The Complex had a good story to it up until near the end. I felt it threw a few too many twists into the mix and got a little too complex for it’s own good. Until that point I’d say the story was well done. The acting was good as were the production values. There were a good amount of choices along the way although at least a couple had minimal to no impact. I would have liked a little more in the way of an epilogue as in my ending enough major events happened that I felt it was warranted. I was just left with questions as to how things really turned out.

I played The Complex on Linux using Proton. The game froze one time when I tried to alt tab out of it but other than I encountered no issues at all. The game allows you to pause but not to skip scenes. It has a save system but it never told me when it was saving. I simply played it all the way through when I had time to not have an issue with the saving. The game ran great even on Intel onboard graphics.

Game Engine: Unity
Graphics API: DXVK
Disk Space Used: 10.5 GB

Resolution: 2560x1440
CPU Usage: 14-22 %
System RAM Usage: 6.5-8.1 GB
Frame Rate: 69-86 FPS

The game had a good length to it, about the length of an average movie. Despite my feelings about the plot going off the rails near the end it is a solid FMV game that fans of the genre should enjoy. It could have had a few features that other games in the genre have such as a better save system and the ability to skip scenes. I paid $6.16 CAD for it and can say it is easily worth that price. The normal price of $19.49 CAD plus tax is a bit steep, I’d say $15 would be my upper limit for it. I finished my first play through in one hour and thirty minutes.

My Score: 8/10

My System:

Intel i5-12600K | 32GB DDR4-3200 CL16 | Intel UHD 770 | Mesa 23.0.4 | Western Digital Black SN850X 2TB | Trisquel 11.0.1 | Mate 1.26.0 | Kernel 6.9.1-gnu | Proton 9.0-1MSI G2730QPF 2560*1440 @ 165hz

I wouldn't call this a game, more like an interactive film but the experience is mindblowing. Started it just to see if it would run on my somewhat slow hardware and got caught in the story immediately. Didn't stop until I reached the (or better one of the) end. I will try to reache the others for shure.