![]() ![]() You move forward, backward, left, and right with the left-stick. The gameplay in Superliminal is quite basic. In other rooms, you had to maneuver yourself through a game of light and shadows revealing holes in the floor or a hidden walkway to navigate an endless drop down a dark shaft only to return in the room again and again. This might be a triangle piece of cheese that you will turn into a staircase or a door that you need to grow so you can fit through it. As you enter rooms there are usually objects you will find to interact with that, by using perspective, you can ‘grow’ or ‘shrink’. You spend most of your time walking forward room to room until you come to the end of that stage and board an elevator only to ‘wake up’ into the next sequence of the dream. Objects become melted and stretch and colorful walls become doorways to the next room.Īt its core, Superliminal, is a walking simulator on acid. While you walk through the facility, which quickly transports you through to dreamlike rooms and sequences where the walls and floors bend like M.C. Glenn Pierce through radios you come across during your journey. Your overall direction is fed to you through intercom messages from an unknown voice, most likely a staff member at the facility and Dr. It’s safe to say that you may not be expecting the turns the second half of the game is willing to take as it spins you around, upside down, and forces a change of perspective on you in more ways than one. you play as yourself, in a research facility for dream therapy.įrom there the game takes a few twists and turns, which would essentially spoil the overall story. I initially was under the impression that playing as the unnamed character, i.e. The story of Superliminal is multilayered and somewhat obtuse up until the ending which had bits of thought-provoking context all the way to the last shot of the game. The game received above average review scores from critics and users alike, where many people cited the unique mind-bending puzzle game. Touted as a fresh take on puzzle games and a visually stunning masterpiece. Initially released in November 2019 for Windows, and Xbox and PS4 in May 2020, the game finally arrives on the Nintendo Switch in July 2020. By jonathanober Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, Pillow Castle Games, Superliminal, Superliminal Review, Superliminal Switch Review ![]()
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