
Emily Karnes
Eh... fine? Pretty, and had the beginnings of an atmospheric story. The gameplay, though, suffers from some sins of the genre. First, a lot of items are locked up or placed where they are because... that's where they needed to be for the puzzle. There's no logical, in-world reason. Same reason for not holding onto useful tools to reuse. Each objective is painfully linear, awarding exactly one item for progression. Puzzles are very easy (played on hard mode.) Liked the sliding block puzzle.
3 people found this review helpful

Alex Rendall
An enjoyable introduction to an excellent series. This is a puzzle game, with puzzles that I found to be just the right level of challenging. The player has to use information from one location to solve puzzles elsewhere which adds to the difficulty. The game felt a bit short but as a free introduction to the other three chapters it whets the appetite for the rest of the series.
49 people found this review helpful

Joseph C. Dean
I am a huge fan of these types of games that started decades ago with Myst. This game's graphics weren't as detailed as other recent puzzle games (Da Vinci and the room series for example). I found that the puzzles are easier than I am used to so this prologue was completed in less than 40 minutes which doesn't bode well for the other chapters. It was still enjoyable to a degree. I particularly liked the camera that allowed you to take photos of numbers and puzzle clues...a huge plus!
19 people found this review helpful