Recordkeeping: Magrunner - The Dark Pulse INCOMPLETE

[xyzzysqrl]

This is a puzzle game about magnetism where likes attract and opposites repel.
This is a puzzle game about magnetism where likes attract and opposites repel.
This is a puzzle game about magnetism where likes attract and opposites repel.

I mean... it was basically Portal With Magnets. Solve the test chambers. There was a cyberpunk framework story. Lovecraft was getting involved. It seemed interesting enough. And then I suddenly realized WHY it was taking me four or five tries per puzzle to get things to work the way I wanted them to. It's because this is a puzzle game about magnetism where likes attract and opposites repel.

I just...
No.
I'm not playing this any more.

Comments

[vulpisfoxfire.livejournal.com]

You had one job, magnet!

[kiruppert.livejournal.com]

Actually, you know what? You should state this in an actual game review. It seems like an obvious flaw that nobody in the community seems to be talking about.

[kiruppert.livejournal.com]

(Er, repost for clarity's sake: You should take this review and paste it into the review space in Steam for this game. I don't mean that this review here is somehow inadequate.)

[xyzzysqrl]

I would, except: I don't actually own it on Steam, but GoG. And the developers have officially stated in some message board or other that they did this so it "wouldn't be confusing" to people.

So there is an explanation. It's just, well... it's a dumb one and I have chosen to ignore it.

[swordianmaster.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't be confusing to people that never took fifth grade science?

Like, "how magnets work" is one of those amazingly omnipresent things in school. Hell, Oracle of Seasons did magnet gimmicks with one of its items, and if you can do it in a Zelda game, then why the hell does a puzzle game need to dumb it down?

[kjorteo]

They didn't want to alienate the highly coveted Juggalo demographic.

[swordianmaster.livejournal.com]

Actually, looking at Steam's page for it, at least one negative review cites it.

The rest of them cite shoddy puzzlework, lack of intuitiveness, and the way the game degrades into a shitty action game at the end.

[xyzzysqrl]

...maybe it's for the best that I punched escape when I did.