Relicta

"A puzzle game with some very neat ideas, damaged by sketchy voice acting and a strange premise for the puzzles themselves. Relicta is mostly a good mental challenge."

"Simply put, Relicta is in a class of its own. Its design is often head and shoulders above many of its contemporaries, the writing is of the highest quality, and the game looks far better than it honestly needs to. …"

"Relicta is a puzzle game that tries to be like The Talos Principle and Portal, but falls flat. The gameplay mechanics, as well as the physics, are a solid and fun experience. However, it falls short due to a weak …"

"If you like a bit of brain strain and some lovely visuals with a decent science fiction story to top it all off then you will most likely love Relicta"

"With a plodding plot you have to trudge through, puzzles that are fun yet flawed, and characters whose motivations seem few and far between beyond finding ways to slip in a swear word, the game seems to be trying too …"

"A game that follows the steps of Portal of The Witness, but doesn&s;t quite work in the end. Clumsy narrative, and artificially complex challenges makes for a somewhat interesting game, just for the fans of the genre."

"Relicta&s;s expert use of magnetism, physics, and momentum coupled with its complex design are what make it easy to recommend for fans of the genre."

"Relicta is a great puzzle game, which reminded us of Portal or QUBE 2. Each level is based on psysichs, gravity and magnetism, and it also has a great sci-fi storyline. But it gets repetitive after some hours of play."

"The Spanish studio Mighty Polygon has given us a pleasant surprise with its puzzle game. Despite having a very small number of developers, they have achieved a game that can compete from one to the other with other greats of …"

"Physics-based puzzle games used to be all the rage when the Portal series became so popular nearly a decade ago. Plenty of developers and publishers were attempting to cash in on similar success. As the years have passed, they’ve become …"

"Relicta is a smart, well-designed puzzler. It provides a tough challenge that really forces you to carefully think about each move. It&s;s not always perfect, but is a solid entry into one of my favorite genres."

"Relicta is a very good puzzle game that will keep us glued to the chair squeezing our heads, with a pretty careful visual section, in addition. A certain repetition and lack of rhythm in some sections of the story and …"

"Relicta is a first-person physics-based puzzle game that you should try. The gameplay is very interesting: you have to deal with complex mechanics of altering the magnetism and gravity."

"It would take forever to discuss everything Relicta gets players to do over it&s;s tremendous (for a game like this&s;) runtime, but you must know that it will force a complete change of perspective time and time again, even when …"

"Relicta tries to strike a balance between narrative and gameplay, but that balance ends up hurting the final experience by making the game a slog to go through and puzzles becoming infuriatingly complex in the second half. The story and …"

"While Relicta does at least try to put in the work to help bolster the scale of its world with a story to support it and characters to refer back to, the end result is far from one you can …"

"Mighty Polygon unabashedly stands on the shoulders of giants with Relicta. The wheel is not reinvented but rather pleasantly spun around and flipped on its head. While further investment into the artistic aspects of this game may have helped clarify …"

"If you loved every minute of Portal, The Witness, Obduction, or other sorts of puzzle adventures then Relicta does have something for you. But it&s;s not as well polished as those titles, and doesn&s;t offer as much creativity in puzzle …"

"Relicta is a good game with some really clever and thought-provoking puzzles, but it overstays its welcome with its extended length. Not to mention the absence of additions of new features throughout its campaign and an overall uninteresting story filled …"

"Mighty Polygon&s;s debut is well-intentioned, however lacks an engaging storyline and takes too long."

"...if you are a fan of the puzzle platformer genre, Relicta may be a game worth diving into. However, if you’re like me and are just starting to dip your toes into the world of puzzle games, it may be …"

"If you’ve got the patience for it, Relicta is undoubtedly a neat puzzle game."

"Despite the combination of the scorching heatwave and the confusing puzzles giving me the biggest headache of all time, Relicta is one of the best looking and most complex first-person puzzle games I’ve ever played. Although the game is built …"

"While Relicta treads a lot of the same ground as its contemporaries, its high production values and enticing narrative make it a worthwhile, quality entry into the genre. With puzzles that will have you scratching your head for hours and …"

"Relicta is an intriguing puzzle-game, full of puzzles ready to squeeze our meninges without the slightest regret. The level design proves to be up to a production on the genre, although some bugs and inaccuracies end up not making it …"

"As it currently stands, I can only recommend Relicta to the hardcore lovers of physics-based puzzles."