{"id":22459,"date":"2022-08-03T00:01:01","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T00:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=22459"},"modified":"2022-07-09T12:07:24","modified_gmt":"2022-07-09T12:07:24","slug":"quintus-and-the-absent-truth-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/03\/quintus-and-the-absent-truth-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Quintus and the Absent Truth (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X\/S, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>You are a down and out musician and your daughter has been kidnapped.\u00a0 Find items and solve puzzles in first person 3-D environments as you unravel the mystery.\u00a0 Your only companion is your pet mouse named Quintus, who can help you by crawling into tight spaces to reach things you can\u2019t.\u00a0 Surprisingly, this game has some horror elements as well.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.<\/p>\n

You view the game in a first person 3-D perspective with a dot in the center.\u00a0 When the dot goes over an item of interest, buttons will pop up to prompt you to interact with whatever\u2019s in front of you.\u00a0 You can read things, view them at different angles, and pick up items.\u00a0 At certain points you can also send your mouse in to investigate tight spaces.\u00a0 Sometimes he\u2019ll just automatically get them item for you, and other times you must control the mouse directly.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, this game has a whole laundry list of problems.\u00a0 At first I liked the simple hand drawn graphics, but the more I looked at them, the more they just looked lazy and amateurish.\u00a0 I\u2019ve seen better graphics on the PS2, and if this game had more realistic graphics, I think it would\u2019ve been a lot scarier, since the horror element was something they were going for here.\u00a0 It also doesn\u2019t help that the mouse walks on its hind legs all the time!\u00a0 The puzzles are also cumbersome and counter intuitive.\u00a0 I have no idea how you get clues to solve a piano based number puzzle, and I had to use a guide on most of my playthrough.\u00a0 Other activities are just mundane, like you have to find lost door keys multiple times, and that\u2019s no fun in real life.<\/p>\n

But the worst offender has to be how the game saves your progress.\u00a0 This type of game SHOULD let you save at any time, but it doesn\u2019t.\u00a0 It seems to only save when it wants to.\u00a0 The first time I got to the end of chapter one, I stopped and it made me start at the beginning again.\u00a0 So I figured it only saves after you finish a chapter.\u00a0 But nope.\u00a0 When I got to the third chapter and stopped, it started me back halfway in chapter two, right before a couple of annoying number puzzles I had already solved.\u00a0 After a few instances of that, I just stopped playing.\u00a0 I don\u2019t have time for nonsense like that, especially since the game isn\u2019t very good otherwise.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Quintus and the Absent Truth is rated T for Teen with ESRB descriptors of Blood and Violence.\u00a0 You\u2019d think a game where you get to solve puzzles with the help of a pet mouse would be good for kids, but nope.\u00a0 Most of the violence is implied, not shown, but there are sections where you see blood smeared on the walls.\u00a0 The game also uses a lot of jumpscares and eerie music that would frighten youngsters, so this game is best for older players only.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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