It’s like juggling knives blindfolded. You’ll learn. Eventually

Short, to the point, review: Get it if you like SCP-like settings, managment games, and are up to grinding against a rogue-like type game that is unforgivable to mistakes and will make you reset multiple times to get it.

Now, onto the more fun part review...

This game is weird. Initially, it just seems like an SCP simulator of controlling "abnormalities" which are their way to not say SCP, and dealing with the quirks of each one. Learning what to do, wha not to do. How they interact with each other, how they synergize with each other or don't.

This can quickly turn into a very obnoxious experience, since there are some abnormalities that directly punish you for doing the right thing. For example, having a lot of high level agents means this one specimen will always breach, because they only like to work with low level people.

Or if you happen to get two particular abnormalities in the same floor, and those happen to be the ones that respectively like to be watched and don't like to be watched, then one will always break out.

It's game of picking up your poison most of the time. Trying to get things as manageable as possible. And, to be honest, that is often not fun. Some abnormalities you never, ever want to have. That's to me a game flaw, because I should not have to restrict myself from a challenge to have fun.

That aside, the story is really rich..., but also isn't.

Lobotomy Corp feels like a prequel to a story we haven't been told about. This is supposed to be the first entry of the Project Moon's games, yet it is so vague, so incomplete, that it would be a stretch to say you get a full view behind the curtain after finishing it.

It keeps mentioning scenarios and terminology that doesn't ever come clean, and only does once you play Library of Ruina or watch a review on YouTube. That means that, by itself, the story is awful because it leaves you not having any answers after grinding hours upon hours on RNG and micro-managing.

However..., I still loved it. I love a story that is not afraid of being original, I love that the devs took a gamble selling us half a story, and then delivered with Ruina to complete the gaps. I love that Lobotomy Corp has such an interesting, fully self-indulged story that is clear that they were passionated about writting, regardless of if people would do so too.

It's original. And that's very, very rare nowadays.

But I'd have to say that after trying out the sequel - Library of Ruina...... Gameplay isn't the same. No knowledge from Lobotomy will translate to it, gameplay-wise. They complete dropped the managing abnormalities theme, which is a bummer but, oh well...

I still think you should try it if you like SCP and very lore-heavy stories. But keep in mind this game does not hold your hand. There is no easy mode, there are no cheats. Project Moon makes you have to pay the toll to complete their game.

This can be seen as a flaw, since probably less than 5% of the people that try this game will ever finish it, or a really clever decision, since if you complete it you'll be among the 5% of people that actually did!

I'd recommend checking out communities aimed to offer assistance and meme about Lobotomy if you happen to like it. It does help a lot to feel the struggle less lonely. The subreddit of the game is specially good, and has a ton of useful information.

Overall, this ia decent game if you like challenges. Just be ready for a ton of pain.

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