The Signifier Review (PC)

There’s a black space in a house that I can’t explore. There’s a dog in the same house that I can inhabit as an avatar. The black space becomes a monstrous hand with an eye embedded in it in a different version of that house. It’s in someone’s memories. Rooms change as they are explored. A spoon is watching television. Developer Playmestudio knows how to create striking images and set-pieces in The Signifier, their title that mixes puzzle solving, adventure mechanics, and walking sim concepts. It’s a solid effort that relies on impressive moments to hide issues related to the genres it mixes and the concepts it works with. Frederick Russell, the protagonist, has invented something called the Dreamwalker. It can scan the brain of a person and then re-create both memories and dreams as interactive experiences. This means gamers, as the brilliant scientist, will be able to walk through them, interact with characters and objects, and solve puzzles. [GALLERY=2-10] Fre...