Cradle

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7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 75 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 47 out of 75
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 75
  3. Negative: 14 out of 75

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  1. raorian
    Oct 11, 2015
    6
    first game ever i wanted to finish badly for the mystery of the story but couldn't for how much i didn't enjoy the gameplay. the pazzles are so random and boring (make food for your animal for example) i just stopped playing after the 10th time i needed to look for a walkthrough to continue playing. this game should have been a movie. even a silent movie. much lost potential.
  2. KARF4GEN
    May 10, 2018
    7
    За старание пять баллов.
    В остальном все не так и хорошо.
    Она жестко фризит и ворует память, но для студии дебютанта круто. Активижн и убейсофт делают на том же уровне и все покупают.. В целом игра вроде про квест, а получается за кубиками бегать пришлось. Я понимаю возможно не нашли решения чем нас занять, но лучше бы мы побродили по степи, ибо пространств много, а пришлось кубики    За старание пять баллов.
    В остальном все не так и хорошо.
    Она жестко фризит и ворует память, но для студии дебютанта круто. Активижн и убейсофт делают на том же уровне и все покупают..
    В целом игра вроде про квест, а получается за кубиками бегать пришлось. Я понимаю возможно не нашли решения чем нас занять, но лучше бы мы побродили по степи, ибо пространств много, а пришлось кубики собирать.
    Немного не к месту, но детям для развития в самый раз.
    Потом у нас история вроде и глубокая и твист есть серьезный, а заканчивается неким перемещением.
    Скомкано в общем.
    Кому рекомендую?
    Детям от 8 лет и жо 17.    … Expand
  3. GameplayExpert
    Mar 17, 2016
    4
    This game has great visuals, but that's all. Storytelling is pretty much messed and turns out to be very silly when you dig more deeply into it. Gameplay is almost nonexistent here, we have some sparse adventure elements mixed with tedious and boring arcade parts (gladly we can skip those after failure). This game could be very good, but no, only wasted potential we can see here. What a shame...
  4. ShefardAlex
    Jul 13, 2020
    8
    A good game for the studio that after the collapse was supposed to raise a reputation for itself at least somehow especially.
    Good plot and nice graphics.
    The only negative, I hate these damn cubes
  5. kranky
    Aug 2, 2015
    10
    It is so beatiful in every way: story, characters, graphics, world. Maybe gameplay is too simple, but this game is not about it, it is about the story, like Dear Esther or Ethan Carter.
    But it'll not reveal it's story so easy. You need to look for pieces of the world under every table and in every box. And you need to play it at least 2 times to understand more.
  6. jaguararx
    Jul 29, 2015
    10
    Great interactive story with few puzzles. Good music. Good atmosphere. Player must be very attentive to the records on any piece of paper to understand all story in the end. That's an amazing.
  7. NemoZon
    Jul 25, 2015
    10
    Cradle is a beautiful story of a mechanized post apocalyptic world experienced through the eyes of a person who lost his memory and uses a mechanical woman to figure out what is happening in the world.

    Your goal is to do quests and mini games and through those you experience the world around you. It is extremely atmospheric and very frustrating. The game doesn't tell you anything and    Cradle is a beautiful story of a mechanized post apocalyptic world experienced through the eyes of a person who lost his memory and uses a mechanical woman to figure out what is happening in the world.

    Your goal is to do quests and mini games and through those you experience the world around you. It is extremely atmospheric and very frustrating. The game doesn't tell you anything and you can interact with pretty much everything. It took me an hour to do the first quest which can be done in 5 minutes if you know where to look.

    I received the game weeks ago so I'm a bit surprised it is only 13€ albeit it has little to no replay value since the quests are always the same. You can expect to beat the game in less than 10 hours if you're completely clueless, probably around 4 hours in the second playthrough.

    The main voice actor is a bit stiff and I don't like him but overall the game is definitely for anyone who wants to experience a strange and beautiful world.    … Expand
  8. sdgdsgsdgs
    Dec 31, 2015
    8
    Very stylish and beautiful game. The game has a lot of thoughtful details, interesting storyline, interesting quests, the game is also a stylish and thoughtful little details, the game interesting.
  9. PaShKoMeTR
    Nov 15, 2015
    10
    дивовижна гра-квест від українських розробників, яка надовго ще сидить у твоїй уяві від цікавого сюжету.
    на жаль продовження не буде. чекаємо на новий шедевр від чудової студії
  10. p00tis
    Sep 3, 2015
    10
    Small but hearttouching game with neat visuals and music. It's a shame that it failed in sales and developers, perhaps, will go bankrupt. Alas, poor Yorick!
  11. HopDop1
    Oct 6, 2015
    0
    I just beat Cradle, it was an huge disapointment! The game was pretty meh, find a few items, do the exact same mini-game over and over, then it ends without you really knowing what happens..
  12. kezzyhko
    Jul 29, 2020
    9
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  13. Ayreos
    Sep 18, 2021
    9
    An unabashed masterpiece, albeit unpolished, being indie.
    The art direction is world-class beautiful and fresh. The few locations, characters and set pieces are very carefully designed for maximum quality. The music is fantastic.
    The writing and narrative are flawlessly presented, the player can discover it at his own rate and is rewarded for interacting with the game as much as    An unabashed masterpiece, albeit unpolished, being indie.
    The art direction is world-class beautiful and fresh. The few locations, characters and set pieces are very carefully designed for maximum quality. The music is fantastic.
    The writing and narrative are flawlessly presented, the player can discover it at his own rate and is rewarded for interacting with the game as much as possible, which is wonderful, but will unfortunately not be as appreciated by players who do not enjoy reading and pondering.
    The gameplay is actually well-designed and stimulating. I don't mind the cube puzzles as well, but they change in tone too much from the rest of the game even though they fit well narratively. It's the only oversight to me.

