Cradle is a sci-fi first-person-view quest designed for the player to explore the surrounding world. The story is built around the relations of the protagonist and a mechanical girl who by quirk of fate found themselves amidst the desert.
User reviews: Very Positive (50 reviews)
Release Date: 24 Jul, 2015
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Cradle is a sci-fi first-person-view quest designed for the player to explore the surrounding world. The story is built around the relations of the protagonist and a mechanical girl who by quirk of fate found themselves amidst the desert. The player’s task is to repair the mechanical body of his companion and solve the mystery of the neglected entertainment park located not far from the yurt together.

Key Features


  • Open World. Explore the mysterious and stylish world of the robotized Mongolia. Search the yurt, take a stroll down the river or head towards the entertainment park - this game has no fences you cannot overcome.
  • Interactive Environment. Interact with objects - all of them bear a part of the story and most can be used in the gameplay.
  • Living Characters. Communicate with NPCs. Owing to non-standard emotion display technology where actor eyes video is used, the NPCs in Cradle look as ‘live’ ones.
  • Deep Story. Immerse into learning the thoroughly thought-out story. Every of its detail adds to the storyline, while a short newspaper slip accidentally found in the steppe could completely change the sense of the storyline.
  • Varied Gameplay. Mix thoughtful exploration quests with bright and dynamic mini-games.
  • Excquisite Soundtrack. Engulf the atmoshpere of mystery with the enchanting soundtrack of the game. Cradle contains 90 minutes of music including the meditative ambient, synthetic tracks and vocal compositions.

Storyline


Thirty years ago in the mid-2040s the sweeping development of neuroscience stirred up the common anticipation of victory over aging and death. In 2047 the scientists of the Neurocopying Institute in Cologne run the first experiments on transferring human consciousness onto an artificial carrier. In the course of experiments a weird previously unregistered phenomenon was discovered - the copies of neurotic system of the test subjects awoken in the computational device began to self-destroy by immersing in a state of deep irrational fear.

The discovery of the mysterious phenomenon induced a string of events to have completely changed the society. Dozens of years later the question of the ‘Panic Attack’ nature still remains open. We do not know how far the researchers’ thought has led them in search of the answer, but we believe it hardly ever visited this Mongolian steppe.

Year 2076, Mongolia. You wake up in a yurt amidst the boundless steppes. You neither remember your name, nor are aware of how long you had slept. Who are you? Who is this mechanical girl sitting on the table and what is the number she has on her chest? Nearby there towers the dome of a neglected entertainment park. How did it appear in these desert lands? What has happened here? Look around and try to sort things out. You are to begin on a peculiar and a touching story.

System Requirements

Windows
SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • OS: WindowsXP SP3 or higher
    • Processor: Intel Core2 Duo or equivalent AMD
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: DirectX9c compliant card with 512MB
    • DirectX: Version 9.0c
    • Hard Drive: 3 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • OS: WindowsXP SP3 or higher
    • Processor: Intel Core i3
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: DirectX11 compliant card with 1GB
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Hard Drive: 3 GB available space
    Minimum:
    • OS: Ubuntu 12
    • Processor: Intel Core2 Duo or equivalent AMD
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: OpenGl compliant card with 512MB
    • Hard Drive: 3 GB available space
Helpful customer reviews
101 of 121 people (83%) found this review helpful
4 people found this review funny
2.7 hrs on record
Posted: 24 July
Absolutely amazing. You are dropped into the game with little explanation. You slowly learn about the world, and yourself as you solve puzzles that have some very fun interactivity. If you find yourself frustrated, there is a hint button which tells you what you could try next.

If you're curious, you can check out the first 15 minutes of the game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5xKlK4m8xM

Almost everything can be interacted with. This helps bring the beautiful world to life.
The interior of every single drawer is unique, and every small piece of paper can be read.

The characters are fantastic. I love the designs, and the dialogue. It's done in such a way that the world seems very eerie, yet wonderful at the same time.

Verdict: If you like exploration, unique & desolate worlds, give this a try.

