RECONNECT - The Heart of Darkness Reviews

Interesting concept, good looks and simple yet challenging gameplay. I'd rate it a 9/10 IF there was a way to save your current game AND continue playing for the challenge once you reconnected the heart. Without that it's a 5/10 for me (if you're into this type of game) since it does need you to stay invested for a good while to even get a chance to win a round. BUT I am yet to see if the AI will find counter measures against my light net pattern that I've been using to win the last couple rounds. So far it's not really been a threat since I figured out how to set up the net most efficiently. I'm only 3 reconnects in though, given the time requirement and lack of save-games. Would love to see those features added at some point

This is such a clever game! Very few games get the "unique difference" dynamic right, and this one absolutely scratches the itch for me. First you enter in a Black Hole.Then you try to reconnect the light with the A.I (Artificial Intelligence ) by using quants (photons). The quants dictate the strategy that you will use, in order to ''activate'' the A.I.The A.I. is increased in a parallel way with the strategy and the tactics that the player uses. I think that the game uses some concepts of the Quantum Theory.The Quantum Theory of Light was proposed by Einstein and it states that light travels in bundles of energy, and each bundle is known as a photon. Each photon carries a quantity of energy equal to the product of the frequency of vibration of that photon,and has an interaction in a parallel universe. Anyway, this game has such a unique and intriguing concept that you'll be missing out if you don't at least try it,even if it is still in early access...

No save, game fully resets after leaving. You are expected to play for 2-3 hours according to the dev to get the AI to have basic abilities. The Devs main objective, according to his own words, is not to deliver an engaging game to his customer, but rather to train his models for some future purpose, maybe for it to look nice on his cv ? The game itself is really underwhelming, a barebones TD with very basic Tower-Design and nothing for you to do until the AI trained itself well enough for it to actually do something. The game philosophy is not a fun game further augmented by some clever use of ai to make the enemy less predictable (like you would expect from the trailers), but rather the player has to endure hours of nothingness in order to experience some kind of gameplay. Which I never did, because I couldnt be bothered, but look it up on twitch. It looks rather decent, try it out, and return it like I have because of everything described. If you are dazzled by the concepts of AI, don't waste your money and time on an underdeveloped game by a dev who literally said he doesn't care to make his game fun or playable. Rather, spend 5 Minutes downloading a free python package like Anaconda (super easy!) and visit YT where there are so many great and free Tutorials to make your own beginner friendly AI projects. Luv y'all.

First off, this game is a piece of minimalist art! You really feel that the devs wanted to create something new and truly unique. ..and they succeeded! Secondly, I really like that this game does not stress me. So, if you are looking for high adrenaline RTS action this game is not for you. It’s for peeps like me that enjoy being taken on a ride and like to sit in their heavily secured base and forget the time while watching dumb AI drones becoming hellishly smart AI drones. Thirdly, it’s a game for people that like to be challenged! Enjoying this game is easy, winning this game is HARD! XD