The Turing Test Reviews

The Turing Test is ranked in the 71st percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
9 / 10
Sep 9, 2016

The Turing Test will be compared to other games of similar structure, such as Portal, just by the nature of using a contraption to solving room puzzles. Although the narrative is one of the game’s main focus, and you need to be sure to complete the game to experience the entire story, the puzzles are sublime. Plentiful and varying, each set of new puzzles adds new and engagement elements to solving the puzzles, such as moving platforms, harnessing the power of magnetism, and using different types of energy spheres. On the downside, the Xbox One version of the game does have slight hitches and longer loads than I would have liked before each puzzle. I should note that while not all puzzles have a long load before them, enough did to warrant a footnote in the review.

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8.5 / 10.0
Sep 9, 2016

It succeeds in both its puzzles and story, and emerges as one of the nicest surprises of the year

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7 / 10
Sep 9, 2016

Much of what the game shows or talks about has been discussed elsewhere in the past. That too in a better fashion, to be completely honest. Nevertheless, it's present here in a well-packaged puzzle entry that is by no means revolutionary, but still manages to do enough to not come across as a poor rehash. Helped by terrific voice acting and accompanied by a tense soundtrack, The Turing Test is an admirable effort.

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Unscored
Sep 9, 2016

The Turing Test” achieves a rare harmony of gameplay and narrative. It should make one think about the flexibility of the mind and what it means to consider one’s species the apex of creation.

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73 / 100
Sep 9, 2016

The Turing Test’s smart new energy orb device meshes carefully with standard elements of the genre to create a puzzler that is worth experiencing.

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Unscored
Sep 7, 2016

It’s definitely bloated, needing a brutal hand to strip out a few dozen of the weaker puzzles. Because in there are challenges that are not only good, but sometimes great. Really satisfying to solve. It’s that they’re too frequently diluted down by a series of chambers far more entertaining for the brief banter between TOM and Ava at the start than the process of completion. As such, it falls a good distance short of the two mighty games it emulates.

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Dave Aubrey
Top Critic
7.4 / 10.0
Sep 5, 2016

At first I was rolling my eyes at a blatant rip off of other fantastic games, but by the end I realized this is a great game in its own right.

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8 / 10
Sep 4, 2016

It’s the sort of plot with so many layers, so many questions and so few definitive answers that it’s likely to keep you up at night

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Sep 4, 2016

It is heavily derivative, but 'The Turing Test' is a worthy imitation of the 'Portal' and its ilk. It has fun, quick puzzles and a disquieting, thought-provoking dialogue between two minds whose true nature is unclear. It is a pleasant way to spend a few hours.

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Sep 1, 2016

The Turing Test delivers not just a worthwhile game but an amazing story that will sit with you long after the credits.

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7 / 10
Sep 1, 2016

The Turing Test can be quite accurately described as Portal meets Soma, exploring similar ideas of AI and selfhood. The trouble is, I suppose, that both those games did each aspect better.

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Sep 1, 2016

I don’t want to disparage The Turing Test too much. It suffers by nature of comparisons with other similar games, but perhaps unfairly. With its lightweight puzzles and plot, The Turing Test is one of those “Great-For-An-Afternoon” games, the ones that scratch a specific itch and go down easy. In this case, it’s the “I need something like Portal, but I’ve already played Portal” itch.

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8 / 10.0
Sep 1, 2016

A sleek, shiny FPS puzzler that overcomes the limitations of its gameplay with some accessible conundrums and an interesting tale.

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A-
Aug 31, 2016

This is a very worthy puzzle game, and if you’re someone who enjoys the genre, I wouldn’t recommend ignoring The Turing Test for long.

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IGN
Top Critic
7 / 10.0
Aug 31, 2016

As someone who loves games like Portal and The Witness, The Turing Test definitely scratched that familiar puzzle itch, even if it fails to scratch more than the surface of most of its ideas. Its mechanics are solid but largely unoriginal, and its themes and world-building are genuinely great. And while it never reaches the originality and heights of its inspirations, it still manages to deliver an interesting world with one heck of a twist.

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75%
Aug 31, 2016

The Turing Test is delivered well, resplendent in Unreal 4, and carries a few genuinely interesting moments that make some of the more languid ’downtime’ easier to swallow. We've had moments on our commute just mulling over some of the (ridiculously!) dry jokes in the game, but we love that - they feel like the bytes of humour you’d hear a museum curator crack as they show you their favourite exhibit. A puzzler for anyone who wants an aperitif after The Witness and The Talos Principle.

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8.5 / 10.0
Aug 31, 2016

If you're hankering for a first person puzzler and/or you're a sci-fi nut, then you will probably love The Turing Test.

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GameGrin
TheSphericalCat
Top Critic
9.5 / 10.0
Aug 30, 2016

An excellent game visually, mechanically and with it’s strong story and acting, this should be in your libraries.

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Recommended
Aug 30, 2016

A playful examination of the relationship between human and machine, and a focused, entertaining puzzler.

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Aug 30, 2016

If you’re willing to accept a game which is slightly rough around the edges, and will remind you of Portal at every turn without actually being Portal, then The Turing Test could be for you. There’s a lot here to like: a philosophical dialogue about ethics, transhumanism and the singularity, in conjunction with occasionally brilliant design. There’s enough on offer here that I sincerely hope that Bulkhead Interactive make another game, and next time, think slightly further outside the white-panelled box than they did in this endeavour.

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