Obduction

 PlayStation 4
User Score
5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 18 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 18
  3. Negative: 6 out of 18

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  1. Agarwel
    Jul 26, 2021
    4
    I have really really mixed feelings about this game.
    In its core this is exactly the game I would normally love. Great puzzle game with great graphics and interesting enviromnent. This is my cup of tea.
    But this game has also some questionable gamedesign elements are are draging it down. And making it almost unfinishable. Let me be more specific without spoilers. This game takes place    I have really really mixed feelings about this game.
    In its core this is exactly the game I would normally love. Great puzzle game with great graphics and interesting enviromnent. This is my cup of tea.
    But this game has also some questionable gamedesign elements are are draging it down. And making it almost unfinishable.

    Let me be more specific without spoilers. This game takes place in several open areas. And for some reason I dont want to spoil, some puzzles are spread over multiple areas. So you have to go there and back again to solve them. And the loading between these areas are long. 1-2 minutes on PS4. (10-20sec on PS5). This problem is not noticable at the beginning where you have only one area available. But it gets worse over time as you unlock more of the game. The first time you have to go there and back again between levels you will be like "oh. What and interesting idea". Later you find a puzzle that will requere you to go 6 times between level and you will be like "oh. Was that really neccessary?". And then you find a puzzle that by you estimation will require at least 20 loading there and back again and you will be like "oh no. Im not doing that" :-(

    Another problem may be pixel hunting? The areas in the game are pretty big. And sometimes all it takes is to miss one small interactable object and you will become completelly stuck. With no idea where you should be looking now. (did you miss something in the current area? Did you forgot something in the previous one? Should you go back to the junkyard and check every single object there because one of them may be interactable? There is no way to know).

    These are just two issues. But unfortunatelly big ones. You will get stuck, you will get tired of lodings and you will stop having fun because of this :-(    … Expand

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61

Mixed or average reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 5
  3. Negative: 1 out of 5
  1. GameCritics
    Oct 20, 2017
    50
    Despite featuring a gorgeous and carefully-designed world, Obduction fails to execute on its central identity as a puzzle game. And, when three quarters of the experience consists of walking from one point to another and sitting through loading screens, it’s difficult to imagine that Cyan Worlds respects the time of Obduction’s players. Returning the favor, I ended up having very little respect for their game.
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  2. Video Chums
    Oct 3, 2017
    32
    Other than those couple of points, I'm really struggling to say anything positive. Obduction is apparently getting a PlayStation VR patch soon which will make it more immersive but I really don't think it will improve on the tedium of its campaign. It would be better served by a patch that sorts out its technical issues but either way, it's still going to have the same monotonous gameplay.
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  3. 4P.de
    Sep 4, 2017
    80
    Hungry for Myst 2.0? Then Obduction is right up your alley, where you can expect 12 to 15 hours of modern storytelling mixed with classic adventure virtues. Unfortunately technically not everything is safe and sound.
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