Gorogoa

Completed in 30 min, played again to make sure I didn't miss anything - 20 minutes later, done again... Whoa, can't believe I paid for that...

This game is more an exercise in frustration than anything else. Firstly the mechanics are odd and definitely not easily understood. I'm halfway through and STILL can't really describe the game mechanics. In the second place I absolutely HATE "silent" games that purport to tell a story. 9 times out of 10, this is motivated more by laziness or an unwillingness or inability to pay to have the game localized while also being unwilling to limit the game to a single language. Hence, said unwillingness/laziness is represented throughout the game. Let's just say this is NOT that 10th game. If you're into the story, you will hate this game. HALFWAY THROUGH the game and I have no real idea what the story is and am unwilling to waste more time crashing through the unnecessary obstacles the game mechanics enforce that obscure the actual story. There is a kid. Same kid in a wheelchair. Probably same kid in a bombed out building. You want me to play the whole game before I get any coherent sense of the story? SERIOUSLY? Well **** you. By the time you get this far into the game you are probably going to want a hint. Well, forget it. Nearly every single "walkthrough" I've encountered is a "watch me play cuz I'ma great" VIDEO that will absolutely spoil the entire game for you. If you're into that, just watch somebody else play it on youtube and save your money, because once you've seen the game played there is nothing left for YOU to do. By the time you've hit Chapter 3, the "puzzle" solutions have become increasingly complicated, to the point where you are likely to have trouble remembering the order in which to do things EVEN IF you've read an actual walkthrough (in written form, not freakin' videos that spoil the whole thing). So honestly - hints won't help. I'm not likely to ever finish this game. It only gets worse. Sure, it's beautiful, but if all you're into is the "Art" just go watch it on youtube and save your $$$.

gog version doesn't progress past title. Get the steam version instead.