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Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
OpenCritic58IGDB56
You wake to find yourself trapped inside an experimental machine. A machine built to simulate memories. You have no idea how you got here ... But to break the cycle, you must look into a past that you may not want to remember. Asemblance is a single-player, first-person psychological thriller.
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Cryptic, formally daring, contemplative and dark.
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Digitally DownloadedJun 20165/5 starsTo call Asemblence an unorthodox game would be an understatement; it’s a game that throws convention off a cliff. I doubt many would find it fun, or even satisfying in a traditional sense, but it's a game that pushes the boundaries of what a game can be – that questions our most basic assumptions of the medium, and that is something we desperately need.
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DualShockersLou ContaldiJun 20167.5/10The fact of the matter is, there aren’t a ton of experiences like this around on PlayStation 4 (perhaps with the exception of SOMA): puzzle-driven psychological thrillers are fairly scarce. And though the puzzles aren’t as rewarding or playful as The Witness, a small collection of my friends have been spit-balling theories and ideas back-and-forth for the past couple of days in an attempt to unravel the last mystery. For $9.99, it is an experience I highly recommend trying out, even with its faults and being for a niche audience.
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TheXboxHubEthan PalmerFeb 20184/5 starsAsemblance is a very short and very sweet game. It is confusing, weird and tense, but I still love it.
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TrueAchievementsMark DelaneyFeb 20182/5 starsAsemblance is the type of game worth rooting for because it dares to try things in its own unique way.
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TwinfiniteAlex AvardJun 20162/5Asemblance seems to be trying to posit a number of thought-provoking questions to the player, but neither the narrow gameplay nor the convoluted narrative articulates this message effectively, and the result is a diluted experience that is over before it began. Hopefully Nilo Studios has the opportunity to deliver more fulfilling and expansive episodes to the series in the future, but this first outing doesn’t inspire too much confidence.
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IGDB rating 6.2/10 from 15 ratings.
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