Brain Machine - Early Access Watcher -
1Disclosure: This game copy was bought by the reviewer.
Following a fatal car accident, Tony's mother is taken from the world. With the help of his father and the experimental Brain Machine, Tony decides to plunge deep into the machine's core to help his mother. Is it all really as it seems? Avoid robots by reducing sight or sound in this interesting puzzler and recover memory fragments to learn the undisputed truth.
Visual the game is splendid, featuring some great charater models and a selection of well-designed cubes. Music is rather fitting and pleasing to listen to as the deaths begin to become more frequent. The game features 11 cubes at the moment, each increasing in difficulty. Robots react to sight and sounds well enough, though the player character has a tendency to get caught by them easier in doorways due to some picky collision detection.
Puzzles aren't entirely difficult, but tight corners and timing can make some of them require a few test tries. This can be a little annoying given the placement of certain checkpoints. Plenty of achievements require deaths in the game, so it isn't a major concern if you die too often. The story is also intriguing enough to keep the player going.
It is enjoyable for the short time you will be spending with it. Achievements keep the game length extended (especially with some of the no death runs) and while I wouldn't get it at full price, I felt the sales price was okay.