Player agency may be minimal throughout, but for those willing to work through all the reading, Lightstep Chronicles provides a gorgeous and compelling story of Artificial Intelligence gone horribly wrong.
Lightstep Chronicles
Eipix Entertainment · Aug 1, 2019
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A routine mission fails and Cpt Cain Phoenix's squad is abducted by a mysterious spaceship. Their survival relies on his ability to communicate with the broken AI and puzzle out the grim secrets of the ship in this dark sci-fi text-based adventure.
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- 8.0Lightstep Chronicles video game will engage your mind and it won’t let you go until the end. If you start it, you will be compelled to finish it, that’s just how it is. Its engaging story is very much organic, sort to say, and will make you feel like you are one of the characters from a sci-fi novel, while its gameplay leaves enough room for your reasoning to be the main mechanic you use.
- 6.5While it may have had issues, I did enjoy spending my time in the world of Lightstep Chronicles. The fantastic world-building really makes me want to read both the comics and the aforementioned book I got. I wish the game’s dialogue was easier to read, and I wish the puzzles didn’t feel like lame busywork. Still, I do appreciate getting to stay on the Amarok for a little while. I’ll be back for the next step in this chronicle.
- 6.0Lightstep Chronicles looks the part, but it's just a shame it was so short (we managed to finish everything in about two-and-a-half hours) and that there was no voice acting to push the rather convincing narrative that extra mile. It definitely takes the theme of hostile AI to interesting places, especially considering the various personalities at war within the ship, but it just falls short of being an excellent thriller due to the limitations mentioned, and we were left wanting more after the credits rolled.
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