Cognition Episode 1

Episode 2 missing from App Store

Game crashes frequently

Images missing

Puzzle solved itself

Game progression blocked by bugs (e.g., Le Pendu statue, tape player)

Graphics bugs (popping animations, clipping, material issues)

Slowdowns and lag

Unreliable save function

Cannot get tape player

Game does not re-orient on iPad Air 2

Dialogue text too small to read

Subtitles don't work properly or disappear too quickly

Character takes to the air/hovers off the ground

Lack of direction on what to do

Cannot get out of cellphone screen at the beginning

Sound stopped working

Blue boxes obscuring scenes or faces

Pointer messed up, cannot interact with objects

Cannot load saved game

Game does not orient correctly

Lost progress due to no autosave

Cannot get rid of cellphone pop-up

UI elements too close together (load and delete)

Game loads too slowly between scenes

Interface oddities

Motion paths get confused

Choppy performance

Load times are a disaster

Save function unreliable

Graphics errors

Slowdowns and crashes

Buggy controls

Game crashes after intro scene

Game skips phone screen

Interface could use polish

Taxing on hardware, long load times, lag

UI designed for mouse, not touch

Game not saving properly

Cannot open saved game

Frustrating to start over

Clunky and frustrating gameplay

Laggy and abysmal gameplay

Game crashes on main screen

Game not playable

Game stuck

Cannot finish game due to glitch

Motions are clunky

Cannot skip dialogue

Game goes round and round in circles

Have to redo things

Unable to finish game

Game won't progress

Steps in forums to no avail

Not happy

Realization not fluid

Heaviness, illogical action sequences

A few glitches

One puzzle solved itself

Certain things only worked in a particular restricted order

With patience, you can get through them

Continue playing

Missing one star

Raw, dark, gory details

On the edge of my seat the entire time

Amazing amazing amazing story

This is my ideal game

Thrilling storyline

Variety of puzzles

Different mediums

Computer, phones, character interaction, psychic abilities etc etc

So much effort has gone into this series and it shows

I only wish there were more of this high quality out there

The story is very exciting

The puzzles are fun and medium difficulty

The voice acting is in English (very good speakers)

The text is in German

The story took me with it (positive)

Now I'm buying the next 4 parts

Because I'm very excited about how it continues

Have had to follow walkthroughs

As this game goes round and round in circles

Have to go back and redo things

Unable to finish game

As Le Pendu statue is assembled but the game won’t progress

Taken steps as suggested in forums but to no avail

Not happy

Too bad the realization is not more fluid (heaviness, illogical sequences of actions)

For the love of god, don’t put the antique together until you have all the pieces

I’ve got a glitch I now cannot finish the game because of

At least not without going back nearly to the start

Also the motions are clunky

And you can’t skip through the dialogue

Because even if the subtitles go, the characters go through all the animations

Really disappointing

The other review is correct

I cannot get the tape player, which is clearly a bug

Do not buy this game until the developers address this issue

Very good point and click adventure

Purchase recommendation

Loving that this has been released on IOS

More point and click adventure games please

This game is not playable

The controls buggy

And the story very lame

A waste of good money

Don't waste your money

Would like to give more stars (good storyline so far)

But game design/mechanics are poor

Spent hours trying to figure out why tape recorder quest is not activating

Terrence won't help and can't call Morgue due to needing Terrence's help

Combed walkthroughs, presented items to all characters over and over and it is just stuck

No matter how much or how little $ paid, game should work

And no, Phoenix, I don't want to create an account, just to see if your site might help me

I'm done

I'm ready to go to the dentist at this point

Somewhere and sometime it may live up to its better reviews but I will never know

