The Invincible Reviews

Good narrative game. Really nails the vintage sci-fi vibe. Definitely a game to take your time with and not rush—you don't have to answer each speaking prompt immediately and sometimes it's worth stopping to let a conversation play out.

The landscape is really stunning and the presentation of technology of the 50s in a SF is very nice. However, the greatest flaw of this game are the dark areas, which are far too dark for no reason and this reduces the playability and fun. You can get stuck. Another flaw is that moving around at times is a bit awkward and could be improved. Overall, a very nice presentation of an exceptional interesting SF of Lem. I do not know if updates are to be expected, but I think it is worthwhile to do so. A real upgrade of the game should also be very nice, where you get a bit more freedom and more tasks to fulfill.

Starts off slow but the story is fun, beautiful setting, and good to replay to try for different outcomes.

Story based game, and a walking simulator but one of the good ones. With that being said the story and atmosphere is all about sci-fi, all about atompunk. This is one of the sci-fi that is a bit more grounded towards reality compared to some, so if that's your thing you will probably like this game. Its less about the action, more about the discovery. As for gameplay, well its walking simulator, but its the type that wants you to interact with thinks ever so slightly more than "just press forward to go". Nothing super complicated, but the game wants you to, for example, get logs from a deactivate robot by actually removing the hatch, twisting a dial, and pushing a button, then grabbing the logs when they pop out. Nothing game breaking, but it does engage the player a bit more with the narrative which is exactly what walking simulators should do. Should be noted this game does have multiple different outcomes. Some small choices don't matter, others do. Different things can happen, different endings and variants on endings can happen. Your choices do matter sometimes. Did I mention the game was atompunk, and we really don't see this genre enough?

This is an amazing game/story. I have been struggling to enjoy games these days (including AAA titles) and thought I would try a slower paced game. This was it. It is not a walking simulator as others have claimed. Yes you are walking around a planet, but backed up by a great story, amazing visuals and rock solid dialog. The mystery is well worth the wait.

Ever wonder what it’s like to be stranded on an alien planet with nothing but old school sci-fi gadgets, a questionable sense of curiosity, and the creeping realization that maybe humans shouldn’t be poking around on a unknown planet? Well, this game has you completely covered. If you are expecting nonstop action, The Invincible will hand you a nice pair of shoes and tell you to go take a walk. The game is all about exploration, making tough choices, and unraveling a mystery that gets real weird the deeper you go. The story is the real star here. It’s deep, and a little unsettling. Every choice you make actually matters, leading to different endings that’ll have you wondering if you really did the right thing or just made everything worse. Of course I made everything worse. Great slow burning game, Intriguing story. Ill give this one 8.5/10.

This game is a prequel to the novel - The Invincible. I don't read books. This game made me want to read that book, its bought and on its way. 10/10

This is one of those games that's basically a movie, but you make some decisions as you go. The problem is, the game never lets me make any of the decisions because it is buggy. It shows me the decisions, but doesn't let me interact with them, and they time out and it says I chose inaction. Due to game breaking bugs, this is a horrible game.

The Invincible is about the science crew of the starship Dragonfly exploring the planet Regis III and discovering its mysteries, you play as the character Yasna, an astrobiologist a part of the Dragonfly crew. The game takes the form of an interactive story, giving you dialogue options to choose from, and a beautifully crafted game world to explore. The visuals of this game are stunning and very impressive, they will captivate you and inspire wonder in you. The dialogue of the characters is interesting too, it is at a level of quality greater than mundane conversation and common English. The characters are intelligent, and they speak intelligently, and they have meaningful things to say. You are given choices in the game that will determine the dialogue spoken by characters, so there is some reason to play this game more than once, or at least reload saves multiple times, but in many cases the outcome of the choices is the same and inevitable. Speaking for the gameplay, there is not much complexity beyond interacting with the environment, using some player equipped tools, and choosing dialogue, so I would say that the gameplay in itself is not very interesting, but this game is not about its gameplay, it is about the story. The plot is critical to the game, it will direct the player's choices and outcomes, it is basically like an interactive 3D novel, and this game is based on a text novel by Stanislaw Lem. However, the story does not disappoint in my opinion, it is interesting and captivating, although perhaps it features stereotypical hard science fiction ideas. The game is essentially about humans encountering an unusual and novel type of alien life on an alien planet, so I think it is not particularly remarkable in that sense, this does not devalue the plot itself, I think you will find it quite interesting and sometimes thrilling. Maybe the gameplay is not the best and most fun that could be, but the story is good enough to give you a reason to keep playing. Buy and play, please.

Overall a great experience, but sadly the game also has some problems like graphic flickering and fps drops ... also FOV should be over 120… and I feel like the voices could be way louder in some parts, but I still recommend the game, especially if you liked Firewatch.