system overLORD

The purpose of Clueminati Tales is to try to connect players with a game that best scratches your itch.

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While I will also give an honest review of a room, it just reflects my opinion and the relative preference I have for a room, a story, immersion and gameplay. What I'll try to do is also offer thoughts on who might like a room, even if I did not. If my score for a room dips below a 6 out of 10 (by our scale 6+ rooms are rooms we absolutely suggest playing and share on social media). This review will not be promoted as I do not want to deter anyone from playing a room. We just want to offer our thoughts on who might like a room. 

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With that out of the way, let's talk System Overload.

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Off the bat, one of the absolutely coolest starts to a room and one of the most immersive/accurate first rooms I've played. 

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I'm a Gen X'er so the theme of the room, not a spoiler as the story tells you, you are traveling to the 1970s. I can objectively say, the first room brought back such nostalgia and the mapping and theme of the first room was brilliant. 

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For my tastes, the first room is the only one I really enjoyed playing but that is 100% because the puzzles that followed are puzzle types I do not typically like but you might like them. The perfect storm for me is the the rooms that followed the first were all the puzzle types I dislike. 

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There was nothing wrong with what followed, the theme, immersion and tech used was incredible; it just had almost exclusively elements that usually turn me off on a room. 

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They were 100% on theme for the room, they were well mapped, they made sense for the story. 

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For context without getting into spoilers, I am not a fan of puzzles that require multi-steps or feature repetition (do similar tasks multiple time with the same mechanic). 

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However, the puzzles for these elements were very innovative, well themed and were extremely immersive. 

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If that works for you, this might be a perfect room for you. 

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The folks at Keepers are amazing, immersive story tellers.

 

I will absolutely be back to tackle their upcoming horror-themed room and cannot wait to see what they do.

 

Also I cannot rave about the Temple of Light enough - amazing game (try that one first). While System Overlord was not my cup of tea, it might be perfect for you.

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