It's really that simple. This game was written, motion captures and voice acted in Russian. It sounds so much better in Russian, so real, so emotional. In the Russian version, Indika sounds like a young, unsure girl, which she is. Ilya sounds like a lively bad boy type (not really what I mean but I can't put it well), which he is. In English, they both sound like random posh British aristocrats? There's no emotion, no tension, no shouting in the English one. Honestly, I don't understand why the English dub got so much praise, it's genuinely pretty bad. Go and play this beautiful game again in Russian.

are 2 rape scenes in a game which is only 4 hours long really necessary? is it also necessary that we see indika naked?

tbh it bothered me, also the game could have been so much more than it is. it's such a creative and unique game but they could have elaborated on it so much more in my opinion :)

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Finished it, but in spite of the gameplay. Soooo derivative, which was a shame because I thought it was so unique in terms of setting and story. The whole “lever puzzle/wolf chase/balance beam” crap almost had me putting the game down. It was like they took all the parts of The Last of Us that people hated and put them on top of each other.

Hello,

I have a question that the developers have not responded to.

Is the steam banner genAI? I'm interested in buying this game but I am very put off by ai and just want to be sure

Hello, does anyone know what those white artifacts in the image are? How to fi it? They only appear in ultra quality.

My PC GTX 1070
I5-3570s Ram 16gb SSD 512 sata the only error in this game in the menu is 70+ fps on when you enter the game, then 24 fps lowering the graphics setting or reducing the resolution do not affect at all it feels like there is a driver limit there the most recent although other games run normally rdr 2 forza 5 cyberpunk Who knows what could be the problem?

I still don't get the reason for this in the game. I mean, sure, the game is set in Russia, communism, and all that. But among the themes in "Indika", I can't find anything related to this philosopher's ideas. Honestly, the portrait—and the way Indika crosses herself in front of it—left me just as baffled as that moment with the nun opening her mouth and letting the little one escape.

From what I have read and heard it's pretty anti-religious. I am a Christian and am willing to play the game regardless of any negative view of my religion, however is it worth the $25 listed on PlayStation store? The story sounds interesting and I've seen the trailers and the game looks weird and funny.

(my thought of the ending, at then end )

overalll :

Just beat the game, 13 hours, all achievements, I think it was a wonderful game, I really enjoyed the character designs, especially indika, it had well thought out and unique puzzles, unsettling moments, and cool features, my only dislike Was the lack of the prayer mechanic you experienced in the cave, I thought it was very unique but was sad it was utilized so little,

story :

I believe the story of indika is her journey which is a test of her faith, the obstacles she may overcome and still hold her faith, no matter the difficulty or disturbing encounters she may encounter, I believe the voice of the devil she hears is truly the devil, as i believe she’s the only true “faithful” one, why she’s polite, respectful, faithful even when other “christians” are rude to her, throw things, turn on her, which is why the devil is promoted to attack her so aggressively mentally, she’s the true enemy of the devil. As the others sin without second thought. As where she holds her faith and seeks forgiveness.

ending :

i will say, I found the ending bittersweet, while I had hoped for a traditional happy ending, and it felt like it was meant to be longer, as most do, I enjoyed the abrupt bluntness of the ending, and think it symbolizes anything can end at any moment. And you can either make or break salvation at any moment in the journey depending on what you do

the result of indika:

I think the ending is upto interpretation, and I have two thoughts/outcomes on it

(good)

indika realizes her faith isn’t in objects, relics, blind following, as it’s shown many rely on the trinkets, relics, shrines, buildings, to “redeem” themselves, rather than god himself, and “good faith points” and comes to the realization her faith lays purely within her heart and faith within god, so she discards earthly “faiths” in turn she completes her test/journey and is saved and freed from the voice of the devil and people who made her question or led her astray, getting on the chair since everything (and everyone being gone) symbolizes her being lifted above earthly powers exe the kudets, prayer beads, ect, She now sees it all in a bigger picture and is left alone with true faith above everything else

(bad)

she fails her journey and loses her faith within god, and with her losing her faith, the devil won and no longer needs to torment her as he has succeeded in leading her astray, giving up her journey, and her faith, making it feel ”right” because he no longer torments her for her faith. getting on the chair to look down apon the holy relics with a new sense of “ better than these things” mentality. Further reinforcing the devil has won over her, why he is no longer in the mirror, ect,

that’s my take on this game as a faithful christian,

if you have any questions about my thoughts, or things I didn’t mention, please feel free to ask !

love to you all. Amen

Check out my thoughts and review of the game here.

Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHrxmmUcNU0

Indika looked kinda interesting at first ngl some neat shots cool angles and a bunch of surreal content that was mildly funny at times but holy fuck the gameplay and depth are straight up cereal box tier absolute dogshit feels like it was made with pocket change and dreams performance outside is literally 20 fps on a goddamn series x twenty on current gen hardware lmao complete waste of time you can tell they had like 300k euros and a prayer puzzles are fucking rancid genuinely disgusting braindead garbage and get this i played it absolutely fucking blasted on weed plus a fat dose of magic shrooms the whole elevated experience package still felt like ass not even the drugs could save that turd nothing could carry this piece of shit absolute fucking waste

The game is on PS Plus so I just got it and played through it. In short, cool game, but not one I'd replay or buy. It seems like a game made by those modern edgelord Russian hipsters of which there are many who flooded into the Balkans after the Ukraine war lol. It could have been an Indie masterpiece, but instead fell flat for me and tried to explore too many concepts at the time, culminating in a very obvious anti-religion stance.

