Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Fort Solis' worldbuilding isn't as interesting as it thinks it is. Its atmosphere is let down by its insistence that the player trudge through it, rather than eagerly explore. It's a 2 hour game that somehow manages to stretch its length out to 5 because of its painstaking slowness, and that slowness doesn't breed tension, it just breeds boredom.
And all of these problems are crystallised by the time its first ten minutes are up.

LORE DUMP - BIOSHOCK EXPLAINED
youtube.com/watch?v=OD19pSLdDmo&t=960s

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I MADE MY WIFE PLAY OUTER WILDS
youtube.com/watch?v=ed1t4X7brGg&t=846s

SOMA CRITIQUE - ANATOMY OF THE SOUL
youtube.com/watch?v=LQCbRIqDOig&t=2411s

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FOOTAGE/REFERENCES
1) Feardemic - Fort Solis - Interview with Developer: youtube.com/watch?v=sf50GjgnKrg&t=2s
2) IGN - Fort Solis Explained - youtube.com/watch?v=ZdNCoxjymw0&t=1s
3) SummerGameFest - Fort Solis Interview with Troy Baker and Roger Clarke - youtube.com/watch?v=InXjIKK6iLI&t=148s
4) GamesRadar - Fort Solis: How an indie studio fulfilled its plan to deliver a TV-quality Sci-Fi Thriller: gamesradar.com/fort-solis-how-an-indie-studio-fulfilled-its-plan-to-deliver-a-tv-quality-sci-fi-thriller
5) GamingBolt - Fort Solis Interview: gamingbolt.com/fort-solis-interview-story-characters-exploration-and-more

MUSIC (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE)
1) Ran Raiten - Orange Sunsets
2) Control: Foundation DLC - Red Glow Tunel Rush
3) Dear Gravity - Empyrean


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