The Fidelio Incident

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User Score
6.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 32 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 32
  3. Negative: 8 out of 32

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  1. Realist_gamer
    May 26, 2017
    5
    Not very good actually.Not so fascinating.No satisfying accident time visuals.No proper ambiance sound.Got too much things that could be omitted.to be fair artistic Graphics looks good and realistic and eye catching.the rest is full of repetition, not very innovative in both location and puzzles design.miles far from "Firewatch".
    in summary,I could say that however it is an indie game and    Not very good actually.Not so fascinating.No satisfying accident time visuals.No proper ambiance sound.Got too much things that could be omitted.to be fair artistic Graphics looks good and realistic and eye catching.the rest is full of repetition, not very innovative in both location and puzzles design.miles far from "Firewatch".
    in summary,I could say that however it is an indie game and supposed to make a splash in storytelling and drowning the gamer into it's full-of-mystery plot but still can't live up to it's expectations and conventions in this genre and finally cuts the game unfinished.    … Expand
  2. Klewer
    Jul 2, 2018
    5
    I struggled to get in to this, it is quite short at 2-3 hours long at a stretch. The game look great in a beautiful setting with an interesting story but it never really pulls you in and makes you want to unlock more of the story as it can be pieced together relatively easily.
  3. AbeMC
    Dec 6, 2018
    6
    Atmospheric walking sim that will take around 3 hours to complete. Worth a look for fans of the genre, but making exploration difficult in a genre that relies on exploration? Frustrating at times.
    Total size on my hard-drive: 10.5 GB
    + Good walking sims have a great soundtrack, and The Fidelio Incident is no exception. It’s not too much to claim the soundtrack saves the game. +    Atmospheric walking sim that will take around 3 hours to complete. Worth a look for fans of the genre, but making exploration difficult in a genre that relies on exploration? Frustrating at times.
    Total size on my hard-drive: 10.5 GB

    + Good walking sims have a great soundtrack, and The Fidelio Incident is no exception. It’s not too much to claim the soundtrack saves the game.
    + Excellent voice acting.
    + Great visuals (Unreal 4). 1080p Medium is all my RX 470 could manage to maintain a steady 60fps.

    +/- Story is… meh. A plane crashes, we’re at the bottom of a mountain, dude’s wife is at the top, find a path to reach her. As the journey progresses, we learn more about their backstories, why they were flying – somewhere – and what they were hoping to escape.
    +/- Despite the vagueness of how to progress, there are usually only a few paths, and back-tracking won’t take that long because level size is small-ish.
    +/- The Fidelio Incident breaks up the monotony of walking with some simple puzzles, usually involving turning valves or flicking switches. Nothing too complicated.

    - Freezing mechanic. For large parts of the game, you’ll be darting from one heat source to another, trying to avoid freezing to death. Hinders exploration.
    - Unlocking the complete backstory involves a collect-a-thon of finding all of the wife’s journal pages – which is hindered by the freezing mechanic.
    - Swirling snow looks cool, but it can be hard to see in some levels, and you’ll wind up stumbling vaguely around, hoping to see the glint of a fire in the near distance.
    - Dream sequences have overly heavy shadows, making it almost impossible to see a way forward. I frequently stumbled onto the path forward entirely by accident.

    I picked The Fidelio Incident up for a dollar, and feel like I got my money’s worth. With no alternate paths and no reason to replay, I wouldn’t spend much more that, though.    … Expand
  4. FirstSpawn
    Dec 18, 2021
    6
    Игра проходится максимум за 2-3 часа и за это время не успевает особо надоесть. Могу похвалить игру за атмосферу и историю, но геймплей у игры не о чём. Проходняк на вечер.

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Metascore
69

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. God is a Geek
    Jul 11, 2017
    65
    The Fidelio Incident offered little beyond a well-written and well-acted story that was far too sparsely scattered around disappointingly uninspiring gameplay.
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  2. Worth Playing
    Jul 5, 2017
    80
    The Fidelio Incident is a solid narrative adventure game. The actual gameplay may be light on challenge, but it does enough to feel significant without hindering the overall experience. The presentation is also well done, especially in the audio department where the music really sells the player on the mood. However, it is the story that is the real highlight, since it deals with some heavy subject matter without being too preachy. The two main actors really give the tale some humanity and emotion. For those who enjoy the narrative-heavy experience, The Fidelio Incident is definitely worth seeking out.
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  3. Everyeye.it
    Jun 9, 2017
    79
    The Fidelio Incident is as ordinary in its structure as valuable in content.
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