Stasis is a horror story told through a point and click adventure game. The style is a high definition Black Isle Studios isometric perspective with haunting atmosphere helped by music by the great Mark Morgan. It is a gruesome game, with some disturbing sci-fi. It feels very cool to have this kind of presentation used in this kind of story and setting. And the game is down right terrifying at parts.
The point and click adventuring and puzzling falls into the same old problems older point and click games do by obscuring a lot of important parts of the puzzles so you're basically waving your mouse around just looking for what to click, and also what bits in your inventory are supposed to be used where. Not great! Especially when the deaths can feel a bit cheap.
However, the story and atmosphere carry the game through, so to experience the story and alleviate frustration, I don't see any shame in "cheating yourself" and using a guide. I used this one: http://adventuredoor.net/walkthroughs/stasis-walkthrough/

Reviewed on Jun 26, 2023


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