Quern – Undying Thoughts

Quern – Undying Thoughts
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Publisher(s)	Zadbox Entertainment
Designer(s)	Dániel Poszmik (graphics) Ábel Szakács (sound design)
Programmer(s)	Gergely Gulyás
Composer(s)	Marcell Kerepesi
Engine	Unity
Platform(s)	Windows, macOS, Linux, Xbox One
Release	November 28, 2016
Genre(s)	Adventure

Quern – Undying Thoughts is an adventure video game by Zadbox Entertainment.^[1] It runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux. Quern was released for Xbox One on April 24, 2020. The game was developed by four Hungarian graduate students, one of whom lives in the United Kingdom.^[2]

Gameplay

The plot involves a character arriving on the mysterious island of Quern with no memory of the past, passing through a gateway which thereafter self-destructs. There are dozens of puzzles to solve opening approximately fifty locked doors; all are needed to find a way off the island.^[3] There is no hostility or combat.^[4]

Reception

PCWorld gave the game 4 out of 5 stars, saying it was similar to Myst of old with excellent gameplay.^[3] Adventure Gamers gave it 4/5 stars.^[5] Metacritic gave it a positive score of 83/100.^[1]

References

1. "Quern – Undying Thoughts PC". Metacritic.
2. "Quern: Undying Thoughts – interjú a fejlesztőkkel". PC Guru.
3. Dingman, Hayden (February 4, 2017). "Quern – Undying Thoughts review: The closest we may ever come to a Riven sequel". PCWorld.
4. Senior, Tom (26 July 2017). "Why I love Quern, and the calm of combat-free games". PCGamer. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
5. Hoelscher, Kevin (February 3, 2017). "Quern: Undying Thoughts Review". adventuregamers.com.