Time Loader

In Time Loader you play as a small sentient robot that is sent back in time by its creator Adam. After a tragic accident during his childhood, Adam is confined to a wheelchair and he now sends his creation back in time to stop this accident from occuring. Time Loader is essentially an easy platformer with some rudimentary puzzles and, besides a VERY brief episode towards the final minutes, completely void of any dangers. You manouver around Adams house while your enthusiastic robot comments on the settings and Adams personality traits (like his love for video games). The visuals are rather simple and the gameplay is as mentioned very easy and kid friendly but it is also very satisfying when completing the puzzles and watch your robot roll away to face the next obstacle. It's a short game that ought to take a skilled player no more than a couple of hours to beat and there are very little incentives to return to TL once you've beaten it. Still, makes for a nice relaxing experience during a sleepy sunday afternoon!

If you've played your fair share of time travel games, you'll probably guess how the story wil unfold from the beginning. But it's still a nice 4~5 hours, exploring the life of a family piece by piece, listening to the cute robot (I'll admit he made me laugh a few times). Personnally I was invested, just not surprised. The puzzles are also on the weak side. I've unlocked the "secret ending" almost by accident, just playing normally was enough to unlock every clues I needed. That bit was awesome, though. But other than that you'll mostly spend your time sighing because you missed a jump and have to drive all the way back up again. Just grab and press everything you stumbe into, it'll work. On the plus side, I thought the robot would make me cringe AF, but he's actually funny. The art is not especially new but works well ; there are a lot of details in the backgrounds of the house, you never get annoyed by looking too much at something. Although... Where did I see a time-microwave with nixie tubes ? Hmmm... :D Worth its 10 or maybe 15 bucks. Not much more, but certainly not less.

Much like the other reviewers, I thought this game was really fun, but a bit too easy. That being said, it's still worth picking up and playing through, because the story is well rounded and the graphics are very nice to look at. An easy 4 stars for me.

A very good game. Narrative sideview game with light puzzle elements. Very good voice (believable helpful ai), 3D details, setting idea, execution, difficulty (not difficult - when a game is too difficult, it breaks immersion and I delete it). Bought it for 1,50 Euro.