Review Crew #28: Superliminal

I listened to the episode first and then figured I would probably enjoy it and holy f*ck was I right. Such a good game and Adal’s right that figuring it out your own felt so incredible, but there were some puzzles that I had to look up ‘cause I was so invested in the story that getting stuck for anything longer than 15 min became infuriating and I wanted to move forward. I’m now going back through and trying to get all the collectibles and listening to the developer commentary snd love it even more - would highly recommend!

Rin Abedi

Inscryption is a very good little mystery/puzzle/escape room/card game game that has a great story and I highly highly recommend to anyone who's a fan of any of those genres

Cephala

I play a lot of video games and have no trouble with motion sickness from any of them. 10 minutes of this game and I was in bed for rest of the day. There are a bunch of Reddit threads about people getting motion sickness from this game. If you want to try out the perspective changing mechanic, I would suggest Maquette. Great story and didn’t make me feel like I’d been on a non-stop merry-go-round.

I highly recommend it takes two - a truly delightful two player puzzle game

Erin mentioned a self care review crew. I think you guys should go do a few self care things, like a float tank or cold therapy. Or maybe even both!

Lyra Eshenroder

I like to think Superliminal is like a cross of Portal and The Stanley Parable. One of my favorite puzzle games is The Talos Principle. The other two might really like it, but I wouldn't want to pressure Erin into playing more games if they make her nauseous. We love you, Erin. ♥️

Kevin

Sensory deprivation tanks are super relaxing and cool, but I would really enjoy a review crew episode of an out of context Riverdale episode. Like a random episode from a season way into the series

I really want to recommend Outer Wilds as a cool concept/puzzle game to review but I have to imagine the zero-G/6 degrees of motion parts would inflict some horrible motion sickness. Maybe point and click adventure games games with a fixed camera such as Grim Fandango Remastered or Thimbleweed Park would be worth a review?

Paul Commane

I love the idea of The Review Crew becoming “Oh No Ross and Carrie” and just reviewing stuff like Colonics.

AJ

Something that can sometimes help with motion sickness in games: increasing the Field of View. If you can set it to 90° or a little bit over, that can maybe help :)