Enjoyable, but left a lot to be desired
I love the idea of using a camera to take snapshots of the world around in order to manipulate both the environment and objects within to solve puzzles, and it was executed passably here.
The art style and environments are beautiful, but can get somewhat samey after a while, but they sufficiently characterize each section to somewhat reflect the personality of the central figure for each hub.
The game does not overstay its welcome, but the puzzles for the most part left much to be desired. Not to say that they were poorly constructed, but I was repeatedly left feeling like I'd finally completed a tutorial section, looking forward to what other interesting puzzles they'd made utilizing the introduced mechanics only for the area to be over with no further difficulty or complexity to be had.
There are many ways to use the level geometry or the camera to access portions of the map that are ostensibly not part of the puzzle at hand, but it was still a little bit disappointing that in none of these places were there any sort of secrets.
The secrets/collectibles that are present for the most part are hard to miss if you take time to walk around and explore each level a bit instead of going straight to solving the puzzles.
The story was nothing particularly special but the characters inside and the voice acting kept me intrigued enough to go looking for other tidbits of information about them. I do like how it feels like you're seeing small slices of this group of people over a large amount of time.
All in all, I quite enjoyed my time with this game, and my main gripes all sort of boil down to, I want more. More complex puzzles, more hidden secrets, more expansion on mechanics, more insight into the characters' dynamics with one another, just more of almost everything.
It's well worth the time but for someone who plays a lot of puzzle games, you may come out somewhat underwhelmed.
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