INSOMNIA: The Ark

 PC
Metascore
54

Mixed or average reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4
  1. DarkStation
    Oct 19, 2018
    70
    Insomnia: The Ark has an exceptionally cool premise and a very complex story to tell but the game that Mono Studio built to house its vision doesn’t always do a great job. It simply moves too slowly and lacks a central narrative drive. It’s burdened by combat that is both hardcore and limited, and by lots of smaller issues that add up to a bigger overall impression of messiness and missed opportunities.
  2. Riot Pixels
    Feb 10, 2019
    56
    For every bright spot there is a dozen of poor design choices, and don’t get me started on bugs — InSomnia needs a separate review just for them.
  3. GameStar
    Feb 3, 2019
    56
    Behind the reasonably pretty shell Insomnia: The Ark consists of an unnecessarily complex core, for which fun is an unknown word.
  5. The Overpowered Noobs
    Nov 2, 2018
    30
    Too buggy to currently be considered playable, INSOMNIA: The Ark could eventually be an enjoyable experience in a cool, dieselpunk-futuristic world.

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User Score
6.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 36 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 36
  3. Negative: 9 out of 36
  1. TigusVidiks
    Oct 5, 2018
    7
    Insomnia is at the moment a mixed bag, It's got a lot of potential and playing it, it's hard not to see that there is a great game in there,Insomnia is at the moment a mixed bag, It's got a lot of potential and playing it, it's hard not to see that there is a great game in there, underneath all the bugs, mistranslations and lack of polishment. Not sure if it was a good idea to release it in such condition, it will hurt the public perception a lot, but I have no doubt that if it gets properly patched a few times over, there's a good game in there. Hopefully I'll be able to update the rate higher later.
    Right now you have a game with lots of influences from the Metro series, it the way it portraits a crude apocaliptic society and mixes supernatural elements ever so slightly. The difference is, this society is stuck in an automated space station, undergoing a 400 year journey to a new planet. Deep lore, and an interesting story, with lots of quests, main and secondary. Lots of customization options for your equipment, and a combat system that is satisfaying.
    But you also have poor objective tracking, maps that are hard to decipher, translation is a complete mess mixing russian and english all around, to the point of making it unplayable, unless you can read russian.
    Hopefully in a few months after a few patches we'll be able to enjoy it better.    … Full Review »
  2. deepbluered
    Sep 3, 2020
    5
    Not so brillant after 20 hours of gameplay, i have to say that is very well done, in some aspects, like story, compelling btw, and worldNot so brillant after 20 hours of gameplay, i have to say that is very well done, in some aspects, like story, compelling btw, and world building, is like living a book.

    Its a shame that is not so satisfying to play, incredible hard and in some parts, its impossible to play. All of this plus a generous batch of bugs, we have Insomnia: the ark.

    The developers really put their heart in this game i think, but at the end, the player must enjoy it.    … Full Review »
  3. ersolala
    Jul 28, 2020
    10
    Excellent game. It feels like playing Fallout with Russian atmosphere.
    I have now played more than 50 hours and the game is still    Excellent game. It feels like playing Fallout with Russian atmosphere.
    I have now played more than 50 hours and the game is still interesting.
    I have version 1.7 and I have encountered only two bugs. One minor (dropping through elevator floor when taking power armor off) and another very annoying. If you dismiss a companion during a mission, he tells that he will go to a base, but I have never seen those companions again.

    The story is very good. The missions are excellent. Character development is good, you cannot be a jack-of-all trades but that's ok.    … Full Review »
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