. I would recommend.

中间 有个隐藏 关卡是一个放着几幅油画的小画廊，百度了一下发现是宙斯变成公牛欺辱Europa的故事.....不懂为什么要把QJ的戏码唯美化（并且墙上的画唯独缺少了这个剧情，直接到生完小孩）。通关之后突然觉得这种生物也许就指代宙斯，而Europa同Europa，最后萨拉的话也很有一种想成为新人类之母的感觉...... 还蛮喜欢里面的宗教元素的，不管是前面类似教堂设计的虚拟电子景观还是混在一堆人工智能资料中的圣经节选，神造人，人造AI，某种层面上来说，人就是AI的'神明——当然弑神是所有信徒的必经之路 0_0，当人类玩神明游戏的时候也不会例外。 以及Tom的逻辑思维和讲话风格实在是太NT了......从一开始代入Ava去吐槽Tom，到最后代入Tom吐槽Ava太SF，实在是太真实了。 其实玩法没有那么有趣（相比于其他解密游戏），纯纯贴图游戏也没有多少互动和乐趣，但是文本实在是太用心了，除了主角和AI贯穿全程的对话之外，遍布四处的录音文件，电脑中的历史邮件，散落的资料，把故事讲得很不错。

En az Portal kadar keyifli, en az Portal kadar beyin yakan bulmacalar. Hatta mantık ve mekanizma kurma olayını Portal'dan bir tık fazla sevmiş olabilirim. Oyunun hem bilimsel, hem felsefî hem de mitolojik alt yapılara dayanmasına bayıldım. Europa'nın Talos'a emanet edilişi, Europa'nın çocuğu Minos vb. detaylar gerekli zeminlere harika oturtulmuş. Bu kadar derin bir oyun olacağını tahmin etmiyordum. %100 ile tamamlamak farzdı. Oyunu bitirip eski bulmacalara tekrar dönerseniz, ilk oynayışta zorlandığınız bulmacaları hatırlamasanız bile nasıl çatır çatır çözdüğünüzü görmek güzel. Aslında ne kadar kolay olduğunu farkediyorsunuz. ---SPOILER ALERT--- Makineler ile iletişime girdiğimiz bulmacaların çoğu harikaydı. Siz odadayken Tom konuştuğunda odada yankı yapan ve uzaktan gelen sesi, robotlardan ya da kameralardan birine geçince birinci şahıstan duyuluyor, bu detay çok hoşuma gitti. ---SPOILER ALERT SONU---

A game with a good concept and decent gameplay, that unfortunately outstays its welcome. At its core the game is exactly what it looks like (probably): A narrative focused game that uses puzzles and problem solving to help move things along. For those who don't know a "Turing Test" is a test of Artificial Intelligence capability for solving 3 dimensional problems in a way that, in theory, would operate on the same level as human beings. The story itself is pretty well fleshed out and somewhat interesting....but to be honest the game lasts too long. Eventually you've seen all the puzzles and all the variations, and the only thing the game can do is throw the same stuff at you, but make it ever more complex and convoluted. At some point it just becomes a slog to get through. And while I didn't lose patience with the game, a mishap destroyed my drive and forced me to re-install many games in my library...and I chose simply not to reinstall and consequently finish this one. So I guess that suffices as the review. The game just wasn't interesting enough to me personally to keep me invested. Though I will point it out this may not be the game's fault, since I've read and watched a ton of stories regarding AI prior, so there just isn't much here that I haven't already seen.

The Turing Test is a puzzle game developed by Bulkhead Interactive and published by Square Enix. It's been out for a few years now, but I've finally gotten around to playing it and I have some thoughts. The Turing Test is a first-person puzzle game that has you playing as Ava Turing, an engineer sent to a research station on Europa, one of Jupiter's moons. You're tasked with investigating what happened to the station's crew and solving puzzles along the way. The puzzles themselves are pretty interesting and range from simple block-moving puzzles to more complex ones involving energy orbs and switches. They're not too difficult, but they do require a bit of thinking to solve. The game's graphics are also pretty good. The research station has a very sterile, sci-fi feel to it that's reminiscent of the Alien movies. There's a lot of white and grey, which makes the few splashes of color really stand out. The lighting is also really well done, with shadows and reflections adding to the atmosphere. The story has a pretty interesting premise, with Ava being sent to Europa to investigate what happened to the research station's crew. As she makes her way through the station and solves puzzles, she begins to uncover what really happened. I won't spoil anything, but I will say that the story is well-written and has a satisfying conclusion. Overall, I really enjoyed The Turing Test. It's not the most innovative puzzle game out there, but it's well-designed and has a good story. If you're a fan of puzzle games and sci-fi, I'd definitely recommend giving it a try.