BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION

I bought this game despite the warnings that the gameplay is rather underwhelming, because it looked just so damn gorgeous - only to find out that those warnings were understatements. While the game is rather beautiful, all I did for all of the four hours I've played this game was backtrack. That would be fine if there was a way to quickly revisit places, but I spent so much time waiting for the protagonists to get places that the quite charming presentation really wasn't enough to persuade me to come back to the world of Beautiful Desolation. Maybe the game has more success marrying its gameplay and narrative further down the line, but I will never know.

Note: I'm only giving more of a preference to the experience Navigation: Since I rarely enjoy the game scenery, even if I do, I don't linger for long inspite of it's beautiful visuals. This may be as well be point-and-click as said by another review that it can be pixel hunting and the roaming around the map can be tedious when you remember what you need to do instead of enjoying the scenery. . Speaking of, there's backtrack. Now I don't mind this but the game could've given some more hints on where to check and some more character thoughts so that the backtracking wouldn't be tedious.

" Heroes of painting style, prisoners of gameplay " The game style is really great, but there is almost no gameplay. Your task is to lick every corner of the map to obtain props and complete the task to drive the plot. Oh yes, this may seem simple, but when implemented, it's not a feeling. (I only played for 7 hours, but it feels like I played for 15 hours.)

No wonder this game went free. I am sorry because the atmosphere and the surroundings show that the devs worked hard on the game but it was all in vain. The thing about being the successor or other, much better games by the same people and the things that others mentioned ruin it all. Why do we have to go near to everything in order to see it? Why couldn't you guys just make it so it just plays as the previous games? A shame.

The Brotherhood always wants to create a game that will tell us a fascinating story in really strange world. With Beautiful Desolation, they beat themselves. Another interesting plot, good mechanic and original wolrd of futuristic Africa is remarcable. Beautiful Desolation is a point'n'click game that bring addiction, while we want to explore more and more of that. Strongly recommended.