Разработчик: Zadbox Entertainment
Описание
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Поддерживаемые языки: english, french, hungarian, italian, german, spanish - spain, russian, czech, polish, simplified chinese
Системные требования
Windows
- ОС *: Windows 7 or higher
- Процессор: Intel Core i3-2100 or AMD equivalent
- Оперативная память: 3 GB ОЗУ
- Видеокарта: NVIDIA GTX 650 2GB or AMD HD7770 2GB
- Место на диске: 9 GB
- ОС *: Windows 7 or higher
- Процессор: Intel Core i7-3770K or AMD equivalent
- Оперативная память: 8 GB ОЗУ
- Видеокарта: NVIDIA GTX 950
- Место на диске: 9 GB
Mac
- ОС: OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
- Процессор: Intel Core i3-2100 or AMD equivalent
- Оперативная память: 3 GB ОЗУ
- Видеокарта: NVIDIA GTX 650 2GB or AMD HD7770 2GB
- Место на диске: 9 GB
- ОС: OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
- Процессор: Intel Core i7-3770K or AMD equivalent
- Оперативная память: 8 GB ОЗУ
- Видеокарта: NVIDIA GTX 950
- Место на диске: 9 GB
Linux
- ОС: Ubuntu
- Процессор: Intel Core i3-2100 or AMD equivalent
- Оперативная память: 3 GB ОЗУ
- Видеокарта: NVIDIA GTX 650 2GB or AMD HD7770 2GB
- Место на диске: 9 GB
- ОС: Ubuntu
- Процессор: Intel Core i7-3770K or AMD equivalent
- Оперативная память: 8 GB ОЗУ
- Видеокарта: NVIDIA GTX 950
- Место на диске: 9 GB
Отзывы пользователей
fun and good game
Quern is an incredibly atmospheric, challenging, escape-room type game. It is set up like an escape room on purpose--a character in the game has set up a linear collection of puzzles for you solve, revealing bits of story as you reach new areas and go deeper into the world. If I could play an escape room like this IRL I would be over the moon--it's so cool! And the puzzles are really fun to solve. The music is really cool too--I actually listen to the soundtrack on its own all the time. It can be a little overbearing in a few rooms, though, so if I was taking extra long to solve a specific puzzle or needed more concentration, I would turn the volume down or pull my headphones off for a spell.
Personally, I don't think the endings are obviously split into a "good" ending and a "bad" ending, even if it seems like the game favors one over the other. It's really up to you what you think is the better choice.
I recommend immediately turning on the setting that makes the objects you can interact with sparkle--otherwise you might end up pixel hunting a bit. The puzzles can be difficult, but the game gives you all the information you need to solve them (no moon logic). There were a few times early on that I got impatient and looked up hints, but if I had just been a little more patient, and wandered around looking for clues again, I don't think I would have needed any hints. (Except one time I had the right solution, but mirror-image... I would never have figured that out on my own...) That being said, you should play the game however feels right to you. If finding the solutions on your own is oh-so-satisfying, then be patient, and play the game in small chunks so you don't get overwhelmed or frustrated. If getting stuck on a puzzle makes you put a game down forever, then look up hints when you need to! Because the game is definitely worth playing through to the end.
EDIT
I thought of one more thing! If you have two monitors, it's easier to screenshot clues that you're working from and open them on your second monitor than to use the in-game photo feature. You could also take pictures of them with your phone.
Decent puzzle game, somewhat similar to The Room 2 and The Room 3.
Rating: ★★★☆☆
Very nice, remembers to MYST
Really Cool puzzles. I love the way It loops in on itself
Good game, poor ending, poor performance optimization.
I was only able to get 100fps at any given point in this game which is kind of wild for a game from 2016. My 4070 and i9 setup should not have any issues running this and it struggles at many points.
The puzzles in this were a lot of fun and pretty reasonably contained in size, where games like myst or riven can feel like a lot more of a pixel finder comparatively. You get a nice feature which allows you to create particles around interactables which goes a long way for games like this which paint them into the scenes very well.
The movement mechanics and puzzle interaction was usually pretty good and intuitive, with logic helping in figuring out what most of them were without outside help.
The largest downsides to this game is the audio mixing, which is extremely loud for certain ambient sounds like boards creaking or chasm echoes(? not sure what this sound is actually called it just feels large), and the ending. I felt the entire game had a somewhat interesting plot but the ending shoehorns you into the "good" ending with guilt but never provides a great reason to that good ending. Maybe if there was some form of post portal scene that shows the consequences of your choice I'd care more but as of now it felt like a massive lack of reward for finishing the game.
