TesserAct

All of a sudden you find yourself falling, you don’t know what happened or where you are, you just know that your falling. That’s how TesserAct starts, a game that is covered in mystery and you have to figure out what's going on.

TesserAct’s gameplay is based on physics, al lot of physics, which you have to make use of in order to solve several puzzles to be able to advance further into the game and unravel more details about the plot. You can pick up cubes and throw them into unknown particle beams that seem to strip the objects of all known properties and leaves them in suspended animation.

This however applies to inanimate objects because if you touch the aforementioned beams, you’re dead and you have to restart the level. A really nice thing about TesserAct is that it offers only a small dose of what should be a tutorial. Most of the game’s mechanics are up to you to discover which makes puzzle solving that much more difficult and rewarding at the same time.

One of TesserAct’s strong points are the graphics. The facility in which the action takes place is very well designed in regard to both world details and atmosphere. From perfectly lit rooms you make your way to huge chambers were slightly illuminated objects are surrounded by an eerie darkness.

Character controls are simple, responsive and very accurate, as they should be since you will be doing a lot of running, jumping and dodging. What’s clear is that TesserAct is built to be dynamic and captivating.

To sum things up, TesserAct looks great, runs very smooth and proposes a series of good puzzles to challenge your mind and reflexes. All of which are ingredients that make for a good game especially since the story catches your attention from the very beginning.