The Complex

After a major bio-weapon attack on London, two scientists find themselves in a locked-down laboratory with time, and air, running out. The Complex is an interactive sci-fi thriller movie where your decisions lead to one of eight suspenseful endings.

The Complex is a adventure, choices matter and fmv game developed by Wales Interactive, Good Gate Media and Little Jade Productions and published by Wales Interactive.
Released on March 31st 2020 is available on Windows and MacOS in 12 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Italian, Arabic, Japanese, Korean and Portuguese - Brazil.

It has received 3,208 reviews of which 2,498 were positive and 710 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.5 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 14.79€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified The Complex into these genres:

Adventure Choices Matter FMV Interactive Fiction Story Rich Sci-fi Multiple Endings Thriller Female Protagonist Movie Horror Mystery Indie Choose Your Own Adventure Cinematic Singleplayer Visual Novel

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows 7 32-bit
Processor: 2.0 GHz
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: DirectX 11.0 compatible video card
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 10 GB available space

MacOS

OS: macOS 10.13+ 64-bit
Processor: 2.0 GHz
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: Integrated Graphics
Storage: 10 GB available space
Additional Notes: SSD recommended

Reviews

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Sept. 2024

After a little thinking I clicked on 'Yes', I DO recommend this game. Nevertheless it is far from perfect. First of all it is VERY short, and the story is quite dumb, events/character actions are illogical. The minor breaks when scenes change are annoying (at least at first, after some time You get used to it). Late Shift was way better (writing, fluidity, etc) in most aspects. But having the option to skip scenes already seen are really useful here, I love that! TL;DR if you like FMV games and can buy it with a discount, go for it, but don't expect it to be the best ever

July 2024

Yeah, it's a B movie about nanocells, terrorists, and human experiments in poor countries, as staple as they come. But the interactive aspect does help a lot! I would get very bored watching this movie, but I was quite engaged throughout the game. So engaged, actually, that after the first blind playthrough I used a guide and got all achievements, i.e., watched all endings. It alsohelps that it's got the length of a movie, not of a game, so the playthrough takes 1.5 hours and getting everything else takes maybe another 1.5. I recommend to try this - if it's not your thing, no harm done.

May 2024

The Complex had a good story to it up until near the end. I felt it threw a few too many twists into the mix and got a little too complex for it’s own good. Until that point I’d say the story was well done. The acting was good as were the production values. There were a good amount of choices along the way although at least a couple had minimal to no impact. I would have liked a little more in the way of an epilogue as in my ending enough major events happened that I felt it was warranted. I was just left with questions as to how things really turned out. I played The Complex on Linux using Proton. The game froze one time when I tried to alt tab out of it but other than I encountered no issues at all. The game allows you to pause but not to skip scenes. It has a save system but it never told me when it was saving. I simply played it all the way through when I had time to not have an issue with the saving. The game ran great even on Intel onboard graphics. Game Engine: Unity Graphics API: DXVK Disk Space Used: 10.5 GB Resolution: 2560x1440 CPU Usage: 14-22 % System RAM Usage: 6.5-8.1 GB Frame Rate: 69-86 FPS The game had a good length to it, about the length of an average movie. Despite my feelings about the plot going off the rails near the end it is a solid FMV game that fans of the genre should enjoy. It could have had a few features that other games in the genre have such as a better save system and the ability to skip scenes. I paid $6.16 CAD for it and can say it is easily worth that price. The normal price of $19.49 CAD plus tax is a bit steep, I’d say $15 would be my upper limit for it. I finished my first play through in one hour and thirty minutes. My Score: 8/10 My System: Intel i5-12600K | 32GB DDR4-3200 CL16 | Intel UHD 770 | Mesa 23.0.4 | Western Digital Black SN850X 2TB | Trisquel 11.0.1 | Mate 1.26.0 | Kernel 6.9.1-gnu | Proton 9.0-1MSI G2730QPF 2560*1440 @ 165hz

May 2024

This is a pretty decent FMV game. The story is pretty good and it's well shot. Impressively high production value for an indie game like this. I really enjoyed it on the first playthrough. My evaluation sank a bit after subsequent playthroughs because there are really only two endings, each with a few minor variations, plus one extra "hidden" ending. Most of your choices don't matter that much, and which of the two main endings you get comes down to a single choice near the end. I know it wouldn't be cheap to shoot a movie like this, so I can't fault the devs too much, but it still feels kind of disappointing. Anyway, even if most of your choices don't matter that much, it's still an enjoyable experience. The choices are smooth and give the player enough time to decide while keeping the movie naturally flowing. Choices do usually lead to small variations in scenes, and the interactivity makes for a more immersive experience than a regular movie. Also, you can turn off the timer for decisions in the settings if you want, but I think it adds to the experience because the time pressure provides a sense of urgency and forces you to think quickly. Overall, good game. Although I must say that I don't particularly like Amy, the protagonist. She just seems bland and lacking in personality. The other characters are fine.

March 2024

So to be clear, I would call this a choose-your-own-adventure movie, not a game. It was ok. I guess I would recommend it if you like the thriller/sci-fi genre, don't have super high expectations, and want to kill 1-2 hours. There are multiple different endings, I reached my ending in 77 minutes, but I know it would have gone on if I had not...er, made some of the choices I made, lol. The plot is not very original and I found the acting, unfortunately, bad. BUT, I'm still recommending it because it's priced well and sometimes it's nice to relax and watch a kinda bad, made-for-tv scifi.

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14.79€

7.5

2,498

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Developer

Wales Interactive, Good Gate Media, Little Jade Productions

Publisher

Wales Interactive

Release 31 Mar 2020

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