Solid puzzle game. No extreme leaps of logic.
You want to buy it? You must really like puzzles
If you want a quick game, or to finish it on a weekend, this is not for you, this game requieres to be patient, some puzzles are very hard, sometimes you will need to be looking all over the place for a missing piece, it can be frustrating, but if you like old school hard puzzles that are a real challenge, this is for you
Sometimes you will need to use a papaer, or some external means to help you with the puzzles, this can be bad or good depending on your taste, for me it was kind of a nostalgic experience that I enjoyed.
This is a awesome game for puzzles, the design is really good, everything comes full circle, everything is connected, and I really like it, many times you will be at a place you feel it was over, and then you will have new things to discover, it's hard but it´s also rewarding.
You spend most of your time on a kind of circular map, and there is obviously backtracking, but the map is easy to navigate, you will visit the same places over and over, but everything keeps changing.
The story was okay, a moral dilemma of sorts, not the most complex stuff, but the level design is the best, you can se they put a lot of love and effort into it
Chef's Kiss
This game was EXACTLY what I was looking for in a mystery game. So puzzling. So unique and still derivative. The story was great. The gameplay was smooth. The visuals were shiny and pleasing. And the voice acting. THE VOICE ACTING. That was some phenomenal work. I really believe they both need more work in voice acting (if they don't have it already) cause they were GREAT.
Overall, I really, really enjoyed this game and I highly recommend it to other puzzlers like me.
A beautiful and intriguing game for lovers of puzzle-story rich games such as Myst, The House of DaVinci, and The Room. Playing through the game takes a decent amount of time (It took me 11.6 hours), so it's work the money. There are varying degrees of challenges, from quite simple to fairly difficult. I admit I cheated and read a walkthrough for a puzzle or two, but probably wouldn't have if I'd had a notepad nearby and taken the time to work things out myself. I played on my MacBook Pro with M3 Max chip with 36g memory...it ran beautifully.
Great adventure/puzzle game. Nothing too hard that I had to look up hints, but I had to think and revisit areas. Very fun.
Very well done, puzzles are challenging but fair so far. Enjoying it a lot.
Really solid Myst-like puzzler. There were only a couple points where I got really frustrated, otherwise it was good clean fun.
The story/writing felt a bit weak at times, but that's a minor issue. The main point of the game is the puzzles, and the puzzles are really very good.
This was my first playthrough of a Myst-style puzzle game, and overall I was satisfied. If it's on sale, give it a shot.
+Pros, -Cons, and ~Notes
+ You can probably complete the game without outside help (I did), but I did make use of in-game hints...
~ ...although most of the hints tell you things you probably already know.
+ The puzzles are generally fair to the player, and you are given all the tools and knowledge to solve them whether you realize it or not.
~ There isn't really a difficulty ramp in the game. In fact, one of the first real puzzles (the block sliding puzzle) is one of the hardest in the game.
- Certain puzzles have too many moving parts and are probably more effective to randomly press buttons to find the solution, but they don't take too long.
+ The notebook is a unique feature that helps you avoid outside note-taking...
- ...but the melody repeat puzzle basically requires you to write it down IRL.
- I wish it was a little longer. You can reach the ending in 10 hours if you don't make some of the dumb mistakes I made.
- Most of the puzzle mechanics seem underutilized. Some of them show up a few times but most get forgotten...
+ ...however the mechanics that are used many times tie into the story in a delightful way.
+ The story is fine and unintrustive to enjoying the game...
- ...but there is one long, unskippable cutscene.
~ There's a lot of walking/running between locations, but you can go between most places in under a minute.
+ The secret achievements are not too hard to get. Once you find one of them, you basically know how to get the other two.
good puzzle game
Lots of puzzles.
It's a must for "difficult" puzzle lovers. The world in which you evolve looks big at first but is actually reasonably sized, so there is not too much going back and force, there si sime though...
It's truly not always obvious what to do next or where to go. There are hints but they are kind of random.
Some of the puzzles are simply excellent, several involve multiple steps, it can make things very challenging.
Without a walkthrough this will feel direly difficult at times.
Would I recommend the game, wholeheartedly, It's a must for those that love these kinds of puzzle adventures.
If you like Myst, Riven The Room etc then get this , you'll love it. Just don't expect it to be a breeze...
