The Turing Test
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Puzzle, FPP, science fiction, exploration games, singleplayer
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Steam
A sci-fi FPP logic puzzle game by Bulkhead Interactive, a studio founded by the creators of Pneuma: Breath of Life. The story takes place an unspecified number of years in the future, when scientists discover a seemingly harmless alien life form on Jupiter's moons. You play as an astronaut named Ava Turing, whose task is to examine the new species, and who ends up finding more than she expected.
Last Update: September 9, 2016
The Turing Test Game Guide
The Turing Test game guide contains a complete walkthrough with every necessary hint to solve even the hardest parts of the game. It also provides various hints which help in achieving a 100% completion of the game.
Videos and Screens
[0:37] The Turing Test launch trailer
[1:58] The Turing Test trailer #2
Metro GameCentral: 7 / 10
The comparisons to Portal are many, and obviously intentional, but this smart and ambitious first person puzzler is no mere clone.
Nintendo Life: 7 / 10 by PJ O'Reilly
The Turing Test is a solid first-person puzzler with an interesting and well-executed premise that provides a pretty enthralling backstory to its central gameplay. The tests you face here may not be quite as mind-bending as we might have hoped for, and they certainly don't force you to look at things from as many different angles as those found in this game's very obvious inspiration, Portal – or even The Witness – but overall, there's still plenty to like here for fans of the genre as long as they're prepared to blast through it all quite quickly and without too many major headaches.
IGN: 7 / 10 by Marty Sliva
As someone who loves games like Portal and The Witness, The Turing Test definitely scratched that familiar puzzle itch, even if it fails to scratch more than the surface of most of its ideas. Its mechanics are solid but largely unoriginal, and its themes and world-building are genuinely great. And while it never reaches the originality and heights of its inspirations, it still manages to deliver an interesting world with one heck of a twist.
The Turing Test Description
The Turing Test for PC and XONE is an FPP logic puzzle game. It was developed by Bulkhead Interactive, founded by the creators of Pneuma: Breath of Life, and published by Square Enix.
Plot
The story takes place in an unspecified future, sometime after humanity discovered alien life forms on Europa, Jupiter's fourth biggest moon. They seem simple and absolutely harmless, but humans are still cautious about the discovery.
During the campaign, you play as an astronaut and an International Space Agency Engineer named Ava Turing. She is sent to Europa to further examine the new species. However, she ends up discovering much more than she had expected.
Mechanics
The Turing Test for PC and XONE belongs to the FPP logic puzzle genre, popularised by the Portal series. You view everything from Ava's perspective, and while the control model may resemble that of many FPS games, there's absolutely no combat. The gameplay focuses mostly on solving puzzles.
Most of the puzzles require making use of a device that allows you to manipulate energy and transfer it from object to object. Sometimes you also need to use various mechanisms and intelligent machines, as well as perform occasional platform challenges, where a good reflex comes in handy.
Last updated on July 13, 2016
The Turing Test Summary
Platforms:
PC / Windows August 30, 2016
Switch February 7, 2020
PlayStation 4 January 24, 2017
Xbox One August 30, 2016
Developer: Bulkhead Interactive
Publisher: Square Enix
The Turing Test System Requirements
PC / Windows
Minimum: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4 GHz/AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ 3.2 GHz, 4 GB RAM, graphic card 1 GB GeForce GTX 560/ Radeon HD 5770 or better, 10 GB HDD, Windows 7 64-bit
Recommended: Intel Core i7-920 2.66 GHz/AMD A8-3870K 3.0 GHz, 8 GB RAM, graphic card 2 GB GeForce GTX 670/3 GB Radeon R9 280 or better, 10 GB HDD, Windows 7/8.1/10 64-bit