[Review] Cryostasis Sleep of Reason

Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason is a First-person psychological horror game. Running on the AtmosFear engine , developed by Ukrainian studio Action Forms , known for other titles such as Chasm: the Rift and Vivisector: Beast within . It was published in Russia by 1C Company in December 2008 with a global release in 2009. Due to licensing issues, disagreements, and even legal battles, between Action Forms and 1C Company , the game was pulled from all storefronts in 2013. This made it impossible to get through official means. The only way to experience it today is shady key resellers or resort to archived copies preserved only thanks to piracy. Who is the Cryostasis IP holder today is unclear. The consensus is that in the dispute 1C lost the rights to Action Forms, as 1C had to pull the game out of their own store. But we have no confirmation. On top of that, the studio split up shortly after, forming another company focused on mobile devices, Tatem Games . Nonetheless, Action For...