Clocker Reviews

Не осили, вроде все решил, все что можно, а по сюжету не пройти, пошел смотреть гайды, а там все то же самое, и какой-то фиг знает триггер не сработал, поэтому дверь не открылась, которая позволит дальше по сюжету пройти и бегаешь как ненормальный все время, ну нфаиг

剧情太单线程，并且我认为大部分人喜欢的是用小女孩去解密探索，而不是使用她的老爹去进行。并且这个跑步操控跳跃的幅度太小，没有二段跳，自由度太差，最终玩家无法改变别人的结果，只是利用别人达到了自己的目的。If you can make the content of the game a bad thing that can change everyone in the town all the way, repeatedly switch the time to stop and flow. Discuss with each other how to take the next step, focusing on NPC communication and help to reach a better route. To sum up, the game is still too single-line.

I loved this so much that I bought the full version after playing the demo. The art style is just gorgeous and I am in love with the game play and mechanics so far. I love the concept of being able to control time to influence the events of the game, and it's done in such a unique way here! Can't wait to see how the story ends. My demo playthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-jUX3pUgSE EDIT 3/28 - Just finished the game, and it was SO good. Full playthrough below! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5Jimra-A3jLyZaIOQmpEQ1RZZaZI3ttr

No Mouse Support. Game is very beautiful, with fantastic presentation and an interesting setting and narrative so far, but the lack of mouse support is almost unforgivable. Very awkward controls, especially without a controller. Navigating menus is awkward even with a controller and the lack of mouse support makes this worse naturally.

Clocker is a time manipulating puzzle game that is often compared to Braid. However, it’s also a bit different. Braid gives you puzzle rooms with little context, you’re only supposed to figure out how to get the puzzle pieces. With Clocker, you are observing a town with NPC living their lives. You’re given context based on what the NPC are doing/saying and the situations they’re in. Often times you know what you’re supposed to do but you need to experiment in such a way to get the desired outcome. I find this way of using time manipulation better and more intuitive but the developer fumbles with executing some elements. Clocker also has a story that is presented more clearly and is shown through simple cutscenes instead of most of it written in text. There are 3 chapters, one is of medium length that is the tutorial, the second is the meat of the game with most of the content playing out in a town and chapter 3 is a short chapter focused on ending the game in one of the two endings based on what you did previously. You control the father and then you control the daughter in all the 3 chapters. The game has some really beautiful artwork. The way the colours are used feels like a painting and the way the characters animate work in giving the game its own charm. The music is pretty good, most of the tracks are piano pieces that fit the mood. The puzzles are very impressive in terms of unexpected NPC reactions and what you can do. The places feel lively and witnessing what others are doing is very interesting. Even though most of the content is in one town, so much happens that it still feels like a lot of content if you’re trying to get 100%. A lot of the situations are very unique and detailed. It feels like the game was designed by a genius in terms of puzzles and how everything comes together. Game has 3 main issues unfortunately. One is the English translation. Although the intend is often clear, it’s pretty bad. The game deserved better. The next issue is backtracking. The game has optional achievements or you need to take certain steps to get the true ending. Often times you only need to change minor things to get a different outcome. The issue is you having to retry an entire chapter (with the father) for ANY change. Backtracking is made worse with the third issue, sometimes it’s unclear when puzzles trigger or you’re not sure the outcome is going to play out the way you want until playing with the daughter. If it turns out you were wrong, slightly missed a small step or did it in a different order, then you can retry the entire chapter again. Steam shows that I spent 8.5 hours on the game, but I think 2-3 hours is the actual time I spent to complete the game with the normal ending. The rest of the time was trying to get the true ending and the optional the achievements. It was a lot of trial and error, lots of repeating the same thing over and over for one small change. I started the game thinking it’s pretty great. But I leave feeling frustrated and thinking the game wasted too much of my time to get everything. The price of €0,69 (on sale currently) is nothing but I’m not sure it’s worth it for completionist gamers who want to get everything blindly. The game is worth it if you’re a casual gamer or you’re okay with using guides.

It's actually got pretty interesting gameplay with reversing and changing the outcome of people's actions with time manipulation. This part I like. But there are 2 major problems: 1. The English translation is broken and strange, clearly not done by someone with a firm grasp of the language, makes the whole game sound awkward 2. The "true" ending (or really the only one people would enjoy) is not going to be obtained without a walkthrough. It's a lot of effort to get for such a short game, I feel like most people wouldn't bother with figuring it out if they missed it, leaving them with a rather lackluster ending to the game. It's also a fairly expensive game for the really short play time. If you really like puzzle games maybe try it at 75% off but otherwise due to the weird english everyone speaks, not really worth it.

This was quite a complicated at times puzzle game. It has nice visuals, music, and an interesting story about time, and how you should treasure it, before it's gone. It's a short game with some difficult puzzles. I know I definitely got stuck at least two times during the game, heck, one of those times was in the first area, but once solved, boy is it great. The story too is quite interesting, with a daughter and father trying to get back to each other blocked by time and, depending on the ending, [b](light spoilers ahead)[/b] [spoiler]either continuing the time loop until a future version of you breaks it or finally successfully getting back to each other, certainly mending their relationship in the process which was previously a bit rough.[/spoiler] Overall, a short puzzle game with a great story. And remember, time isn't meaningless, it never fades away. Treasure it before it's gone.

I have a mixture feeling of this game. The good: You control time, so to vary the outcome. Sort of like The Umbrella Academy, Tenet... Game is creative. The bad: Within hours of gameplay, I figure out the puzzle is kinda repeated. It is almost always started with [spoiler]a hit of someone or something, like cycler hits a girl, police fires a bullet/cat trips a thief, toy car hits a criminal, soccer ball shatters a window... [/spoiler]I find myself not liking it much. Well, there are around 5-6 puzzles for you to solve, story is simple, the puzzle itself is the game. The guy you control is more like a puppet when he moves, but it is okay for me. I would only recommend the game when it is on sale.

Don't pay full price for such a short game. Ending was predictable and very unsatisfying without an alternative. Doesn't save properly and hint system is tedious. Overall very disappointing compared to the unique gameplay concept.

[h3][b]Treasure it before it's gone.[/b][/h3][hr][/hr]Playing puzzle games with time manipulation is quite complicated for me because it takes time to mess around with. I decided to try it once by buying this game on sale. Clocker is a short puzzle game, contains 3 chapters. I can say that solving the puzzles in chapter 1 is easy, but in chapter 2, you really have to mess around with. Don't worry, you can get a hint if you don't know how to solve it. You'll play as two characters in turn. Each character have unique powers. Dad with the pocket watch that can mess around with NPC's timelines and her Daughter, who can resume the twisted timelines. Here's the thing, [b]every single change in the timeline will influence the entire plot.[/b] The game has 2 endings. After you finish the Loop ending (1st ending), there are items in the main menu that need to be collected in order to get the alternate ending. The replay-ability is worth it, and the 2nd ending is really worth experiencing. In case you want to know how to get the true ending, I've made a guide and it doesn't need 100% Achievements to unlock it. I recommend buying it on sale because it's really a short story and only cost me under $1.5[hr][/hr]https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3119986384