Clockwork Reviews

Squishy movement/controls. Boring characters. Really disappointing ending. It's too bad, because the time mechanic allowed for some good puzzles. Unfortunately not quite enough polish on this one. Feels like an amateur flash game.

I loved the art style and the premise to the game. The puzzles were fun and required a little thought in some cases but none were mind bendingly difficult which was enjoyable for me. That being said, I got stuck on Poisonville 2-02, essentially the 23 level/scene/puzzle. In it, it appears you have to jump a gap to a chain then immediately jump again to a ledge before the chain descends taking you to your untimely death. Unfortunately I could not seem to manage this. Run, jump, jump, fall to death. Run, jump, controller stick to upper right, jump again and die. Tried rocking the controller stick backwards and forwards for moment for the jump. No matter what, I couldn't seem to jump off the chain, only let go and fall at such a direction and velocity that I could not even grab the opposite ledge to continue the puzzle. After 2 nights and about 20 minutes of attempts between the two, I'm going to have to give up on this game. I still recommend it because as I said above I enjoyed the art, gameplay and puzzle mechanics, but I personally won't be finish it because I can't get past this specific point in the game.

Right when I saw this game, I knew I would love it (what can I say, I'm a sucker for these types of games) The puzzles took me some time but they weren't OVERLY complex, which is good The artwork is especially amazing and the soundtrack is pretty calming (except during boss battles of course) The characters are creative and lovable in my opinion My only issues are that there are still quite a few glitches in the game, but I realize that those are being worked out The voices are a bit questionable (Atto's in particular??) but I got used to it And last of all THAT ENDING. PLEASE TELL ME THE FUTURE LEVELS ARE IN THE MAKING? I'm not a fan of cliffhangersssssssssss...... soooo many unanswered questions hnngghh Anyway, so ya, AMAZING atmosphere, GREAT story, puzzles and characters, and I just, highly recommend this game. For me, it was worth every cent

Warning: Broken Game - Do not buy right now 2nd Boss is badly bugged. Do not buy until fixed! Random character deaths in non deadly spots - level does not reset correctly when restarting from menu. ______________________________________________ Previous Review: It's good. A different gaming experience. You solve puzzles by being in multiple places at the same time. You do this by performing step 1, jumping back in time and doing step 2 while your former self does step 1 again. You can repeat this a maximum number of times depending on the level. Usually 3-5 time clones. You can release the ghost in your pocketwatch (yes, you read that right) and freeze and unfreeze time while you scout out the scenario. There are Bosses. Basically elaborate multi-phase chase sequences. People have complained about clunky movement, but it more about cordinating timing with your time clones than Super-Meat-Boy style acrobatics. People have also complained about bugs - only one I have seen so far is a rare non-scrolling screen on time-jump. Resetting level fixed it the one time it happened. The one lame/annoying thing for me is text presented typerwriter fashion with no way to insta-text or skip. (also means no voice acting) It's dialog with the ghost in your pocketwatch. It's boring and stupid. Supposedly some sort of storyline - whatever - it sucks. You can end the dialog on a level by solving it quickly - Incentive :D

Pros: -Interesting time manipulation puzzle mechanic. -Pretty background scenes Cons: -Extremely buggy -Unresponsive controls -Weak story -Mediocre animations

I enjoyed this game a lot. The puzzle mechanic is interessting and kind of unique (I have seen a similar mechanic in Portal 2 thinking with time machine) It is fun to create copies of yourself to solve the puzzles but there are a few bugs in the game which are mildly annoying. There is one Level in Crystal Highs where I am not shure if it is a bug or not…you have to solve part of the puzzle without the camera focus on your charakter, so you jump around and hope the enemie wont get you…that was frustrating but it was manageable at the end. The only thing that was more then mildly annonying is the fact that you cannot delete your copies withouth restarting the level. So dont do much experimental stuff with the portals or you have a ton of blue shadows running around The steampunk inspired art and music are great and I liked the charakters and how they grow together. The only thing I really hated about this game is the cliffhangar at the end, knowing there wont be second one because if they wanted to do one it would be here by now. I couldnt find any information about a second part so I guess its our imagination that has to write the rest of it which is really a shame because I would love to play a part 2

Visually great and the story has some substance to it. But the controls and movement are annoying. The puzzles are good but sometimes frustrating to restart when you forgot to place a portal.

There's a decent core gameplay idea here. But it's layered under horrible controls (think "A Boy and His Blob" meets "Prince of Persia"), game-breaking bugs, unnecessarily obnoxious level design, and atrocious dialogue. It's not worth wading through the bad to get to the good in this case.

I've been expecting this game since June 2015. When it came out on Steam on October 2016, I bought it as early as I could. [b][u]Story[/u][/b] I highly suggest you to read about the game http://www.clockwork-game.com/. It doesn't take too long to learn about the context and the characters, and it gives a little plus to the game experience. [b][u]Characters[/u][/b] You'll encounter a few NPCs, but you'll mainly be helped by 2 characters : - Milli, which is the "spirit" living within your clock. At first, she's a bit hateable, but I kind of like her character. Her relationship with Atto (aka. your main character) is quite lovely - Atto. Yeah, you can be helped by yourself in this game. [b][u]Gameplay[/u][/b] This game has an interesting and unique system of time-travelling, which is harder to explain than to witness. Let's put it the sequential way : 1) Spawn a portal 2) Do whatever you want (open doors, move boxes, distract a wandering enemy, ...) 3) TimeWarp (you return to the portal position, at the precise moment you spawned it) 4) Watch as a blue "clone" (Milli will call it a displacement) will do exactly what you did when you spawned the portal It's really helpful, especially when you have to hold a switch to keep a door open, or as a "save" (sometime I spawn a portal in order to save myself of my failures, and it works). At first I was afraid that the game would get hard too quickly since that time travel system gives many possibilities, but the game's difficulty actually increases smoothly. [b][u]Music[/u][/b] The music really suits the game's atmosphere. It's globally calm as you're explorating the world of Clockwork. But in a Boss level (which are fast-paced running away levels in comparison to the other levels), the music will help you understand that you'd better run fast.

This is a good find. The art is amazing, the gameplay mechanics are very cool and the puzzles are a good challenge, but nothing that will get you stuck. The main flaws are two: [olist] [*]The controls are not as responsive as I would like, specially when jumping. The game do not require pixel-perfect jumps, so it's not a big issue. [*]The level design is not bad, but could use some improvements. On later levels, you don't know what each lever/pressure plate activates, so you have learn via trial and error. The boss stages are not really "boss fights", but rather "boss escapes". I know it's hard to design boss fights for a puzzle plataformer, but even so I think they should have more action. [/olist] Each level is very short, which can be annoying at first but later becomes a blessing. The last stages can be very unforgiving so it's not a big deal when you have to to restart from scratch. Even with those issues, overall it was a great experience, it's very fun to sync all your copies to beat a stage. If you like puzzle plataformers, grab this game whenever you see it on sale.