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SOMA

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SOMA is a sci-fi survival horror that makes you rethink the description of death. You play as Simon Jarrett who was injured in a crash accident and agreed for an experimental operation on his brain. He wakes up at an abandoned underwater facility full of mutants. Trying to figure out what’s going on, Simon finds Catherine Chun, a scientist, who tells him about the technology of copying the human personality.
The gameplay is based on exploration and puzzle solving. There's no combat, and you are meant to avoid enemies and act stealthily. To progress through the story, you need to search for clues, read multiple notes and solve puzzles.   
Though there are monsters in SOMA, it frightens with its atmosphere in the first place. A dark, abandoned station with dead people, uncertainty and the lack of any understanding of what is waiting for you is scarier than screamers and blood rivers. Moral choices you have to make don’t affect the story much: instead, they change your attitude to the events, so it’s you who develops through the game.

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Developer
Frictional Games
Publisher
Frictional Games
Age rating
17+ Mature
Website
http://www.somagame.com

System requirements for PlayStation 4

System requirements for Xbox One

System requirements for PC

Minimum:
  • OS: 64-bit Windows Vista
  • Processor: Core i3 / AMD A6 2.4Ghz
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 / AMD Radeon HD 5750. OpenGL 3.3
  • Storage: 25 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Integrated Intel graphics are not supported. They should work (Intel HD 4000-series or better), but with issues.
Recommended:
  • OS: 64-bit Windows 7
  • Processor: Core i5 / AMD FX 2.4Ghz
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 / AMD Radeon HD 5970. OpenGL 3.3
  • Storage: 25 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Integrated Intel graphics are not supported. They should work (Intel HD 4000-series or better), but with issues.

System requirements for macOS

Minimum:
  • OS: 64-bit 10.9
  • Processor: Core i3 2.4Ghz
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 / AMD Radeon HD 5750. OpenGL 3.3
  • Storage: 25 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Integrated Intel graphics are not supported. They should work (Intel HD 4000-series or better), but with issues.
Recommended:
  • OS: 64-bit 10.10
  • Processor: Core i5 2.4Ghz
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 / AMD Radeon HD 5970. OpenGL 3.3
  • Storage: 25 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Integrated Intel graphics are not supported. They should work (Intel HD 4000-series or better), but with issues.

System requirements for Linux

Minimum:
  • OS: 64-bit Major Linux distribution from 2014
  • Processor: Core i3 / AMD A6 2.4Ghz
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 / AMD Radeon HD 5750. OpenGL 3.3
  • Storage: 25 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Proprietary drivers. Integrated Intel graphics are not supported. They should work (Intel HD 4000-series or better), but with issues.
Recommended:
  • OS: 64-bit Major Linux distribution from 2014
  • Processor: Core i5 / AMD FX 2.4Ghz
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 / AMD Radeon HD 5970. OpenGL 3.3
  • Storage: 25 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Proprietary drivers. Integrated Intel graphics are not supported. They should work (Intel HD 4000-series or better), but with issues.
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SOMA reviews and comments

Great experience of horror when you can't do anything and must hide. Detective story with mind-blowing ending
«Blew my mind»
SOMA is probably my favorite horror game of all time. Frictional Games yet again delivers a masterpiece that chills the player and puts them on edge. The game starts out with a mystery to keep the player going and by the end it will have the player asking deeper questions about consciousness and our place in the world. I still find myself at odds with this type of horror game and not being able to fight back or really do anything. What I think I usually run into is the AI just being stupid. Numerous times I'd have the proxy just wandering back and forth never allowing me to sneak by them until finally it picked another path. I think that's why for the most part scripted encounters are much better and the ambient and random generation stuff really doesn't work outside of maybe Mr. X in the RE2 remake. That being said, this game is very tense and spooky. Adding to the overall dark tone is having to walk the ocean floor at various times and how creepy that can be knowing how exposed you are. 
«Blew my mind»
«That ending!»
This is not horror game, just a walking simulator.
Deeply uncomfortable with a downright exceptional ending
«That ending!»
«BLEW MY MIND» «JUST ONE MORE TURN» «CAN’T STOP PLAYING»
This game leaves you thinking about your life
«Blew my mind»
«That ending!»
After I beat this game I had a forty minute conversation with a friend about artificial intelligence and theories on what it means to be human.
«Blew my mind»
«That ending!»
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