The Void (Ice-Pick Lodge)

 PC
User Score
8.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 115 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 86 out of 115
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 115
  3. Negative: 14 out of 115

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  1. GregB
    Dec 21, 2009
    5
    This is the Demon's Souls of adventure games. So if you like a super duper challenge, reloading games, repeating the same content over and over when it becomes apparent that you've hit a dead end, this is the game for you. Interesting atmosphere and story? Yes. Interesting enough to bash my head into a concrete wall trying to figure out the resource management? For me, no. Watch This is the Demon's Souls of adventure games. So if you like a super duper challenge, reloading games, repeating the same content over and over when it becomes apparent that you've hit a dead end, this is the game for you. Interesting atmosphere and story? Yes. Interesting enough to bash my head into a concrete wall trying to figure out the resource management? For me, no. Watch Yahtzee's review of the game Demon's Souls on Zero Punctuation. It fits for this game as well.… Expand
  2. hfffoman
    Jun 26, 2012
    6
    The game is beautifully atmospheric and very innovative. There's an awful lot I loved about it. I can't give it a good score though because the gameplay was so frustrating that I gave up after a few desperately frustrating evenings in which everything happened excruciatingly slowly. I normally have so much patience it is almost a mental abnormality, but I didn't have enough patience for this.
  3. sidspacewalker
    Dec 7, 2013
    7
    Once in a while, a game will come along that is shrouded by an enigmatic setting, unique gameplay and ambient music. This game is one of them. Would've given it an 8, but it's actually a very difficult game.

    Check this game out if you are:

    1. Bored of your average types of games
    2. Liked the Myst series

Awards & Rankings

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#65 Best PC Game of 2009
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#62 Most Discussed PC Game of 2009

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. GameStar
    68
    The Void has its fascinating sides, lucid colors on dull grey, bizarrely warped beings, floating bodies and bare breast. Surrealism plays a huge role in this otherwise quite simple game. Using an out-of-date function like time limits is simply annoying. But the game manages to surprise from time to time and is still worth giving it a try, despite the weaknesses.
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  2. Just Adventure
    100
    A solid "A" for innovation and delivering it in the highest professional manner.
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  3. PC Games
    75
    Titled as an action-adventure, this game is not typical. The best way to describe it, is like a modern art picture. You’ll find bizarre and beautiful elements and it his hard to understand, what the game is telling the player. The plot takes place between life and death and the melancholical spoken dialogues are good performed. So if u like to play around with uncommon gameplay, the void is a nice try.
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