The Experiment

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 6 expert reviews

Excellent:

0
Good:

3
Average:

3
Bad:

0

Pros:

Brilliantly realized surreal setting, Unique control system immerses you in the strange gameworld, Innovative design that emphasizes natural situations instead of staged puzzles.

Cons:

Some pacing and translation issues.

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Last revision on January 31, 2012

Reviewers Liked

Brilliantly realized surreal setting, Unique control system immerses you in the strange gameworld, Innovative design that emphasizes natural situations instead of staged puzzles

Expert reviews and ratings

Were such a brilliant idea as this as brilliantly executed, we’d have a truly extraordinary game on our hands. But, as they say, if wishes were horses, traffic jams would be so much more brutal. Let’s get excited by the idea, and then let...

By Games Radar on March 27, 2008

Just from the box you might think The Experiment (originally titled "Experience 112") is your typical point and click adventure. Stranded with amnesia: is there a hook more tried and true for getting players to explore what is often an...

By IGN Gear on March 03, 2008

All in all, at the end of The Experiment I was left with a sense of fulfillment. What could be better than saving the girl, and finding out who you are. The cryptic and eerie story adds to the titles appeal and will draw you in almost immediately. If...

By Game Chronicles Magazine on February 27, 2008

del.icio.us | Digg This | Glink It The Adventure Company has been making some off-kilter and unique adventure games for years, and in my opinion are targeting the truly, truly, ingenious gamers that still exist out there patiently waiting for the...

By GameZone on February 26, 2008

The Experiment overcomes its clichéd beginnings with original gameplay....

By GameSpot on February 21, 2008

Just like any other time-worn genre, adventure games - even those with the benefit of having an air of creepiness interspersed throughout - are not immune to the pitfalls frequently found from one title to the next: recycling of old tenets, lack of...

By Cheat Code Central on February 05, 2008