IGN Plays Antichamber - 'What the Heck is Going On?'

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IGN's Andrew Goldfarb jumps into the super-challenging indie puzzle game with no prior knowledge whatsoever.

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[DreyfussOldStuff]

The game even trains you to believe certain things as you play it in order to trick you later and teach you that even its own rules shouldn't be taken as law.

Without spoiling anything, the entire game taught me that a certain obstacle has a certain objective, and trained me in a lot of different ways to meet that objective. Suddenly, near the end, I encountered the same problem and for half an hour of experimentation I found NO possible solution, until I realized it had reversed the objective.

[Kramlets]

Buy the game and support the developers who make these kind of games.

[GeminiRenagade]

Spoiler: the timer doesn't mean anything. when it runs out it will more or less tell you to do things at the pace you want to do them at.

[alunirrelin]

don't think of it as teleporting. that's boring. thinking of it as non-euclidean geometry helps you understand a lot better the logic of the game, and it also makes the experience better.

[OrionJ]

No the game doesn't end when the timer reaches zero, it just stays at zero. I'm thinking it's for speed runs or something but I'm not sure.

[ankit]

Here after the Maquette review. Year is 2021.

[nolliekicki]

No it doesn't. But if you have played both games you'd realise the lateral thinking required by both of them is very similar. It's that same type of rewarding realisation you get when you figure out a new part. I'd say most people who play both will make a comparison.

[OfTheAbyss]

It's interesting what games can be when they're not huge projects with inflated budgets.

[Insomniac_]

cant wait till this comes out on steam tomorrow this is the first time i've watched this but i really need to play this game

[SicSemperBeats]

What would this look like if it glitches out

[DreyfussOldStuff]

I don't think you understood what it's trying to do at all. If it were about doing the opposite of the logical thing, or the least logical thing, it would be equally as logic-based as a game that's about doing the "most" logical thing. What you're actually referring to would be doing the thing that is mostly likely to work within the common rules of video games. This game is HIGHLY logical, it's simply unconventional, and forces you to use ACTUAL logic and not conditioning. Big difference.

[testoftetris]

3:06 I totally thought about trying that when I first saw the trailer.

[MarylinBreakdown]

Awesome looking game. Can't wait to get it. Environments look like they could be better IMO, but it does have a cool sobel-edged grainy style.

[butters]

Its Puzzles are interesting, Trips me out, and has a Concept not many have attempted.
So i would say this Games worth it.

But seriously... Who cares about Graphics?
Does that mean Every Game Pre 2000, Isn't worthy of playing cuz the Graphics are not the best anymore?
lol who cares. Graphics should be rated last.

Gameplay always beats Graphics.
Otherwise go watch one of Michael Bays movies -.-

[mvenom]

This looks fucking amasing.
I need to experience this.

[Kevalschannel]

I'm going to play this on shrooms

[peterwachman]

Stop whining about the graphics, it's an indie game and the point of the game as a whole is not graphics, it's a innovative puzzle game that teaches you to go against your instincts from other fps games.

[Lithobrake]

It can be beaten in 7 - 6 min after learning the tricks and paths and it was beaten in 2 min by a speedrunner (abusing some gliches)

[shearwood]

Lol "its like a wind charm cool how when he moves FAST it sets it off"-hint hint

[ThePandaAgenda]

@malayfishowl when I was twelve, I used to play Amiga games... that was 4 years ago. You don't come up to me and talk about "bad graphics"! The consoles I played on (just for fun) weren't even able to do 3d...also: anticancer has Amazing graphics for an Indie game! It's udk what else do you want?