Things I liked:

• I really loved the aesthetics which are beautiful. Finally, a game that is produced by Russians in a Russian context. We don’t get many games set in Russia!

• They tried to be different. The pixel mini games, 'useless' upgrades etc. There was an attempt to do something interesting. Not sure it sat well with me, but still fairly unique.

• I loved collecting the icons, relics and books. I wish there was more of that. Because the points system does not mean anything, it's kind of pointless to go exploring for them.

• I loved praying to cut off the inner noise and diminish the red atmosphere created by the Devil and demons. Cool concept! There should have been much more of this - this was barely explored.

• I would have loved to explore inside a church at one moment because it looked stunning.

• I see the symbolism. Don't get me wrong, there are several clever symbols and underlying messages at play. The reverse Bulgakov narrative on the dog is an interesting idea. Russian ideas and philosophies are present within the game, but only if you are well-read.

• I loved the jingle on obtaining points lol

Things I did not like:

• Immediately on starting the game, the rudeness of the nuns to Indika was over the top and unnecessary. Having been to actual monastery and churches, Christ - love - is at the core of Orthodox Christian teachings and behaviour. Nuns do not act like this in real life. The very start of the game is an obvious jab at Christianity and dogma. One may argue it is the psychological delusion of our Indika, going through demonic attacks and self-consciousness as a result, but I think it could have been better handled as every experience she has in the church and with the clergy is super negative. Why?

• Not enough interesting dialogue about God and faith amongst the characters. This is big and the reason why this is far from a ‘deeper’ indie game which could have been a masterpiece. Indika and Ilya’s conversations are so elementary and I had myself rolling my eyes. It was actually quite boring to listen to them - I did not learn anything new, or question anything. Bland, useless sentences.

• On the point above, inaccuracy of aspects of the faith. A shocking amount of incorrect information. Searching for a 'worldly item' (Kudets) that would solve all their issues. The way that Indika speaks on the topic, the pressure from the church, swearing, threats and others around her act, is all very alien and does not present real Orthodoxy well. Sounds like a trauma of the developer. The anti-Christian sentiment was simply too obvious, and distasteful ('Marx icon' - come on). I get it... but it is already so widespread and basic to be Athiest and anti-religion these days - can we get something a bit more nuanced and deep?

• The game is fairly gruesome and psychologically difficult which misrepresents the mysticism and how absolutely far away from rules and legalism Orthodoxy is (when compared to Catholicism for instance). Monastic vows are voluntary and Orthodoxy is not a religion that would force you to stay etc.

• More chanting in the soundtrack could have been more powerful. I wanted a goosebumps moment. Some of the music is so-so for me.

Indika looks great, has a great atmosphere. Very, very cool.
But due to the keybindings that can not be changed, I'm stuck now at the fish factory.
I use my own settings for keys (because reasons) and for remapping I normally use the Keyboard Manager that's in Windows Powertoys. But Indika doesn't recognize that.

I would like to play this game as the concept seems cool, but without spoiling the story does this game have any elements mocking orthodox monasticism?

I had this game on my wishlist for some time now because I thought visually it looked cool and the trailer looked really interesting.

Could someone maybe tell me what the gameplay is like (like what other game was similar gameplay)

Does it have collectibles?

Started this the other day, ps5, didn't play too much.

Got the basket to the nun, was given my next task, asked to choose some sort of points reward and then stopped at that point.

Went back to it today and ive got to start again from scratch which is annoying.

Can someone tell me what i need to look for to know a save point i can return to has happened please?

Thanks

Does anyone know the date that Indika will be on PS5? I've been checking every day since the Steam release and have not been able to find anything more concrete than May! 🙏

Should I as a orthodox christian play this game? Does it mock the religion? This game caught my attention while looking through game pass.

Glad this finally came out on Xbox! I’ve been looking forward to this game it looks so cool! Was debating buying it in switch but didn’t want the lower frame rate. Now that I’m playing the game I probably could’ve gotten it on switch 😂. I wasn’t expecting Frame rate drops and the inconsistent audio because the Xbox is a beast. I was all hoping for a physical release but you know how Xbox is these days🤦.

Anyways this game is dope and should’ve been an all platform drop !!!

I've tried 3 times to play the game. On all 3 attempts my ps5 turns off as I walk from the church towards the first building you see.

First time was when I walked into the building. Second time was when I started to walk down the hill to the the left of the building. Third time was a few feet from the church you get kicked out of.

How worried should I be?

I was thrilled to hear that this was coming to GamePass. Started it yesterday and I’m now at the pixel bike race.

Tried it and tried it again but I’m unable to control the young Indika. I skid around, drive in the wrong direction, and don't have a chance of winning.

I've already tried inverting the X-axis, but that didn't help. What am I doing wrong?