    In my opinion the game needs to be played and thought of for a while for it to be complete. You can look for someone else's conclusions about it as well, if too impatient. Essentially almost every piece of information in it is part of the narrative and important.

    Congratulations to the developers for releasing something so deep, beautiful and meaningful. Thanks for the exhilarating experience. All i wish is that you made more, and others developed games with such dedication for interactive art and gameplay. It's sorely needed.    … Expand
  14. Voyou
    Oct 8, 2016
    4
    What's more boring than cooking ? Cooking in a video game ! That's one of the reasons why I quickly left the yurt and ran around in the wilderness, and around, and around, and it was all empty and lifeless and funless and depressing and boring. It's very pretty, until you've seen the same rock pasted for the millionth time. Guys, if your game is so linear, why do you set it in a fake openWhat's more boring than cooking ? Cooking in a video game ! That's one of the reasons why I quickly left the yurt and ran around in the wilderness, and around, and around, and it was all empty and lifeless and funless and depressing and boring. It's very pretty, until you've seen the same rock pasted for the millionth time. Guys, if your game is so linear, why do you set it in a fake open world ?

    Back in the yurt then, where I can open a thousand drawers and read tons of small labels and notes, mostly in English, which is bizarre and not the Mongolia I remember, but fair enough. Sorry but environmental narrative is good when it's in the background, not when it's the only thing to look at. Also, for a game which relies so much on manipulating objects, it's very clunky. Every time I try to put an object back where it was, I end up losing it on the floor. And it seems the crouching key is only there for the purpose of being able to spot things that have fallen to the ground.

    I dislike empty game worlds.    … Expand
  15. qrpiech
    Mar 7, 2016
    8
    Intriguing and relaxing game with a wonderful soundtrack - a true indie gem! Developed by Flying Cafe for Semianimals (a studio created by former developers of STALKER: Call of Pripyat, Heroes of Might and Magic 5 and Allods Online), Cradle is an immersive, atmospheric adventure game set in a somewhat post-apocalyptic Mongolia.

    You wake up in 2076 in a yurt in the middle of a steppe and    Intriguing and relaxing game with a wonderful soundtrack - a true indie gem! Developed by Flying Cafe for Semianimals (a studio created by former developers of STALKER: Call of Pripyat, Heroes of Might and Magic 5 and Allods Online), Cradle is an immersive, atmospheric adventure game set in a somewhat post-apocalyptic Mongolia.

    You wake up in 2076 in a yurt in the middle of a steppe and cannot remember a thing. There is a broken mechanical girl in your room, and a huge, abandoned dome nearby. You can roam the world freely, interact with objects and physics, read tons of documents that help you understand what happened (think Gone Home and The Vanishing of Ethan Carter).

    There are a lot or Orwellian things going on here, there is also a mysterious virus called 'desperatoxin' and some strange, smoke-like creatures. Your task is to repair your companion, explore the dome and learn what happened to the world and human society.    … Expand
  16. ehsanelite
    Dec 28, 2020
    7
    This game look amazing but the developers decided to **** on it
    The story is awesome, unique, the graphics are good, the artwork is amazing
    then there is game play, absolutely disgusting, it makes you frustrated and give you headache, with that disgusting controls they decided to make the hardest nastiest puzzles of all time, there is only 4 puzzles in the game (thank god) and you can    This game look amazing but the developers decided to **** on it
    The story is awesome, unique, the graphics are good, the artwork is amazing
    then there is game play, absolutely disgusting, it makes you frustrated and give you headache, with that disgusting controls they decided to make the hardest nastiest puzzles of all time, there is only 4 puzzles in the game (thank god) and you can skip them after you lose (if you manage to lose which is harder than winning the puzzle), they are all the same puzzles over and over again, and its not only a bad puzzle, it's the worst puzzle i have ever played in my entire life, and i played lots of puzzle games

    overall:
    Story: 9/10
    Game play: 1/10
    Graphics: 7/10
    Artwork: 9/10

    never gonna play this game ever again because of the disgusting controls    … Expand
  17. Kunray
    Jul 25, 2022
    1
    don't want and don't have time to write here. to be short - I'm very disappointed
    1/10

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Metascore
65

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. CD-Action
    Oct 17, 2015
    80
    One of the best stories among indie games of recent years. [10/2015, p.60]
  2. Games.cz
    Sep 25, 2015
    60
    Cradle successfully combines a strange world with mysterious story and beautiful design. But the actual game principles are, unfortunately, lagging behind.
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  3. Adventure Gamers
    Sep 21, 2015
    60
    A passable game in a fascinating, unique sci-fi world, Cradle is fine to explore but constantly reminds you how much more it could be.
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