I won't be playing it

It is not a user-friendly game

It does not re-orient on IPad Air 2

And the print on the dialogue at the bottom of the screen is so incredibly small

That by the time you find and read it, you have moved on to another screen

I'm really sorry I bought it

Looks to be a really cool game

But the speech text is so small it's nearly impossible to read

I've contacted devs multiple times, but never get a response

Looks nice but repetitive

Bland music

And horrendously slow and monotonous mechanics

And terribly bad dialogue

And chronic voice acting ruin what could be a very nice game

Like pulling teeth waiting for characters to move around and talk

I don't have that kind of time or patience

Let the user skip cutscenes and the forced mechanical walking from A to B at least

I really enjoyed the new Gabriel Knight

So had good hopes for Cognition

I played the lite version first and was happy enough to pay for the full version - so disappointed

It is very slow

And the subtitles don't work properly

I have a small child and the only time I get to myself to relax is when he is asleep so I can't use audio

I am straining my eyes trying to see the tiny print

What happened to the comic book font from the lite version

I've played them all; all the Monkey Islands, all Police, Space, and Kings quests, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Quest for Glory

BUT... This game... Is the best game I've ever played

From the story, to the characters, to the acting

It actually doesn't sound like their lines are being read from a script

They bring true emotions to life

It's incredible

I... Can't even get over how good this game is

I've been stuck playing lame games, by large companies, ( one horrid company in particular ) that just pump out their version of "adventure" games, today, that's just crap crap crap

I'm so tired of "Hidden object adventure"s

Phoenix Online Studios.... Thank you

For opening up a company that understands what quality truly is

It's been too long since a company, such and yourselves, has been shared with the public

Side note: couldn't get game to work on my ipad 2

But it works perfectly on iPad Air

When do we get episodes 3 and 4

Soon, I hope

Thanks again

I found the game great and have just bought episode 2

The beginning (even the light version) initially put me off, as it was too much like horror, but that then subsides and it is a really great entertaining point and click adventure game

Strange that not more people are playing it

Hope for the other parts too

This is a REALLY GREAT game

I've played a lot of them and this is top 5 easy

Need a walkthrough tip every once in a while during the cognition feature

But long play time, good story, and great value for the price

I really loved the story

This game keeps you riveted till the very end

I've never experienced much in the way of crashes

There's mystery, in-game puzzles and interesting characters to make up a great adventure game

The only thing I'm sad about is that the third and fourth games haven't been released on the ipad yet

Nice story

Episode long enough for the price

A lot of bugz wth Erica's physics

A few bugz wth quests

Sometimes slowmo and crashes (iPad mini 1st gen)

Advance English level required

Different quest solutions

Nice soundtrack

IMHO it should to be in 2D

Clever and very elaborate adventure with high suspense

Great voice work, especially Erica Reed

Appropriate music, fine graphics

Now I'm looking forward to the 2nd part and hope that the remaining ones will also find their way into the App Store

Thanks for the good work, keep it up

Really great point and click game

The plot is made like a very good crime novel, which is framed by super graphics

I can only absolutely recommend it to everyone

First time I ran it, it loaded, I watched the intro, did a couple things and it crashed

Since then, it never goes past the main screen without crashing

I would try the demo first to make sure it works first

Great story line

A bit frustrating to work out how to use everything

Sadly didn't last very long for the money

Normally have up to 16hrs of play for the same cost, hence the low rating

Totally immersive game

I can only assume the people who have rated it negatively have a very short attention span

It has a very involving and original storyline

And one which definitely benefits from good dialogue to build atmosphere

It reminded me of the days when Tim Curry took the leading role in the "Gabriel Knight" trilogy and Jane Jensen took the classic point-and-click game into new territory

If you're the type of person who likes a really interesting back-story and who enjoys a bit more sophistication than the usual mind-numbingly dull "hidden object" game, this will be a breath of fresh air

Already completed episode 2 and waiting impatiently for the next instalment

Fantastic classic point and click mystery game

Great storyline, graphics and soundtrack

A little buggy though

Occasionally crashing

And some movement glitches (walking in the air!)

