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Soma

Soma

Frictional Games·Released Sep 21, 2015·Single player

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PuzzleAdventureIndie
Critic80/100
Across 6 reviews
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About

SOMA is a sci-fi horror game from Frictional Games, the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent. It is an unsettling story about identity, consciousness, and what it means to be human. Enter the world of SOMA and face horrors buried deep beneath the ocean waves. Delve through locked terminals and secret documents to uncover the truth behind the chaos. Seek out the last remaining inhabitants and take part in the events that will ultimately shape the fate of the station. But be careful, danger lurks in every corner: corrupted humans, twisted creatures, insane robots, and even an inscrutable omnipresent A.I. You will need to figure out how to deal with each one of them. Just remember there’s no fighting back, either you outsmart your enemies or you get ready to run.

Reviews

9 reviews
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Daniel Krupa·Sep 21, 2015
Critic81/100
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SOMA tackles some big questions but does so with plenty of intelligence and some effective scares.

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Richard Wakeling·Sep 21, 2015
Critic90/100
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It may not stir the hordes of wailing YouTubers looking for the next best haunted house, but SOMA succeeds at crafting something much more meaningful than jump-scares.

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Patrick Klepek·Sep 21, 2015
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When the credits rolled on SOMA, my head fell into my hands. I felt relief that the harrowing journey was over, and was reeling at what my character had

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Graham Banas·Sep 21, 2015
Critic80/100
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The plot is compelling, the presentation is generally very good, and the conclusion is outstanding. But all of these achievements will be tempered if you're looking for the kind of scares that defined Amnesia: The Dark Descent.

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Rock Paper Shotgun
Adam Smith·Sep 21, 2015
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While it is an enormously satisfying and well-crafted game, SOMA never managed to convince me that its themes and plot were in tune with its more traditional first-person frights. It scared me and it gave me cause to think about some of the issues raised, but now that I'm done, I doubt it'll stay long in my mind, or plucking at my nerves.

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