Syndrome

 PC
Metascore
56

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 18
  3. Negative: 5 out of 18
  1. Vandal
    Oct 10, 2016
    68
    Syndrome is not outstanding in any aspect, but it works. Still, it borrows from many well-known horror games, which makes it quite predictable.
  2. IGN Denmark
    Oct 14, 2016
    66
    Not quite as well accomplished as recent big AAA-hitters in the genre, but nonetheless a fine horror game with nice puzzles.
  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Nov 18, 2016
    60
    Syndrome wants to be like System Shock, Alien: Isolation and Dead Space at the same time, but these pieces don’t come together to form a pretty picture; instead, they produce a monster not unlike zombies that shamble along Syndrome’s corridors. [Issue#214, p.58]
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  5. CGMagazine
    Nov 18, 2016
    60
    Where Syndrome should have been a love letter to classic sci-fi horror games, it instead feels like a drunken, rambling text sent at three in the morning.
  6. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Nov 5, 2016
    60
    Another B-grade survival horror set on the space station. The game has its moments, but mostly it does not surprise you. [Issue #268]
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  7. SpazioGames
    Oct 8, 2016
    60
    A classic survival horror with clear pros and cons. The game delivers good levels of tension, different types of enemies, good visuals and sounds. Still, some gameplay choices do not feel so right, while the PC version shows some technical flaws. All in all, a pretty decent product first survival game.
  8. PC Games
    Oct 9, 2016
    59
    Alien Isolation gave me goosebumps. SOMA enraptured me with its interesting story and underwater-scenario. Dead Space shined through awesomely directed fights. And Syndrome? The horror-game by Camel 101 copies a lot of those outstanding examples, without ever reaching their overall quality. Syndrome has no elements that separate it from other games of this particular genre and thus descends into mediocrity. If you desperately look for something horror related though, Syndrome might entertain you - at least for a little while.
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  9. Wccftech
    Oct 7, 2016
    55
    Syndrome has a foundation in place to be a creepy horror story that focuses on the desolation of outer space and the madness it can bring, but the execution is a few light years behind. It might give players something more to try out for a Halloween-themed gaming binge, but players might also die of boredom long before they succumb to shock.
  10. PLAY! Zine
    Nov 8, 2016
    50
    Not a complete disaster, but very close to being one. Syndrome does offer quite a few scary and tense moments, but its sluggish gameplay and bugs make it more of an annoyance to play.
  11. Games.cz
    Oct 26, 2016
    50
    Syndrome is an extremely atmospheric action, which should be avoided by all cardiac patients and, along with them, even people who have no desire for bug-infested games, poor level design and tragic artificial intelligence.

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User Score
5.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 18 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 18
  3. Negative: 5 out of 18
  1. Sjalka
    Oct 12, 2016
    5
    I only have "first impressions" - because i did not really play much more than 2 hours i think - and so .. did not get very far.... .

    I did    I only have "first impressions" - because i did not really play much more than 2 hours i think - and so .. did not get very far.... .

    I did like the visuals - although they were not very detailed in my opinion. What bothered me was the layout of what is meant to be a space ship. So unless the intention of the architect that build the ship was to make it a maze ... the map made little to no sense to me.

    The problem is that such games live and die with immersion.

    So i am left to wander around a pretty scenery that i cannot interact with properly. (i can only interact with VERY few objects - although there is stuff around that i would definitely consider to be very useful. Also ... even powered up ... the ships lights seem to be magical. They will almost blind you when you look into them - with fancy coronas and lens flares ... but their light radius hardly ever extends to more than a meter.
    I know i know ... a ship in perpetual shadows is fancier than a brightly lit apple store - but it still doesn t make sense.

    What i mean to say with all that is ... that the game never managed to immerse me ... and so i was rather bored than succumbed to built up tension. (I found Bioshock to be a lot scarier than this one.... mind you.. i also did not find any of the Dead Space games to be scary - maybe i am just not scared of space stuff much)

    So after this brief playtime ... i am left with little desire to resume playing. This is a simple and average game in my opinion - it does not offer much to stand out - but does not really disappiont much either. Pretty average imo.    … Full Review »
  2. maluzeiner
    Oct 9, 2016
    9
    Good story, excellent little easter eggs, great level design, mechanics controls could be better and voice acting but. If you like RPG,Good story, excellent little easter eggs, great level design, mechanics controls could be better and voice acting but. If you like RPG, Stealth and FPS, give this game a chance and you will not regret.

    It's not for casual horror players.

    This is a true hardcore horror game!    … Full Review »
  3. Kapanga
    Nov 14, 2016
    8
    A must-have for the horror enthusiast.
    You've got the usual *something gone wrong* here, and you pick up right after the chaos starts.
    There    A must-have for the horror enthusiast.
    You've got the usual *something gone wrong* here, and you pick up right after the chaos starts.
    There are disgusting enemies and gruesome dead bodies and backstories that can be read (some worse than the visuals), and a few twists here are there, that might get you off guard.
    While not completely original, the game is solid and fun.    … Full Review »
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