A group of researchers on the moon makes a major discovery. Tensions among the team members threaten to undermine everything.
Something really different in the lineup, even amongst SOMA mods.
I loved the detailed environment and the writing, it was more of a mental journey than a physical one. It absorbed the war concept only from a distance, but it had impact nonetheless. Really great considering how much time you had on you.
Some improvement ideas for the whole thing:
- I wish I could have met the critter creatures in a threatening form. The cut SOMA creature that is a spider would work here nicely in my opinion (with some modiifications)
- Being short it could still use some autosaves
- Small bugs I mentioned, like being able to fall out of the vent, maybe only activate the ladder after you pulled the handle. Also the small turning thingie to open the vent should appear in the inventory in my opinion.
What I left out is the ending coud use a bit of expansion, maybe even a choice based on actions!
9/10, a very enjoyable submission.
I enjoyed working the story out through the logs! Some of the reading could have been tightened up a bit but it kept my interest in following the cascading events.
The atmosphere and set pieces were great. The sterile, droning music and intermittent crumbling and rumbling of the moon-quakes made for a relentlessly tense mood. One nitpick critique I had was that the opening sequence had ESPECIALLY piqued my interest (I think I know who it was that ran away but I'll leave them unnamed to keep the review spoiler free). As the credits rolled I found myself wondering where they had run off too, rather than fully contemplating the end, and wanting that bit a little more fleshed out (or perhaps even just a body to find).
One minor bug I encountered was with the common room vent which requires you to find a handle in order to open it. I pulled on the vent vigorously and it became "stuck" making it impossible to progress. Even after finding the handle and attaching it, the vent couldn't be opened. Started a new game and followed the steps to get it open, without touching it before then, and all was well!
This was the first SOMA mod I played and was quite happy that I started with this. Great job!