Q.U.B.E. Review - It's No Portal

Rob Williams · 01-22-2012, 08:40 PM

It's easy to compare Q.U.B.E. to Portal at a quick glance, but in reality it's a much different game. The main focus is on puzzle-solving, but the puzzles here are solved by manipulating blocks in order to achieve some objective to open the door at the end. And in terms of sheer difficulty, Q.U.B.E. takes the cake.

Read through Jamie's look at Q.U.B.E. and then discuss it here!

Rob Williams · 01-24-2012, 10:08 PM

I had a lot of hope that this game would be epic... but it falls short. It falls short to the point where I wouldn't even purchase it for $5. The challenges just look rather bland and boring, and after experiencing a game like Portal 2 (which to be fair costs 4x as much), it's hard to get excited over a game as lifeless as this.

Portal 2 wasn't -just- about the puzzles. It was about the environments, the characters and the spot-on gameplay. QUBE has none of these things.

That said, I do hope to maybe see a sequel that amps things up.

01-22-2012, 08:40 PM	#1
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	Q.U.B.E. Review - It's No Portal It's easy to compare Q.U.B.E. to Portal at a quick glance, but in reality it's a much different game. The main focus is on puzzle-solving, but the puzzles here are solved by manipulating blocks in order to achieve some objective to open the door at the end. And in terms of sheer difficulty, Q.U.B.E. takes the cake. Read through Jamie's look at Q.U.B.E. and then discuss it here! __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

01-24-2012, 10:08 PM	#2
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	I had a lot of hope that this game would be epic... but it falls short. It falls short to the point where I wouldn't even purchase it for $5. The challenges just look rather bland and boring, and after experiencing a game like Portal 2 (which to be fair costs 4x as much), it's hard to get excited over a game as lifeless as this. Portal 2 wasn't -just- about the puzzles. It was about the environments, the characters and the spot-on gameplay. QUBE has none of these things. That said, I do hope to maybe see a sequel that amps things up. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

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