Cradle

 PC
User Score
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. 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...
  2. 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..
  3. 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
  4. 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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