Syndrome

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 9 expert reviews

Excellent:

1
Good:

1
Average:

2
Bad:

5

Pros:

Terrifying presentation, Some of the best sound design this year, Authentic scifi look
Tense atmosphere, frightening jump scares, plenty of fightorflight moments
Promising setting & atmosphere, Constant fear of being hunted

Cons:

Lot of backtracking, Boring fetchquest mission design
MacGuffin main character, forgettable plot

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Last revision on September 22, 2020

Reviewers Liked

Terrifying presentation, Some of the best sound design this year, Authentic scifi look
Tense atmosphere, frightening jump scares, plenty of fightorflight moments
Promising setting & atmosphere, Constant fear of being hunted

Reviewers Didn't Like

Lot of backtracking, Boring fetchquest mission design
MacGuffin main character, forgettable plot
Numerous persistent bugs, Poor AI, Uninspired mission design

Expert reviews and ratings

We are knee-deep in the Halloween season and that means it is the perfect time to review some horror games. I recently got the chance to take Camel 101's SYNDROME for a spin. The player starts Syndrome in the boots of an officer aboard a starship that...

By GamingShogun on November 22, 2016

Where Syndrome should have been a love letter to classic sci-fi horror games, it instead feels like a drunken, rambling text sent at three in the...

By CGM on November 18, 2016

In lieu of a proper Dead Space game, this will do...

By Game Chronicles Magazine on October 16, 2016

Dead In Space If videogames have taught me anything about life in space, it's that it's going to go one of two ways. *inhale* It's going to be a mostly-successful endeavour by humanity and/or other species that drives major advances in technology and...

By Hooked Gamers on October 07, 2016

Syndrome has a foundation in place to be a creepy horror story that focuses on the desolation of outer space and the madness it can bring, but the execution is a few light years behind. It might give players something more to try out for a...

By WCCFTech on October 07, 2016

Wenn ihr dieses Jahr nicht artig wart und euch zu Weihnachten Dead Space wünscht, dann könnte es sein - je nachdem wie sadistisch euer Weihnachtsmann veranlagt ist - dass ihr Syndrome unter dem Baum findet. Grafik, die aussieht, als würdet ihr durch...

By sofahelden.com on December 16, 2017

100

Somme toute, Syndrome constitue un achat tout à fait rentable, autant par son prix (22.99€) que par son contenu. Adapté à des configurations moyennes, la seule contrainte matérielle qui se posera à vous est la nécessité d’avoir une manette ou un...

By zeden.net on November 08, 2016

Si les Survival-Horror sont à la mode, ils sont le plus souvent réservés à des productions se déroulant sur notre bon vieille Terre. Syndrome propose, à l'instar d'un Alien Isolation, de vivre une expérience d'horreur dans un vaisseau spatial, qu'en...

By actugaming.net on October 21, 2016

Nel complesso, Syndrome è un buon titolo che beneficia degli echi di Alien e Dead Space per offrire un'esperienza soddisfacente.Non sarà qualcosa di mai visto, d'altronde Steam pullula di survival horror ambientati nello spazio, né privo di difetti se...

By nrsgamers.it on October 08, 2016