Review of Suspended by Nico2021

This adventure has a pretty interesting concept. There is no main hero but you control 6 robots, each with different characteristics. One robot can see, one can listen, one can feel etc. So you need to use more robots together to tackle the puzzles. The text parser is high quality like the rest of infocom text adventures. The vocabulary is rich and in general the design quality is high. The game considers you have a map to play (a map was provided with the game manual). The only problem with the game is the over the top difficulty. There is a time limit and you have little time to explore and generally trying to solve the puzzles. So you have to restart a lot. The game itsself is pretty short, you can finish it in 15-20 min if you know what to do and there arent many puzzles but even those few puzzles could take forever to figure out without a guide or walkthrough. I did use a lot the excellent hint system by infocom called invisiclues and had some fun. But without using hints or walkthrough this is frustratingly hard. Most people that will start this game will probably stop at the begining because of the dificulty which is pitty as the game becomes easier as you understand how it works and it has some very smart and enjoyable puzzles.

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Time Played: 5-10 hours
Difficulty: Very Hard