Review: Read Only Memories (DarkZero)

Kieffer Wilson: "Going into Read Only Memories, I expected the average adventure game trappings that have stuck to the genre over the years. A lot of people have been suggesting that Read Only Memories is the spiritual successor to the SEGA Saturn title Snatcher, that was written and directed by Hideo Kojima back in 1988. Even on the game's Steam page they say that it was inspired by games like Snatcher. I have never played Snatcher thou gh, in fact I have never been exposed to Snatcher at all despite some interest that I have had in the game. I believe a lot of people are in this same position as well, as the title was on a Saturn and now easily sells for over $300 on sites like ebay, making it not exactly accessible. Due to my inexperience, I was ready for those puzzles that glue you to the ground and laugh while you look for the incredibly specific solution. I assumed that it would be the type of game that I play for a while and come back to, only to still be stuck at the same puzzle I was at before."