Whispers of a Machine

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User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 57 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 37 out of 57
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 57
  3. Negative: 6 out of 57

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  1. bancandrei
    May 12, 2020
    7
    Short and focused, it does incorporate an interesting RPG mechanic of unlocking skills. I went the empathy route and feel it was probably easy mode. It does not feel like it has replay value though. It is humourless and the story disappoints a bit by the end, but I do wholeheartedly recommend it.
  2. Aloof
    Sep 19, 2020
    7
    A nice graphic adventure, little to say. I liked the plot, and also the gameplay, quite different from others of the same genre, due to the powers and choices that lead to different ways of dealing with the puzzles. Great music and voice acting. Too bad for the duration, very short game, just over 6 hours. Quite simple puzzles, except 2-3 a little weird. Recommended for all point and click lovers.
  3. honest_rev7
    Sep 29, 2020
    6
    YAWN

    kind of a sterile game init. voice acting is adequate but it's nothing to write home about. i have no idea why i'd be spending time in that sterile world. i mean, it's fine but we use sci-fi to shock and suprise us with its dystopian worlds, or somehow bring a new vision (though this rarely happens) with utopia. it's not a soul-destroying game, just a boring one where you    YAWN

    kind of a sterile game init. voice acting is adequate but it's nothing to write home about. i have no idea why i'd be spending time in that sterile world.

    i mean, it's fine but we use sci-fi to shock and suprise us with its dystopian worlds, or somehow bring a new vision (though this rarely happens) with utopia.

    it's not a soul-destroying game, just a boring one where you don't give a toss bout its characters.    … Expand
  4. Fyxhcl
    Nov 9, 2021
    7
    Classical point-and-click adventure, interesting plot and setting with some nice idea in it, althought it doesn't do anything particularly original or brilliant..

    You're Vera, a detective investigating on some murders that happened in Nordsund, a city in a post-apocalyptic world. Progressing with the investigation is fun, but the ending is not entirely satisfying and feels a bit trite.    Classical point-and-click adventure, interesting plot and setting with some nice idea in it, althought it doesn't do anything particularly original or brilliant..

    You're Vera, a detective investigating on some murders that happened in Nordsund, a city in a post-apocalyptic world. Progressing with the investigation is fun, but the ending is not entirely satisfying and feels a bit trite. The city could feel a bit more lively, since there isn't much people to talk or to see.

    The core of the game is that of a classic point-and-click but you'll also have special abilities that you can use, a nice difference from the majority of similar games where you can only interact with the environment in a single way. There are 6 abilities, and while some of them are fixed, you'll develop the others depending on your playstyle. This could give some replay value to the title, but it's actually a really shallow mechanic that won't change much in your game: the "different playstyles" are just different answers that you can give in the dialogues and the different skills are just slightly different ways to complete the same puzzles.

    Puzzles are generally simple, but a few of them made me resort to a walkthrough since the game didn't really give any hint about how to solve them.

    WOAM is a good but short and classic game, don't expect a masterpiece, but if know you like this kind of games, you'll find a valid title to spend a few days on.    … Expand

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Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Jeuxvideo.com
    Dec 12, 2020
    75
    In and of itself, there is nothing revolutionary about Whispers of a Machine… but what it does, it does well.
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  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Feb 28, 2020
    80
    This unfairly overlooked adventure game may not look great, but the graphics are more than made up for with the story, atmosphere and interesting gaming mechanics. [Issue#300]
  3. RPG Fan
    Oct 10, 2019
    77
    An enjoyable and short-ish adventure game, Whispers of a Machine is well worth a thoughtful playthrough.
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