But would definitely recommend and am downloading the next one at the moment

Not playable

Please fix

Really enjoyed the game

Its a good mature story

And is quite well written and acted

Also the puzzles are decent

And the powers you use to solve the puzzles add a cool element

Plus you can deffinetly see touches of Jane Jensen in the game as she worked as story consultant

I now feel more relaxed having Phoenix Online Studios the Gabriel Knight remake after playing this

Also looking forward to playin the rest of this series on iOS

Its not perfect tho there are some pretty odd glitches

Like the character will frequently take to the air and hovering off the ground

It doesnt break the game it corrects itself but still anoyying

And at times there is a little lack of direction on what to do

Like when using the office computer its not obvious what you should press so you end up tapping everything on the screen little things like that

And i dont know what vik83 is talking about completing in under 30 mins

There must be well over that in voice dialog alone never mind travelling to locations and solving puzzles

83 must be a point and click master mind that skips all the cut scenes and dialog interactions

I don't understand the negative reviews some have written on here

There's one of two bugs

And you might have to cheat on some of the harder puzzles until you know how the game works

But this game has been the only point and click I've bothered to finish since Broken Sword

Buy the game, support the developers so they keep churning out more, I know I will

I found game also to be too slow

And had way to much talking in between doing something

Cool

Cool

Very nice!!

Now I'll try the second chapter too..

Not even worth a one star rating

Game, for want of another word, was completed in under thirty minutes

An utter waste of money

Wow this game is awesome keep up the good work

This would be a fun game if it wasn't for all the graphics bugs (popping animations, clipping, material issues)

Which take you out of the immersion that the story creates

Seems like a sloppy port

Being a fan of Kings Quest, Gabriel Knight, etc

This has finally come to iPad, now I can play lying on the bed

This version crashed a few times but can just relaunch and it is ok

Very cool classic point-and-click quest!!!

Without English, it will be difficult to play

There are also a couple of bugs with graphics that do not affect the overall progress and enjoyment of the game!!

Overall I recommend it

But now hurry up with chapter 3, I want to know how it ends!!!

Just wish we didn't have to wait so long between episodes

Not up to Gabriel Knight but Jane Jensen's imprint is still visible

This is a fantastic thriller game

I can't wait to play the other episodes on the iPad

The story line is flawless

And the game play offers enough difficulty without being impossible

The subtle reference to the old Sierra games is perfect

I wish more games like these existed again; they are what I grew up with

Thank you

Really excellent adventure game but it slows down to a snails pace in some parts

Additionally the motion and load times are generally very slow

That said, it's a killer story well worth the price

Was really getting into the game, played for about 3.5 hours already and then the game dropped out

I reloaded - no autosave!!!

Lost everything so would have to start from scratch

It really is a nicely drawn, well thought out game that you get engrossed in

Which is also why it's more disappointing that this glitch and having no autosave feature really let it down

The developers must have rushed through the iPad version of this game

As an iPad 3 user, I would expect more

I can't interact with objects well because the pointer is messed up in the game

Can't even load a saved game because you can't get the pointer to click the Load button!!!!

This is massive flaw and makes the game unplayable

I wish I hadn't spent the money on it and tried the lite version first

I could live with the graphic issues, like the way certain cut scenes have big blue blocks in it obscuring entire scenes, IF the game functioned well

To add insult to $4 injury, the game doesn't orient correctly even with the iPad's rotation lock turned off so you have to play the game upside down if you have a standup case

Horrible game on the iPad

Money back or fixes please!!!!

May 23, 2013 and still no update to fix this

Takes up more than 1GB of space

Deleting

Waste of money

Hopefully future updates will fix the MANY bugs in this game

Disappointing

Unfortunately, this version is still full of bugs

It is teeming with graphic errors, slowdowns and crashes

The loading times are a disaster

And the save function is unreliable

Until all that is fixed: stay away!

