Industria Review (PlayStation 5)

by Jim Smale · June 27, 2022

Our Industria Review has us playing this first-person shooter that takes us from East Berlin into a parallel reality, shortly before the end of the Cold War. On the search for a missing work colleague, we try and decipher the dark past in a mysterious parallel dimension. On the evening of the fall of the Berlin wall, a young woman plunges headlong into a parallel dimension to find her missing work colleague who has disappeared under mysterious circumstances. While the checkpoints in East Berlin are still being overrun by crowds of people, Nora escapes from this world, into unknown layers of time and into an unknown fate.

Industria Review Pros:

Nice graphics.
8.08GB download size.
Platinum trophy.
First-person adventure gameplay.
Accessibility settings – subtitles, text size, on-screen duration, and Colourblind support.
Rebind controls.
Gameplay settings – field of view slider, head Bob slider, toggle crouch, toggle iron sights, crosshairs, sensitivity sliders, aiming sensitivity sliders, scoped sensitivity slider, and Invert axis.
Two difficulties – normal and hardcore.
Set in 1989.
Puzzle elements.
Signs will be written in German but hovering over them will translate them to English.
Full 3D camera control.
Possible to manipulate the camera to zoom in and out of interactions/puzzles.
Excellent voice work.
Your diary fills in as you play and acts like a story checkpoint system.
Touchpad support.
You can pick up and throw a wide variety of items.
Very atmospheric.
Unravel the story as you play.
Good selection of weapons from snipers to shotguns and axes.
Creepy-looking enemies.

Industria Review Cons:

Doesn’t have a tutorial.
Goes for a “work it out yourself” approach.
Small crosshair.
Takes a while to get used to it all.
No guidance in the game.
Run cannot be toggled.
Possible to just get stuck either in a place or a puzzle situation.

Industria:

Official website.

Developer: bleakmill

Publisher: Headup

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PlayStation

7/10
Graphics - 7/10
7/10
Sound - 7/10
7/10
Accessibility - 7/10
7/10
Length - 7/10
8/10
Fun Factor - 8/10

7.2/10

Summary

A surprisingly good story-based adventure game, You are looking to find Walter in Germany in 1989 and all is not as it seems. Before you know it the world is flipped upside down and you start jumping around the world at different points in time. All the while you get to experience this adventure where you are all but alone or so you think, tensions run high and wits are needed as you encounter these out-of-this-world monsters. I found the first ten odd minutes a bit slow as I learned what the game was offering and how it doesn’t actually help with guidance or any clues on where to go. I did end up enjoying the game and whilst I could accuse it of being a bit short, it was the right length for the story that’s been told. Industria is a good story with a beautiful atmospheric world full of puzzles and danger.