The Turing Test

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  • Summary: The Turing Test is a first person puzzler from the developers of ‘Pneuma: Breath of Life’ that explores the phenomena of consciousness and challenges the meaning of human intuition. Take control of Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA), and progress through aThe Turing Test is a first person puzzler from the developers of ‘Pneuma: Breath of Life’ that explores the phenomena of consciousness and challenges the meaning of human intuition. Take control of Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA), and progress through a narrated story of introspection and morality whilst uncovering the hidden mysteries of Europa. Delve into The Turing Test’s human interaction puzzles and arm yourself with logical and methodical thinking. Take on tests designed in such a way that only a human could solve them. In an evolving story based on mankind’s inherent need to explore, protect and survive; players search deeper into Europa’s ice crusted core and transcend the line between man and machine. Investigate the truth behind the ISA research base on Jupiter’s moon Europa. Solve puzzles using your Energy Manipulation Tool (EMT) to transfer power out from one object and into another. Power up and take control of artificially intelligent machines, manipulate giant structures and solve complex tasks; all woven into a multi-layered story based on the human struggle for control. The Turing Test can only be experienced through the interactive medium of video games. The Turing Test sparks your synapses into action in this electrifying new first person puzzler, as players learn the true cost of retaining human morality.… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. PlayStation Country
    Jan 31, 2017
    90
    As a first person puzzle game with a talkative AI character, The Turing Test proves that you can take the formula laid down by Portal and make it your own. This game offers a distinct and atmospheric story, and provides some well designed and challenging puzzles along the way.
  2. Gaming Age
    Mar 16, 2017
    83
    Of course, there's a huge difference between "not as good as Portal 2" and "not worth playing", not least because there's a good argument to be made that Portal 2 is the best game ever. Failing to live up to perfection is only failure in a very broad sense of the term, and The Turing Test hardly counts as a bad game. It won't make you forget that elephant-sized game in the corner of the room by any means, but if you're still wishing that, one way or another, GLaDOS and Chell could return, this probably counts as the closest you're going to get.
  3. Push Square
    Jan 24, 2017
    70
    The Turing Test is both a thoughtful meditation on the implications of artificial intelligence, and a competent first-person puzzler. Its systems are clever, its graphics make for unambiguous play, and its mechanical focus on logic is satisfying. Structural and pacing issues are certainly present, but they aren't egregious enough to meaningfully detract from the experience.
  4. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Mar 1, 2017
    70
    It's the quality of the headscratchers that earns Turing a passing score. [March 2017, p.96]
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  5. Metro GameCentral
    Jan 29, 2017
    70
    The comparisons to Portal are many, and obviously intentional, but this smart and ambitious first person puzzler is no mere clone.

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  1. JazzyJay
    Jan 30, 2017
    9
    I loved this game. I paid $20 for it which seems about right for what I got. It fits in a genre with Portal and The Talos Principle both ofI loved this game. I paid $20 for it which seems about right for what I got. It fits in a genre with Portal and The Talos Principle both of which I like very much. All of the stand alone puzzles or "rooms" are solvable and fairly straight forward. How long this game takes you to finish will be highly dependent on how often you get stuck trying to nuance a red herring solution. I finished the whole game in about 8 hours or so but a high percentage of that was spent on two or three puzzles where I tried an approach that didn't work out and was forced to restart a few times with a new strategy. All that said the driving theme is an interesting if familiar one and the ending, which I don't want to spoil in any way is interesting is a very illuminating way. I'll leave it at that, enjoy.… Expand
  2. bitw16
    Jul 7, 2020
    9
    If you're a fan of puzzle games such of portal or talos principle, you will like this game too
  4. lemoche
    Feb 27, 2022
    8
    It’s a great puzzling game. my main problem with it was that while the story was quite interesting and well told, the climax this was buildingIt’s a great puzzling game. my main problem with it was that while the story was quite interesting and well told, the climax this was building up to fell totally flat. well almost totally flat, but still far away from satisfying. still fun to play though.… Expand
  5. HaloFever
    Jan 29, 2023
    8
    Basically Portal without Portals. Solid puzzles. Interesting dialogue choices. Even a few secret areas. I thoroughly enjoyed my puzzlingBasically Portal without Portals. Solid puzzles. Interesting dialogue choices. Even a few secret areas. I thoroughly enjoyed my puzzling experience.

    The comparison to Portal is unavoidable. Maybe my kid wouldn’t notice. They never played Portal. Absent a Portal 3, this is the kind of puzzle game we need. I like the simplicity of the puzzles. You do not need to know how to read music or program in machine language. The puzzles are all about moving one thing over there and seeing what happens. And like Portal, you can get the idea of how the puzzle makers designed the game and zip through rooms before the game can finish playing the dialogue. The aesthetic is a nice change of pace from the glut of games that take place in the dark.

    The game has a story but it is all in the background. Except for the very end, there is no choice for the player to make other than to complete each puzzle. This was also true of Portal and many other puzzle games. The central premise of the game is free will and of course the question is whether the player has free will if they keep playing the game. This ground is well trod, but few games offer as much high level explanation as “The Turing Test”.

    The puzzle action has a very solid feeling. Some physics based puzzles become frustrating when the physics do not work as intended. Game design has to consider all the ways a player can fail. In “The Turing Test”, I had no trouble with any of the puzzles. Maybe the game was too easy. Really that is an issue of the game’s play time. Harder puzzles take longer to solve. Are they more fun?

    All-in-all, I recommend this game to all the lovers of puzzle games and every devotee of Portal.

    Full disclosure: I downloaded this game from my PS+ Extra collection. Issues such as a games length and value are moot when a game is there to be played or not played.    … Expand
  6. inmh
    Jun 2, 2022
    7
    This game degrades the longer you play it. I can't remember exactly, but you play something like 10 puzzle levels every chapter, and there'sThis game degrades the longer you play it. I can't remember exactly, but you play something like 10 puzzle levels every chapter, and there's seven chapters, so that's about seventy levels.

    And they are all basically the same kinds of puzzles. I assumed that the "absorb and shoot energy into holes" puzzles would only be for one chapter, and that each chapter would bring a new style of puzzle. I was wrong, and BOY does it get old about halfway through.

    The story started intriguing as well, but eventually went downhill. I just don't care about these characters, and the tedium of the puzzles absolutely sucks the life out of the story as well; spend half an hour chipping through a particular puzzle and you've completely forgotten everyone's names, never mind why it was you were trying to find them.    … Expand
  7. wesker2012
    Jun 2, 2020
    6
    I was looking forward to playing this game as I love environmental puzzle games. I wanted to like this game but most of the game felt like aI was looking forward to playing this game as I love environmental puzzle games. I wanted to like this game but most of the game felt like a chore to play. It didn't give me that great feeling of achievement great games make you feel. It was more of a relief to finish the puzzle and then move on to the next one. The plot and ending felt paper thin. The best thing about the game was the philosophical dialogue. I wish they had fleshed out the plot more. It had a good foundation. This had the potential to be a great game if more thought went into the puzzles and the plot.… Expand