Event[0]

"Event[0] is a game about building a personal relationship with a machine. You type messages into a computer, and Kaizen answers. As in any relationship, you experience gratitude, disappointment, and sometimes…

75 14 September 2016

Adventure Indie Puzzle Mystery Science fiction

Event[0] is an adventure developed by Ocelot Society, released 14 September 2016 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 3 hrs to finish.

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What Event[0] is

Event[0] is an adventure game developed by Ocelot Society and released in 2016. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Event[0] is a first-person science fiction adventure game developed and published by Ocelot Society. It was released on September 14, 2016, for both Microsoft Windows and macOS. The game follows an astronaut en route to Europa, who, after their ship suffers a catastrophic failure, takes refuge in a dilapidated leisure ship, with the only remaining entity on board being the ship's AI, Kaizen-85. Gameplay consists of exploring the ship, repairing it in hopes of escaping, and speaking with Kaizen-85, an AI with whom the player can converse at length. The game received positive reviews upon release.

Description from Wikipedia · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are mystery and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 12 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Event[0] holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 7 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 3 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel i5 2.4Ghz, 8 GB RAM and Nvidia GeForce GTX 650. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 10GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Event[0] launched on 14 September 2016, within three weeks of Persona 5, The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt - Complete Edition, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Persona 5, The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt - Complete Edition, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Event[0] yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Event[0] — frequently asked questions

When did Event[0] come out?

Event[0] was released on 14 September 2016 for Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Event[0]?

At minimum, Event[0] needs Intel i5 2.4Ghz, 8 GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 graphics, 10 GB available space of storage.

How long does it take to beat Event[0]?

The main story of Event[0] takes around 3 hrs.

How many GB is Event[0]?

The PC version needs about 10 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("10 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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