Monolith (2023)
Critic Reviews for Monolith (2023)
Monolith is made by people who love the genre, and has clearly been made for people who love the genre. I cannot fault the intent or the effort that has gone into it. It’s beautiful, most of it is genuinely intriguing, and it’s filled with classic puzzle design that the genre’s biggest fans must surely be missing for long stretches of time these days. If only the onboarding in the first hour wasn’t such a poor start, and if only that ending wasn’t such a rug-pull, this could have been something memorable.
Overall, Monolith is a bit of an enigma of a game. Worth a go, for sure, but this might be one that really leaves you most with a feeling of disappointment. If you like ambient settings, some light hearted dialogue interspersed with some fascinating story arc ideas and absolutely loooooved what they did to the finale of Game of Thrones, it’s time to blast off and pick this one up! If you're someone who can’t stand a bad ending, maybe leave this one on the digital shelf - personally, I’d have preferred a Sopranos style fade to black… hole.
A sci-fi adventure that features a very subversive story, and several nice puzzles, thus composing a worthwhile adventure experience.
