STASIS: BONE TOTEM Reviews

Thought it'd be scarier. Was like a mix of Fallout and Disco Elysium but puzzles only. Cutscenes were super zoomed into their face. Also, Moses was hideous srry not srry. I liked it don't get me wrong but I wouldn't play it again. They leaned into more Tomb Raider horror than deep sea alien horror. Just watch someone play it on YouTube tbh

This is a miserable experience. The dialouge is ungripping, the puzzles are either on the nose (find a note, punch in code) or consist of "find an item throughout five rooms", which is also braindead, but takes far longer. Millenial writing; the characters are unlikeable and annoying, like a cari̇cature of a millenial couple. There was nothing about their stroy that kept me focused. Painfully mediocre. There's nothing witty about the story, it's cliche "horror from the deep where the main characters nose dive into a pile of tentacles" It looks cool, but that's all the game has going for it.

[b]===== GOOD =====[/b] - Setting. Okay bio-cyber-punk world setting, but you need to read a ton of walls of texts, this quickly becomes very daunting task. [b]===== BAD =====[/b] - Characters and voice-acting. Besides some funny meme-style phrases from [spoiler]Bear[/spoiler] character, main characters are very bland, generic, voice acting is very mediocre too. All talks and chats between main characters are generic and boring. Repeating same narrative of how this place is fucked up like 20 or 30 times... It quickly starts being annoying. I get it, i see it, no need to remind me this obvious fact every room. - Music. The more i listen to it, the more i think it is AI-generated music... i may be wrong, but that makes no compliment to music author. And instrument choice is very wrong here. - Controls. Very clunky, stiffled, glitchy. Did not enjoy controling characters at all. [b]===== VERY BAD =====[/b] - [b]MAIN POINT. PUZZLES.[/b] Illogical, dumb puzzles. Absolutely worst puzzles i ever seen in game. In game, where only gameplay is walking and solving puzzles (and read walls of never ending text). Sometimes i think puzzles were designed with AI, as some other parts of this game. You start playing the game and trying to apply some logic to puzzles, but that quickly devolves into spam random stuff from inventory into puzzle-screens (toddler-style solving) with turning brain completely off. Because they follow zero common sense. For example blasting wooden door with turret gunfire in order to open it. At first i was laughing and thought that was so stupid. Later I realized this puzzle was one of 2 or 3 most logical ones, that was at least somewhat realistic. Keep in mind story and setting here trying to be very serious, mature and complex. This goes in stark contrast with those "puzzles". All code panels and engineering panels make no sense. They all work in same boring principle: just memorize some symbols from random barely related picture somewhere and input them as "code". wow... TLDR: The only gameplay here is solving puzzles (you do nothing besides that), and they are very mediocre and follow no common sense.

Incredible Game. The story is full of incredible twists, turns, and emotion. Also, the cinematic cut scenes are a treat, the puzzles and solutions to problems are creative and unique, and the game ended with me wanting more of the world it takes place in. Be sure to give the game the time and patience a point-and-click adventure deserves, the reveal of the story and its characters is well worth the wait. Would strongly recommend.

I hate puzzle games but this is highkey one of my favorite games I've ever played. Makes sense, beautiful environments, engaging story, deep ass world and lore, great characters.. 100% blows the original Stasis out of the water Certified pure gem

I really liked it in the beginning but it soon lost me. Had its moments but felt dull and repetitive in later stages.

Has good story, likable characters, at times really emotional

Its a good point and click horror game. Doesn't have any jump scares and mostly plays with its concepts. Near the end it kind of lost me. Mainly because of one character that I just could not get behind. Overall I would still buy and play this game again if given the chance. The puzzles were tight and the mechanic of each character having their own special abilities that interact with objects was a good touch.

Utterly unbelievable experience. Felt like I was playing The Dig, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis and Myst all at the same time. Combines themes from The Abyss, Alien and HP Lovecraft to perfection. Took me about 20 hours to finish but I used the walkthrough/cheated plenty. Looking forward to a prequel that explores more of this story.

Great story Great characters Solid but not frustrating puzzles Great visuals Great atmosphere