Very good story, good dialogues, good puzzle density

Graphics and sound are also great

The controls are okay, but could be better

One star less because voice acting is only in English and German subtitles are sometimes hidden faster than you can read them

I got the tape recorder and the tape, but cannot use the tape recorder to play the tape, getting the message, " this is not going to work with this"

I am revising the earlier review, since deleting and re-loading the game caused the problems to stop

It is possible that I had a bad, or interrupted download the first time, and to be fair to the developers, the game is enjoyable, and I look forward to future episodes

The only reason to remove one star is due to some long loading times between scenes, and some interface oddities

I cannot wait for the second episode

This is a great game with a complex story and unique puzzle solving style

The interface is a little buggy, but its easy to overlook

I hope Phoenix releases the next episode for the iPad soon

Love this game ?

Will there be more episodes

Sure the graphics aren't the best, but the story line keeps you playing

The game play is fun and varied

Thoroughly enjoyed it

Need episode 2

Brilliant adventure game

Beautiful art

Cognition concepts are nice for the genre

Generally good dialogue

There are a few graphical issues throughout the game, notably a blue box for a face when shooting the padlock, and when in the final boss encounter there is a blue box for a bad-guy and two grey boxes for a gun…

Moments of lag in dialogues...

But nothing that detracts overly from the whole game

[Spoilers: "I can't remember the date… it was our wedding anniversary…" -- Good job there, mate.]

Every bit as good as broken sword

Can't wait for the next one

This is a fantastic game

Great story and decent puzzles that don't force you to try everything in your inventory

Well made, exciting, puzzle density okay

Implementation of mouse control is moderately successful - touch without a cursor would be better

I tried playing this game twice and failed both times

I played it on my iPad (3rd gen) and, once, I couldn't get out of my cellphone screen at the beginning, I had to force quit and the 2nd time, It skipped the phone screen so i was able to move on thru the gate at the start

However, the sound stopped working on my iPad! :/

I had to force quit again... I gave up on it, which is sad cause it looks good. >.<

Really tough game for adults

No flowers and berries, there is blood, corpses, and quite realistic FBI routines within a well-twisted plot

And if the investigation is not going well, you can always call your father-general

Don't forget to dig in one dead guy's stomach, there's a surprise

The application crashes after the intro scene, impossible to play

In short, a scam...

Very nicely done

Awesome interactive fiction game

Can't wait for episode 2 to be released on iPad

Easily the best role playing game I've played on the iPad

The story is great, and thank god they consulted writers from the old Gabriel knight series--it shows in the storytelling

Gameplay is a little clunky, but manageable

I haven't played anything like this yet on the iPad--can't wait for episode 2

In good traditions of Broken Sword series

Minus star for numerous bugs

I loved loved LOVED this game

The genre is so over saturated with crappy hidden object games and to find this game feels like finding the holy grail

I think I enjoyed it more than I did Broken Sword

Sure some elements were a bit illogical, but you can't complain with amazing scenes, great characters, gripping story and intriguing game play

I've a sneaking suspicion it'll be available on PC already and am very tempted to buy it on there to get the next episodes now

The biggest issue were the frequent long black loading screens and the movements paths get a bit confused, but besides that - loved it

More ASAP please

Fabulous game

Am soo excited for the next chapter

Best app I have played in a while

This is a great game!!

Very challenging and different from a lot of games out there

It's nice to play something other than an HOS game

But... MAKE SURE YOU SAVE THE GAME CONSTANTLY!!!

After every scene you complete...SAVE!

I lost my progress half way through the game and had to start all over again

That's the only glitch and only problem with it

Other than that... Absolutely loved the game and can't wait for number 2!!!

Great job

Why would I want to restart my game every time I save it?

I want my $$ back!!

I would have easily given a five star rating if game loaded a bit faster.....ie: from scene to scene,it's kinda slooow !