I'm in love with this game.
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58 of 71 people (82%) found this review helpful
2 people found this review funny
4.9 hrs on record
Posted: 24 July
Cradle is a beautiful story of a mechanized post apocalyptic world experienced through the eyes of a person who lost his memory and uses a mechanical woman to figure out what is happening in the world.

Your goal is to do quests and mini games and through those you experience the world around you. It is extremely atmospheric and very frustrating. The game doesn't tell you anything and you can interact with pretty much everything. It took me an hour to do the first quest which can be done in 5 minutes if you know where to look.

I received the game weeks ago so I'm a bit surprised it is only 13€ albeit it has little to no replay value since the quests are always the same. You can expect to beat the game in less than 10 hours if you're completely clueless, probably around 4 hours in the second playthrough.

The main voice actor is a bit stiff and I don't like him but overall the game is definitely for anyone who wants to experience a strange and beautiful world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BTqE4NEyZA
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53 of 73 people (73%) found this review helpful
3 people found this review funny
7.6 hrs on record
Posted: 24 July
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A91naMJJr1w

Intriguing and relaxing game with a wonderful soundtrack - a true indie gem! Developed by Flying Cafe for Semianimals (a studio created by former developers of STALKER: Call of Pripyat, Heroes of Might and Magic 5 and Allods Online), Cradle is an immersive, atmospheric adventure game set in a somewhat post-apocalyptic Mongolia.

You wake up in 2076 in a yurt in the middle of a steppe and cannot remember a thing. There is a broken mechanical girl in your room, and a huge, abandoned dome nearby. You can roam the world freely, interact with objects and physics, read tons of documents that help you understand what happened (think Gone Home and The Vanishing of Ethan Carter).

There are a lot or Orwellian things going on here, there is also a mysterious virus called 'desperatoxin' and some strange, smoke-like cratures. Your task is to repair your companion, explore the dome and learn what happened to the world and human society.
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19 of 26 people (73%) found this review helpful
3.8 hrs on record
Posted: 24 July
Stumbling upon a malfunctioning headset, interest overrides reason. Deciding to equip it you are left unconscious followed by waking in another world. In front is a workshop and stranger still a female android leaning against the furthermost wall. Slowly approaching and enabling the power causes a buzzing voice and distress. Quickly realizing components are past their use-by date you task yourself to set out and find replacements along with some meaning to your existence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE4ZkyQHUkM
Every now and then a game comes along that leaves you a little awestruck, for me Cradle has been one of those games. Reminiscent of moments like stepping outside the Vault. Powered by the underused Unigine the visuals are second to none. Not sure if the soundtrack is orchestral but some of it sounds that way and is wonderful. Made by Ukrainians I can happily say both the voice work and dialog is top notch, putting some "AAA" companies to shame. Gamepad wasn't supported and keyboard controls couldn't be remapped but most of the game is based on visual interaction and combinations of items which was all rather intuitive.

More a first impressions and will likely update later. Just wanted to say what an amazing game this is! Price is probably on the lower side due to the length not the quality, if you decide to take the beeline approach I've heard it could be finished in around 5-10hours. With so many little details on notes and photos around the world to discover it's more about how much you are willing to invest into the the story. Highly recommend game! Cheers folks.
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18 of 27 people (67%) found this review helpful
0.6 hrs on record
Posted: 24 July
Even though I've grown to dislike first person adventure games as I get older, I could quickly see that Cradle was trying to be an immersive experience. The puzzles aren't all together difficult early on, but then again I only played for about an hour.

The music is the most powerful piece of Cradle. It is both somber and atmospheric. Mostly every item can be grabbed and interacted with...except the axe. Early on you will come across an axe that you can't pick up. It just sits there and taunts you to lift it, but the game won't let you.

Cradle also has the really hot female cyborg NPC. You can take her apart and interact with her. Really amazing stuff.

In the end however, this game wasn't for me. I'm just not into adventure games as much anymore as I was 20 years ago. The game is still worth a buy if you do like this genre of game however.
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