'It’s familiar, palatable and accessible, up until the moment it becomes something else.'
practically opens by making you pick up the book, though somehow it never appears in your inventory. That's the first clue that Space Madness is right around the corner.
This is how Signalis gets under your skin. Despite being set in a grounded low-tech universe with oodles of worldbuilding text to consume, there’s a pervasive sense of unreality here. Puzzles are surreal and abstract for no clear reason, and protagonist Elster has her own thoughts, feelings, drives and fragmented memories that you’re not privy to. Still, her mission is clear enough: Search the remote icy planet of Leng for her ship’s missing co-pilot.control. Or anyone’s, for that matter.
Signalis feels remarkable in every other respect, though. On top of some stylish cutscenes scored with brooding classical pieces, its world built from impeccable pixel art backdrops with low-res 3D models overlaid in classic Resident Evil fashion, aided with a map that marks key rooms, and doors as broken, open or locked. Rather than obfuscating where to go, the camera sits motionless at a clear overhead perspective.
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