- Publisher: Neko Entertainment
- Release Date: Feb 17, 2016
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Apr 3, 2016[Californium] did get challenging at times, and I would be lying if I said I didn’t rage quit once or twice, but in the end the reward for finishing was worth it.
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Mar 2, 2016The debut title from Darjeeling in an ambitious one, but somehow it misses the target. Considered as a pure homage to Philip K. Dick, it's even too didactic; as a first-person interactive adventure, it's pretty basic and repetitive. But if you're a fan of P.K.D., you'll find some interesting and fascinating stuff.
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Feb 17, 2016Californium is a video game UFO. A very good game about sci-fi and Philip K. Dick life. It's a strange experience with lot of psychedelia. When you play it, you just want one thing: to open a k.Dick book.
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Feb 17, 2016What if the ideas and the themes of Philip K. Dick’s novels become a videogame? The result might be Californium, a first person-adventure with a simple and extremely linear gameplay but with great storytelling and an inspired setting.
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Feb 25, 2016Californium is a pitch perfect visualization of the death rattle of the hippie dream, a glimpse into worlds locked behind the liquid dreams of acid. It is also suffers from design and pacing flaws that take away from the overall experience and limit its audience.
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Apr 17, 2016Californium is an overdose of style hindered by a terrible gameplay concept.
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Mar 15, 2016It's a complex game, and surely not a mainstream one. If you're looking for something different, and you are interested in Philip K. Dick's works, you might find something really interesting here.
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LEVEL (Czech Republic)Apr 12, 2016Beautiful Californium is designed for anyone who just wants to escape anywhere from reality. Philip Kindred Dick would be proud. [Issue#262]
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Feb 19, 2016Starts strongly, but soon fades into a slog through samey puzzles and ever-weaker environments.
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Mar 15, 2016Californium is only here to deliver the report: life is a pixel hunt, and there is no hint line.
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Mar 29, 2016An interesting concept about a writer declining into a madness unfortunately suffers from a poor storytelling, boring pixel hunting, and at the end it’s only a waste of time.
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Feb 25, 2016This is a smart, gorgeously presented game, novel and peculiar, and as I mentioned at the start, with a lot to not quite say. I’m not convinced by the ending, I think it aims for too much “Ahhhh but ahhhhhhhh” and not enough, “Oh.” But the journey toward it had me intrigued, and the game’s final sequence is utterly stunning – level design you won’t have seen elsewhere.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 10
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Mixed: 4 out of 10
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Negative: 3 out of 10
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Jun 27, 2018A very peculiar walking simulator, although not for all the tastes. I found the mechanics a bit boring, however, the atmosphere is amazing.