The puzzles were fun and occasionally challenging. The atmosphere is excellent and the music is good.
Satisfying Myst-Like.
Sound puzzles partially offset by visual info or inventory hints... except one near end game which (far as I can tell) was audible only; would like to see that with optional subtitles for accessibility.
I'm an old fan of Myst games. This one follows them in a very similar style. Very well done and nice quality.
This is a great puzzle game in the tradition of Myst. The puzzles are well developed. There's a strong sense of direction, which I like, as the game guides you along the path of solving the challenges without giving away the solutions.
Kinda Myst / Riven like, it's ok. However the puzzles are convoluted & don't feel 'real' in the world. Whereas Myst & Riven the puzzles feel natural and more believable & understandable, I had to rely on a walkthrough to help me get un-lost which from convoluted puzzles that break the flow enjoyment.
The world feels familiar like Riven, which is nice. I don't understand the narrator of why he "must make us take this page". The narrator is a bit cruel to leave so many shortcut doors locked with keys hidden in convoluted ways for no reason aside to make a puzzle game. I feel like I'm just in a maze instead of a world. i suppose I should suspend belief and enjoy the puzzles more than the narration.
World 7/10
Narration & Story 5/10
Puzzles 5/10
It was fun and challenging to solve puzzles. Storytelling / lore was good enough too.
I had a great time playing Quern. It scratches the exact itch left after having played Myst and Riven remakes. QoL features makes the gameplay much more enjoyable than both games.
I love that the Myst genre is making a come back. There are a few out there and if you want scienticif and esoteric puzzles this is a good one. Plus it's indie - support the little guy. The game is calming, so if you need to step away and just vide and solve things it's a great way to do it.
Overall I liked it. Some of the puzzles were really difficult and convoluted. I am not sure how you would ever manage to work they out (I needed help). Still it was fun even trying to work them out, gets that left brain working.
**disclaimer: I played about 4 of my 6 total hours offline, so the hours are wrong. i have more experience than shown**
I do like this game, but couldn't finish it. Why? Put simply, I don't like the puzzles. The game has a cool atmosphere, solid visual style, intriguing-enough story, a nice open world design with the potential to expand, and solid fundamentals. But its puzzles are not very fun for me personally.
You get little to no direction during your playthrough, having to basically dissect what it is you need to be doing on your own. This wouldn't be all that bad, and isn't early game, if the game didn't get so complex and open pretty quickly. Your inventory gets super full and hard to navigate really quickly, and you end up just running around the map in circles in a mundane effort to figure out what you need to do next.
While it is, at the end of the day, totally up to a person's preference, I believe that if the game had more open-ended puzzles with stronger solution direction, it would be a great game. As it stands now, though, I have a hard time recommending it and/or finishing it. I got about halfway through the game and then decided to set it down because I felt really directionless and lost, overwhelmed by my massive inventory and stupid number of 'things' to try. I also have other games I am trying to get to and will just often set down games when I am not enjoying them.
As a final verdict, this is a solid game. It has its fundamentals down and has a really nice atmosphere with a solid amount of polish. However, I can only recommend it to you if you are okay with the really 'trial and error'-ey type of puzzle games. My girlfriend loves this game and she is really smart, so she might be doing something that I don't fully understand, but I just found the puzzles to be really frustrating and mundane to complete. I am shelving the game for now, I might come back later. But as of right now, I give this game a rating of 3/5 stars: 'good, but missable'.
My notes while playing the game:
Sights/Sounds:
-Took a solid amount of configuration to get working on my steam deck,
-but runs at a solid 40 frames on medium setting
-Game looks great with impressive looking levels
-Sound design is crisp, music is there. Nothing necessarily positive or negative pertaining to sound at first glance
Gameplay:
-Basic puzzle game controls; works well
-Very little guidance within the puzzles; you must exhaust all of your options to figure out how to solve each puzzle (which can be a little exhausting but is not necessarily bad)
-Solid open world design. Nothing particularly good, but has a nice, clear, growing layout
-Solving puzzles can be frustrating during the process because of thelack of direction, but it feels pretty good when you solve it
Narrative/Story:
-The concept of being on an island with a scientist’s secrets to discover isn’t particularly creative, but is executed well
-Happy to have the voice acting
Fine Hungarian craftsmanship
Gameplay is very reminiscent of older puzzle games like Myst, which is great for learned folk but could be lots of running around aimlessly for the rest. The ambiance and graphics are great. Nothing to say other than its a great puzzle game that should be played.
