Corpse of Discovery had promise, but a not-so-great execution. It could use a good coating of polish. ...While you’re in the base, you have a full screen of vision, but as soon as you put your spacesuit on and step outside, the helmet obscures half your screen for the most visually interesting part of the game. The music, while nice, quickly gets repetitive. Most obnoxious of all is the constant sound of your character breathing, or if damaged, the constant sound of wheezing.
Corpse of Discovery
Phosphor Games · Aug 25, 2015
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While contending with extreme and harsh conditions, such as intense storms and unbearable heat, you must remain determined while completing missions for the Corps of Discovery. You’ll meet AVA, an AssistBot who will accompany you on your journey and make sure you’re constantly reminded of your importance to the Corps. However, you have only one goal in mind: to get back home to your loved ones.
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- 6.0Corpse of Discovery is a big idea sporting the trappings of a little game – though a great concept with loads of philosophical waxings, the game mechanics and aesthetics just don’t match the heady, cerebral premise and subject matter. This title had some serious potential – what doesn’t sound intriguing about surviving on and exploring alien planets due to a corporate space exploration bungle, piecing together the mystery as to what happened and how to return to Earth along the way?
- 8.0Overall there isn’t a huge fear of dying cheaply nor are there any moments where you have no idea what to do next. Aside from some weird graphical issues and draw distance not being optimized, Corpse of Discovery offers some enjoyable planets to explore, some amazing voice acting and sound that bring you closer to this setting, a journey that does wrap up nicely for those who see it through, and additional insights into the narrative for those who wish to truly explore the world around them.
- 4.0Corpse of Discovery's intro sets a very serious and cinematic tone that is carried on through most of the first half of the game before derailing and turning into a parody of itself, ruining what could have been an otherwise beautiful experience apart from the horrible optimization. At around three hours, it's hard to recommend Corpse of Discovery to starved sci-fi fans, let alone the general public, and especially at full price. With some optimization patches it would be at least worth a play through for sci-fi fans, but as it stands I'd let this one get lost in space.
- 8.5This game is not for everyone, the developers themselves explain this on the Steam page for it. It’s a nod to classic science fiction works like Perdido Street Station in digital form that explores the meaning of existence and what it is to be alive. I’m not going to tell you more about that since the narrative is pretty much all there is to this game. There’s some jetpack use, a lot of walking, huge chunks of surrealism and abstraction alongside some beautiful graphics, but a lot of players will not like this game.
- 5.0La historia comienza bien, visualmente tiene buenos momentos y es bastante dinámico, pero la segunda mitad del juego es un tanto confusa, necesita mucho trabajo de optimización y los 14,99 euros que cuesta se nos antojan un tanto elevados para las dos horas y media –tres horas sumo– que dura.
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