Morningstar: Descent to Deadrock

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5.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 19 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 19
  3. Negative: 5 out of 19

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  1. MatthiasKookah
    Feb 18, 2015
    9
    Remember the good old days somewhere in the beginning of the Nineties? We didn't have gazillions of polygons and shaders, those listtle DOS games have had to make it by providing a good overall atmosphere, and a nice story. The heaven for adventure games. (Fast forwarding) Remember the unexpected rebirth of the genre in browser based Flash games? Especially the "locked room" types whereRemember the good old days somewhere in the beginning of the Nineties? We didn't have gazillions of polygons and shaders, those listtle DOS games have had to make it by providing a good overall atmosphere, and a nice story. The heaven for adventure games. (Fast forwarding) Remember the unexpected rebirth of the genre in browser based Flash games? Especially the "locked room" types where you were alone in a creepy place and had to find clues and tools to escape?

    Okay. Mix these two together and you have Morningstar. This is not a game in shiny armor (so it doesn't have much movemment and action during the game), but it sure has a feeling that will pull you back until you have finished with the whole quest. The main story is a bit of a cliche - stranded in an alien planet, okay. But in the other hand the atmosphere is really cool, the graphics are nice and the ingame ambient soundscapes are giving you the chills. You find items, combine them and use them in the right places, solve puzzles (not too easy and not extremely hard either) to advance.

    Let's see the highs and lows:

    + Great overall atmosphere
    + Nice bunch of tasks and puzzles
    + Excellent intro and outro movies with a superb orchestral soundtrack
    + Chilling ingame ambient music

    - Voice acting is flat sometimes
    - Overall game is too short (even without the clues you can make it in maximum 2-3 hours)

    My rating is 90%. I wanted to give less at first, because it's a nostalgia game with many static screens and a bit too short. But playing it through I have found that it has a great atmosphere that overwrites all my scepticism. And looking at the credits you will find that it is made by a very small group of people (1 writer, 1 general artist-programmer, 1 music artist and 2 voice actors), so I guess it's more than superb work from a really small group of adventure fanatics. Recommended game!    … Expand

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62

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. Adventure Gamers
    May 25, 2015
    50
    Despite some solid production values, Morningstar: Descent to Deadrock is just too short and uninspired to strongly recommend.
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  2. GameOver.gr
    May 1, 2015
    70
    Space out one of the voice actors, and Morningstar: Descent to Deadrock is quite the atmospheric experience, with an interesting (albeit cut-short story), detailed visuals and pleasant flow in its gameplay.
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  3. Riot Pixels
    Apr 19, 2015
    38
    Morningstar reminded me of the movie Red Planet starring Val Kilmer: a promising beginning, a speck an intrigue in the middle and a devastating disappointment in the end.
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