I won't give out any game details but I'll talk generally. I just finished Quern, and I loved it. It felt very much like Myst and Riven which is an incredible compliment. There were a wide variety of puzzles, and game had some mechanics that enhanced the game play that even the old Myst games didn't have. I kept wanting to solve the puzzles to get further in the game. If you like exploration puzzle games like the Myst games, you need to play this game.
If you like puzzles, definitely worth a try. I've enjoyed it till the end.
A great adventure game with excellent graphics. One has to use logic and puzzle solving abilities.
I SURELY WOULD AND I HOPE YOU DO ANOTHER ONE EVEN BETTER THANK YOU ALL FOR THE FUN AND THE ADVENTURE FOR ALL OF US MARRY CHRISTMAS AND I GREAT NEW YEAR WITH YOUR LOVED FAMILIES
Very good Myst-like game in the vein of such series as The Room, House of Da Vinci, Escape Room, Gordian Rooms and other. A real gem with some very inventive and brainwhacking puzzles, but very, VERY satisfying when you figure what to do next. Must play for all the fans of the genre!
I see that they're making VR games. They should absolutely bring this to VR.
good
A shameless Myst knockoff that's 90% mediocre, 10% frustrating, and 100% forgettable.
it's fun :)
I love this game. Great puzzles, and interesting world to uncover and looks great along with great soundtrack. Everything you need.
I absolutely loved playing this! It takes a while for the story to ramp up and become engaging compared to Myst, but the puzzles were amazing and the relaxing, dreamy soundtracks elevate the overall experience to another level. Sure I had some very minor complaints including the fact that the game could've used a bit more color in its world, but If you like "Mystlikes" as in puzzle games like Myst, I highly recommend this game.
i would recommend this a lot if tyhe level design wasnt obnoxious or the puzzles just too overdesigned. the only puzzle with a logical design is mid game
there weren't enough animals or characters, overall the idea is very good, but I got tired of the density of the riddles towards the end
It made us so confused! (And it was fun!) Try it
Beautiful adventure puzzle game that reminded me of the Myst series
This game really took me back to my first experience playing Myst. They nail the ambiance, the puzzles are challenging but always fair (except the music puzzle 'cus I'm tone def).
I love puzzle games, even when they are a bit tough. This one is a bit tough for me. I had to restart it once so far. I think it would be perfect for most people, as I sometimes fail to catch all the details.
I started this game and it instantly reminded me of Myst and the following games in the series. Because it has been quite awhile since I have played such a game my mind wasn't exactly in the right "frame of mind" for playing Quern - Undying Thoughts and that being the case I was 11 hours in and decided to start a new game because I wasn't thinking straight as far as the game play goes. I am going back in and am going to "think" while playing. Awesome game !!! Can't wait to see how it all plays out.
Pretty good puzzle game, great atmosphere and music. It was quite impressive how far it went to be honest. A couple kinks I didn't like:
- Obviously I didn't 'get' all of the puzzles. The most frustrating one was the white crystal dissolving fluid. I thought the table meant how much of each substance you'd get from the juice of 6 of a flower, not how many of each flower you need to make 1 unit of a substance. Wasted a bunch of time making the potion for it to just splash harmlessly on the crystal.
- The water looks a bit underdeveloped, even on the highest settings. And on the northern viewpoint, you can just clearly see where it cuts off? Super immersion-breaking.
- Story is interesting at first, but the motives get stale after a while. It's basically the two characters repeating their opinions over and over. Not very engaging.
If you start your puzzle game with pattern-matching, then a sliding puzzle, what am I supposed to be looking forward to? Maybe the puzzles get better later on but this is just a terrible way to start.
This is the BEST game of this genre I've played since Myst... Yes, I played Myst when it was originally released in the early 90's. Puzzles were challenging, but intuitive. Fun story line, and nice graphics. Very well done, and highly recommended.
Awesome! Clearly inspired by the Myst series and very well done. Settings are capable of fine adjustments for your system and personal preferences. By turning off the blur motion the game is smooth as silk. Most the puzzles are straight forward, but a couple really take a bit of thought. Wandering around the beautiful landscape is enjoyable and relaxing. Great game to keep that brain challenged and in working order. Just wish I was smarter. XD
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Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Zadbox Entertainment |
| Платформы | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 31.01.2025 |
| Metacritic | 83 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 91% положительных (2220) |