#SUPERLIMINAL CHESS PIECES SERIES#

The balance doesn’t feel quite right throughout.Īt times, when you are cloning objects or you have shrunk yourself down to the size of a pea in amongst towering monolithic chess pieces, Superliminal struggles. Superliminal has you wandering through a lot of corridors in between these main sections before either dropping you into another puzzle similar to the one just completed, or something really cool and imaginative that only happens the once. Unfortunately, these have a nasty habit or overstaying their welcome, or being too few and far between.

#SUPERLIMINAL CHESS PIECES SERIES#

Some levels require lining up objects to reveal another – similar to lining up the QR codes in Watch_Dogs – and other levels are all about figuring out the mechanisms of a labyrinthine series of rooms. It isn’t all about altering the size of objects in order to progress, Superliminal has a few other levels built around unique mechanics. Having started so silly and just a bit of fun, the ending is an unexpected but enjoyable conclusion. By the end of it, his ramblings start to become more profound and poetic, and you as the player get the sense this is all some sort of reflective journey. Glenn Pierce will leave cassette tapes with insights into his mind, providing a bit of backstory. Once again this reminds of Portal when you first broke out: were you there of your own accord or is there something more sinister at hand? It isn’t long before you are able to ‘escape’ this control environment, and by climbing up and over the walls you start to see that things aren’t quite as they seem. Superliminal throws other ideas your way too, including levels based around cloning objects, or others predominantly set in the dark, complete with the sense of a jump scare around every corner. Moving chess pieces onto tiles one at a time, make your way across the board and remember to bring the pieces with you so you don’t run the risk of falling through the board.Some objects will need to be enlarged to allow you to reach platforms higher up, or they contain a doorway that is too small for you to fit through. Be careful here - if you try to walk on a tile without a chess piece on it, you will fall through it into the unknown. This will then allow you to walk on that tile. Once on the chessboard, you must place a chess piece on one of the tiles. Head through the next room till you reach a surrealist looking, almost heavenly-white environment. Once you find yourself in a room of colourful pillars, walk straight through the white wall where you will then find another door to go through. The black stairs in this strange world are real this time, so walk up them and follow the black path. Once you are in the next area, find the stairs and walk through them to reach an inverted realm. You will soon find a large switch that needs to be turned off. Next, walk away and towards the island you will see - it has an orange tower. Jump onto the window and continue through the doorway.

Place the window next to the door so that it is finally within your reach. The window you just familiarised yourself with is actually a block. Related: Superliminal Review: Perception InceptionĮventually, you will find a door that is too high to initially reach. Then, go towards the window which will take you to another corridor similar to the one you have just been in. Enter it and roam the corridor until you find yourself in a white room. As you continue, you will soon find an ‘exit’ sign that points toward another door. Believe it or not, this shadow is a doorway - enter it. Seek out a cabinet that is not near a wall, but instead casting a shadow on the wall. Once in the white corridor beyond the door, continue straight. Once nearby, brave the rain until you reach the next doorway. Carry on through the room until you find another doorway in a faraway fog. The doorway will lead you to the Reception room.

This will reveal yet another doorway you can go through. At this point, you can pick up a sizable black board and move it out of the way. After this, head into the black abyss in the floor, then the white abyss, then another black abyss again. Continue to walk through the doorway until you reach another door that has a white frame. If you wait a small while, a tower will appear that you can then approach and enter.

Superliminal chess pieces