The WhatsNext verdict
If you enjoy patient immersive sims, systemic puzzles, and experimenting with unusual mechanics, Ctrl Alt Ego offers a particularly distinctive sandbox of possession and improvisation. Expect a slow start and a mechanically focused experience rather than rich atmosphere or cinematic storytelling.
What it does best
Open-ended problem solving that rewards weird plans
A genuinely unusual possession-based immersive sim
Immersive-sim systems that generate happy accidents
Puzzles built around experimentation rather than guessing
What might put you off
A slow, deliberately obtuse opening
Repetitive combat and limited atmosphere
The setup
What you are walking into
Transmit your disembodied ego between robots and devices and exploit their capabilities in the first-person, very British 70s/80s-era immersive sci-fi simulator Ctrl Alt Ego. Tool up and break bad bots into broken bits, or sneak a bug quietly into the system as if you were never there.
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