this game is a pure vaporwave art project. super cool. wish there were more games out there like this. really test the limits of the imagination of what you can do with computer games because why not. just enjoy it. wish there was VR.

edit: purchased on super sale for like 2 dollars or something. definite recommend at that price and probably worth full price if you really like the aesthetic.

This game starts a bit slow, but stick with it, because it just keeps getting wilder as it goes!

I don't know what I played and I'll probably never know, but I had fun playing it.

Pros: Interesting Puzzles, Good looking vaporwave aesthetic.
Cons: It's easy to get lost in some levels. The map doesn't show you what direction your facing. When the camera cuts to a location that you're supposed to get to, it doesn't show you where it is in relation to where you are. Tedious platforming. There's too much grinding which I will specify in a separate subsection of cons:

The main grinding mechanic is clicking on posters to increase your, "like" count. The like count has to be increased to certain amounts to unlock new areas. So if you complete all of the quests in one area, you will still need to farm more likes to get to the next area. This can be done in several ways:
• It increases when you finish quests but not by enough to avoid the need for grinding.
• It increases each time you click on a poster, but each poster can only be clicked up to about 5 times before it will no longer give out any more likes (with the exception of some posters which can be clicked up to 5 times and then, each time you exit the area and come back, you can click it again and get 1 more like.
• There is a game mechanic where you take pictures of floating icons and each time you take a picture of it (you can take pictures of as many you want at once as long as the icons are close enough and in-frame.) But you can only see the icons when you have the camera activated. But you can't have the camera equipped while you're using the grappling hook or any other one of the other five devices you get in the game. So you have to keep switching back to it, which makes the grinding more tedious.
• There is also a recurring optional (except for at one point of the game) minigame where you have to buy items in the shop (all in-game items are free) in the right order to get a multiplier up to get the most likes out of your shopping experience that is actually fun. I didn't pay attention in the tutorial and for most of my shopping, I didn't get the multiplier up, that might've been the reason why I had to grind so much for likes.
• There's also a point in the game where you have to collect money and that takes a lot of time.

Overall: I still highly recommend it.

Wow, what an interesting game. It was so addicting and fun. I love the mechanics and vibe. Honestly, the only thing I really didn't like about this game was the cursor? puzzles, as they made me super mad and broke immersion. This was an 8/10 for sure.

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The Broken Reality is a bit like Zelda since it is about adventure, exploration and riddles/puzzles. The game offers differents "worlds" to explore, filled with secrets, quest givers and also items you'll need in order to backtrack here and there for progression.

The game is thrilling and intriguing, not only because of it's neat low poly and glitchy visuals, or its cassetteware artistic direction, but also its sound design and soundtrack, its goofy lore and characters, the weird animations etc. It simply has its own identity which mixes both a fantasised 80s internet, and the real internet we ended up having early on in the 90s.

There's some fun and awkward moments to be had for sure, but some tough ones too. For example I got softlocked once because of a quest I triggered while not having unlocked the right ability yet.
Also, Broken Reality is sometimes very confusing and you may feel lost at how to do things.
And I personnally felt like it was especially the case in the last world, which sadly, was an unfun chore compared to the rest of the game.
So better be warned : if you want to beat the game, hang on tight to your temper and brain.
Also it's a collectibles fest. Not really in the good sense though, as a huge part of these collectibles gets really tedious and difficult to reach at some point (vertical and aerial puzzle).

That being said, I didn't encounter a single bug.

I wont say it's a game for everyone, it's not on the casual side of things if you ask me. Patience and observation are most recommended.
But if you are ready for some crescendo challenge and a retrowave lover, this may get you pleasantly high and give you a memorable gaming experience.

Pacifist Cruelty Squad

1) The game has jump scares in it, some subtle ones and others more blatant and the worst ones are at the very end of the game, you get 10 hours in and bam.

2) It is a very slow-paced game, which is fine at first as there is a ton to see in every level... but you do a lot of back tracking and that includes within the same level, then coming back later when you get "upgrades" to redo a level. The slow walk speed really starts to grind you down after the second act, so to speak, starts. Basically after you complete GEOCITY.

I would honestly open up a walk-through for this one past the first level just because you could spend hours just walking around sluggin it out.

3) There is no quality of life features here, at all. The game is raw.

All of that being said, you should really play it assuming you don't have both: a heart condition or epilepsy from rapidly moving/changing/shifting objects, colors etc.

I think the worst part of the game is GEOCITY. Anyway, plenty of other people have talked in great depth about this game, I don't need to repeat what those folks have said, but I do want to at least let people know what is up with the warnings above.

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