Ad Infinitum

Item: Ad Infinitum
Rating: 70
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-07-13

Summary

Stunning visuals and immersive atmosphere
Effective psychological horror experience
Deep and engaging story
Slow and boring gameplay
Frequent technical issues and bugs
Clunky controls and animations

Emotions

Satisfaction30%Disappointment16%Frustration13%Boredom5%Appreciation5%

Reviews (sample size): 535
Helpful reviews: 81%
Unhelpful reviews: 18%
Protest reviews: 1%

70%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
30%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 1578
Negative points: 1044
Gameplay points: 599
Perf. points: 75
Rec. points: 320
Misc points: 158

Point	Description	Importance
Stunning Visuals & Atmosphere Description The game is consistently praised for its stunning visuals, detailed environments, and immersive atmosphere, which effectively convey the game's themes and enhance the player's experience. The art style, lighting, and overall design contribute significantly to its appeal. Importance 97%	The game is consistently praised for its stunning visuals, detailed environments, and immersive atmosphere, which effectively convey the game's themes and enhance the player's experience. The art style, lighting, and overall design contribute significantly to its appeal.	97%
Impactful WWI & Trauma Portrayal Description The game excels in its unique and impactful portrayal of World War I, focusing on the psychological and physical trauma experienced by soldiers and families. It effectively uses the setting to explore themes of PTSD, mental anguish, and the brutal realities of war without glorifying it. Importance 46%	The game excels in its unique and impactful portrayal of World War I, focusing on the psychological and physical trauma experienced by soldiers and families. It effectively uses the setting to explore themes of PTSD, mental anguish, and the brutal realities of war without glorifying it.	46%
Effective Psychological Horror Description Reviewers consistently highlight the game's effective psychological horror, which relies on tension, atmosphere, and disturbing imagery rather than cheap jump scares. The game successfully creates a sense of unease and dread, immersing players in a truly scary experience. Importance 43%	Reviewers consistently highlight the game's effective psychological horror, which relies on tension, atmosphere, and disturbing imagery rather than cheap jump scares. The game successfully creates a sense of unease and dread, immersing players in a truly scary experience.	43%
Deep & Engaging Storytelling Description The game's narrative is frequently lauded as its strongest asset, offering a deep, emotional, and thought-provoking story that unravels gradually. It explores complex themes like trauma, guilt, and family dynamics, keeping players engaged and reflective. Importance 39%	The game's narrative is frequently lauded as its strongest asset, offering a deep, emotional, and thought-provoking story that unravels gradually. It explores complex themes like trauma, guilt, and family dynamics, keeping players engaged and reflective.	39%
Immersive Sound & Music Description The sound design and music are consistently praised for their immersive quality, significantly enhancing the game's atmosphere and tension. Reviewers note how the audio elements contribute to the overall sense of dread and draw players deeper into the experience. Importance 27%	The sound design and music are consistently praised for their immersive quality, significantly enhancing the game's atmosphere and tension. Reviewers note how the audio elements contribute to the overall sense of dread and draw players deeper into the experience.	27%
Original Creature Designs Description The game's creature and boss designs are highly praised for their originality, intricate detail, and symbolic representation. These designs are noted for being both visually striking and effectively contributing to the game's horror and narrative themes. Importance 25%	The game's creature and boss designs are highly praised for their originality, intricate detail, and symbolic representation. These designs are noted for being both visually striking and effectively contributing to the game's horror and narrative themes.	25%
Accessible & Engaging Puzzles Description The puzzles are generally well-received for being entertaining, well-integrated into the gameplay, and not overly difficult. They provide a good balance of challenge and accessibility, adding another dimension to the experience without causing frustration. Importance 14%	The puzzles are generally well-received for being entertaining, well-integrated into the gameplay, and not overly difficult. They provide a good balance of challenge and accessibility, adding another dimension to the experience without causing frustration.	14%
High-Quality Voice Acting Description The voice acting, particularly in French and German, receives consistent praise for its quality and emotional depth. Reviewers note that the performances enhance character personalities and contribute to the game's immersive narrative. Importance 10%	The voice acting, particularly in French and German, receives consistent praise for its quality and emotional depth. Reviewers note that the performances enhance character personalities and contribute to the game's immersive narrative.	10%
Meaningful Core Message Description The game is recognized for its distinctive core message and unusual, meaningful plot. Reviewers appreciate that it's more than just a game, emphasizing its strong underlying ideas and relevant themes. Importance 7%	The game is recognized for its distinctive core message and unusual, meaningful plot. Reviewers appreciate that it's more than just a game, emphasizing its strong underlying ideas and relevant themes.	7%
Overall Amazing Experience Description Many reviewers describe the game as an amazing and worthwhile experience from beginning to end. They express high satisfaction and enjoyment, indicating that the game delivered on expectations and was worth the time invested. Importance 6%	Many reviewers describe the game as an amazing and worthwhile experience from beginning to end. They express high satisfaction and enjoyment, indicating that the game delivered on expectations and was worth the time invested.	6%
Improved Progression & Design Description The game's progression, particularly in level design and gameplay, is noted to improve significantly as the story unfolds. Initial limitations or confusion give way to a more interesting and coherent experience as players delve deeper. Importance 5%	The game's progression, particularly in level design and gameplay, is noted to improve significantly as the story unfolds. Initial limitations or confusion give way to a more interesting and coherent experience as players delve deeper.	5%