On the plus side....a great game that keeps me guessing

And although easy it's not too easy and grabbed my interest from the beginning

I also appreciate the fact that its more adult oriented than most

Thank you Devs,I look forward to "act two"

Perfect point n click game for iPad

Played it till I finished it

Bring on Episode 2! :D

English at the bottom for dev

Fan of old-school point'n'clic adventure games, I salute this excellent initiative

The scenario is engaging, the atmosphere well rendered, the characters interesting enough

A technical update would be necessary: loading times are too long, the character lags on some animations

Be careful the game is in English or German

English for dev :

Very nice idea, I.m a big fan of point'n'clic game so thanks

But there are technical problems : the game is too slow

Please update the game : loading times between two screens or simply the map are too long on ipad 3 retina (compared to other 3D game of appstore), animation are sometimes strange (very slow when the character turn)

Please include an auto save

If a call comes through or I switch apps I loose all my progress

I'll do a better (more comprehensive) review when it's updated- thanks :)

also please allow us to skip all talking parts (some are skip able)

Because the demo was so good that I bought this only to find I had to play the whole demo again (maybe a "hidden" button or those who have played the demo already?)

Love the storyline and empassioned main character (Had a blue screen instead of her face when she was shooting out the padlock)

And ill support things from Jane in the hope she gets the reins of Gabriel Knight again :)

I have completed the first section twice, and begun the first case, then was not given an option to save when I wanted to leave the app

It is frustrating to have to start back at the beginning each time; how can you possibly make more progress if it is not auto-saving or giving you an option to save

Very disappointed

At the very beginning of this game a cellphone pops up which I can't get rid of no matter what buttons I press including the exit button

I have a current generation ipad

Very disappointing

Don't waste your money

The game started off with a bang - great graphics and movement and riveting dialogue

From there it became similar to other games but not as good

It is difficult to play without hints

And there was this one scene where someone I was interrogating wanted something to eat but I couldn't offer the box of donuts I had!

Game play needs to be improved before I will give it 5 stars

I love games like this but found this one to be literally unplayable

The UI is clunky and unintuitive and the gameplay is frustrating, laggy and simply abysmal

Very disappointed

The iPad has plenty of games that are great for a few minutes and few that are great for a few hours

This is very definitely one of the latter

It also has a mature and engrossing plot and managed to freak me out a little as I was playing alone and in the dark while my boyfriend is out of town

This was well worth my time and money and I cannot wait for the next episode to make be ported to the iPad! :)

A great police investigation game that has the flaw of good games, namely being too short

Moving from scene to scene takes waaay too long

Solid narrative ruined by poor optimisation and average graphics, but fans of oldschool adventures will love it anyway

Riveting story

Graphics and sound are amazing

The interface could use a bit of polish

But it is quite useable once you get used to it

This game is a bit taxing on the hardware, which is reflected in long load times, and a bit of lag

This does not detract much from a great gaming experience

Good job Phoenix

This is what the iPad has been missing

An engaging, immersive, old school adventure game, full of mystery, suspense and a story line that keeps you on the edge of your seat

Definitely worth the few bucks

Jane Jensen is hand's down the best Adventure game designer there ever was

I don't know how much influence she had on this title, but so far, so good

We need more adult storytelling in games

The first generation of video gamers like me are now starting to become old geezers, we needz better storeez

This game is amazing, music is beautiful, atmosphere and story is brilliant, could not stop playing

Excellent

Please bring episode 2 to the ipad

Game is great

The only complaint is the UI was designed for mouse and the put load and delete extremely close to each other

The UI needs to be redesigned for touch

Other then that great game

Finally a game that has the traditional adventure mechanism with a story that adults can enjoy

Very enjoyable and looking forward to the next episode

Completed on PC, will complete on tablet too

Availability of episodes 2, 3, and 4 on iOS App Store Australia

More point and click adventure games

Ability to skip dialogue/cutscenes

Auto-save feature

Improved UI for touch screens

More adult-oriented content

PC version availability

Updates for smoother gameplay

Allowing users to skip the demo content if they've played it