Cognition Method: Initiation

Cognition Method: Initiation

Steam Deck · unrated

Team Cognition · Sci-fi · Apr 23, 2021

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

It's free to play.

83%
Very Positive
463 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 75 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 50 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 27 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 463 player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 266 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
72% of themes are praise14% are divided14% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The one slight suggestion I have for dialogue is to, where appropriate (typically in the early areas of the game), add some small delays between certain voice lines and dialogue triggers, to make the pacing more natural.
75 of 266 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
I don't really have anything nice to say about the visuals.
50 of 266 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Voice acting is fine.
27 of 266 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Alright let's talk about gameplay :
22 of 266 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
As the subtitle implies, it's a demo for the future full Cognition Method, and only about twenty, twenty-five minutes worth of play to date.
6 of 266 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters75 reviews
Graphics50 reviews
Audio27 reviews
Gameplay22 reviews
Interface6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Performance7 reviews
86%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs13 reviews
54%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
83%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
8
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.