Travis Northup - "It only took 10 minutes of playing Unknown 9: Awakening for me to feel a keen sense of deja vu. Taking out enemies in small arenas, watching an emotional story of personal growth, and squeezing between plenty of tight cracks in walls – it’s a formula that feels all too familiar, sticking to the well-established traditions of the "Crevice Crawler" genre. It does try out one or two unique ideas to set itself apart, like mind-control powers that let you play puppet master with your enemies, but the problem is that it executes on the fundamentals significantly worse than its contemporaries. There are certainly glimmers of hope within that new stuff, but any novelty quickly wears off, resulting in a generic and underwhelming slog full of performance issues and other jankiness to boot."
TNS: The Unknown 9 Narrative Universe was never really able to take flight, but could its downfall have been avoided with a different approach?
I was debating on picking this game up but never got around to it. Definitely on the fence.
Nope. This is what happens when you decide something is going to be a multimedia empire before the game is even out.
Just like inafune did with mighty no.9. Seems like any ambitious title with a 9 in it fails yeah??
"Unknown 9: Awakening features some excellent brain-powered stealth action to start, but then decides the fun is over and the latter half feels like work."
- Stuart Cullen, TechStomper
VGChartz's Lee Mehr: "Putting the cart before the horse is Reflector's folly in general. Even before Unknown 9: Awakening’s announcement, there'd already been two released novels that built up its alternate history, tone, and so on. Various other transmedia concepts followed suit. That concrete foundation, alongside its various high-budget game inspirations, seemed like surefire wins, especially with its more modest middle-market price. But then the rest of the game – presentation, storytelling, game design, etc. – has to be filled in and each individual category comes with its own set of problems. There's something to admire in its audacious transmedia crossovers, but it's a shame this first game can't rise to the occasion. "
Forespoken 2.0?
A month ago:
"The next flop is coming, you know it when they shill for it"
https://n4g.com/news/262385...
Easiest prediction I have ever made
Wasn’t this the sweet baby inc game lol
How sweet it is.
Will definitely check it out soon, looks interesting.