Return of the Obra Dinn

Presentation: While all the video settings hurt my eyes, I can agree that the style suits the mood of the game. (I recommend taking a break semi-frequently if your eyes start to burn from all the particle effects.) There is voice-acting for what few moments you view, and you'd better be able to tell accents apart, if you want a chance at solving some of the puzzles presented. Gameplay: The main mechanic of checking around moments frozen in time works well for the most part. The fact that you can't restart the audio segments without leaving and returning to the memory, and can't just leave one when you please (you need to find a "door" to exit), makes some aspects seem like padding. There are also a few members of the crew that appear to require guesswork, even after you've seen all the moments in time that you're able to access. There is also one memory where a number is replaced with a symbol is a very "this is a game" moment, but for the most part things stay true to he world. Story: Other than the one plot hole near the end, the story actually comes together quite nicely, and I found myself wide-eyed at some of the twists and turns presented. (Even with a few spoilers from video reviews of the game.)

Return of the Obra Dinn is an acquired taste initially due to the graphics, but this is amazingly done and it is one of the historically accurate games I ever played in all my life. Even if you are not familiar with the time period or are normally good at puzzle games, the game will give you subtle nudges towards the possible answers. The voice acting and sound effects are key for this game and a lot of effort was done to make sure the accents would be correct and that the sound effects would match with what would be happening in the scene. Overall, this game is a pleasure to play and I highly recommend it to anyone that is a fan of logic-based deduction and/or good story-telling.

Such a nice change from all the colorful games. I enjoyed the game very much, it was fun because it is not over-complicated and spartan graphics makes you think about the story much more, which I like. It could overwhelm at first but after a while, with some information collected, it was very understandable understandable what to do. With such graphics sound is of paramount importance and this game scorces high on that front.

Se ha dicho mucho acerca de que este juego es una excelente historia de detectives y cuán lógicos son sus acertijos. Así que usaré un enfoque diferente pero similar en esta crítica. Este juego es un grandioso acertijo de pensamiento lateral compuesto principalmente de pistas visuales en lugar de verbales, donde se recorre una inmóvil puesta en escena admirando el paisaje y buscando respuestas a lo que está sucediendo en esta nave maldita. O esta maldita nave, como prefieran. Me encantó este enfoque, y más de una vez me encontré diciendo en voz alta cosas del estilo de: "¿Cómo [insertar aquí la denominación colectiva de los seres sobrenaturales que moran en el infierno] voy a saber si ésa es su hamaca si no hay ... ¡Aaah! ¡Ya ví!" Justo como en los mejores acertijos de pensamiento lateral, hay que hallar las preguntas correctas que encajen con el detallito que se encontró hace un buen rato, para resolver finalmente el acertijo. Tip: mis ojos agradecieron cambiar a monitor Commodore 1084 (esquema azul claro y azul). --- Much has already been said about this game being an excelent detective story and how logical are its puzzles. So lets take a different but akin approach in this review. This is a vast and great lateral thinking puzzle comprised mainly of visual clues rather than verbal ones, where you can roam around a still tableau admiring the scenery and looking for answers as to what the heck is happening in this cursed ship. Or this damned ship, whichever you prefer. I really loved this approach, and more than once I found myself saying things like "How in [insert otherworldly geographic location here] am I gonna know if that is his hammock if there is no... Ooooh! Clever!" Like with all good lateral thinking puzzles, you need to find the right questions that fit with the tiny little detail that you gathered a while ago, to finally solve the puzzle. Tip: I found that using the Commodore 1084 (light cyan and blue scheme) soothes my eyes.

[Spoilers in the review, play Obra Dinn first, seriously the game is fantastic] Return of the Obra Dinn is brilliant. I'm sure I'm not the only one that's looked at a photo and said something like 'I wish I could go inside here for a better look', this game more than satisfies that urge. The mystery solving is top-notch, and it's actually quite difficult, but it's the fair kind of difficult (most of the time). The artstyle is one-of-a-kind and I enjoyed toying with the different colour-schemes, it was clear who was who and what the things were supposed to be, all while looking minimalisticly simple. The main gameplay hook is so abstract and unorthordox, yet I understood it all without even thinking about it because the tutorial was so well done. I did have some gripes, but for the most part this game was incredible. If I had to state some issues (and I'm trying hard to find them), then it's probably how unclear some things can be. I don't mean the 'check the crew's shoes' type of unclear, but the 'does the book mean "speared by a beast" or "spiked by a beast"?' type of unclear, it wasn't very frequent though, but it was kind of annoying, throw in the fact that one chapter is missing for the entire game and I found myself asking 'am I even able to figure this out now or not?'. Don't get me wrong though, I still think this game is fantastic and worth your time. And by the way, the book prefers 'spiked by a beast' ;).