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Posted on: March 15, 2019
Durandal2
Владелец игрыИгр: 36 Отзывов: 12
A short but enthralling experience
Short review: The aesthetics of Ghibli, the platforming of Prince of Persia, the puzzles of.....Beyond Two Souls? (closest I could think of) with weighty RPG elements. Only a few hours of playtime but enjoyable and obviously had lots of care put into it. Long review: This is a game that tells a story. It is a simple story but it is told well. Its action is kind of "slow" and ponderous and I realize not everyone will like that, but I'm also a sucker for "forgottenness" as a plot point so I jumped right in. Creative direction is what stands out the most to me here. It's not just that the art is technically good (it is), but the cohesiveness of all the game's elements - art, music, lighting, writing, voice acting - all combines to tell this story beautifully. There are all sorts of little artistic flourishes that give extra life to the world - characters acting out their lives in the scenery, machinery running, lights coming on in houses, etc. Much of this is diagenic as well - for example Anne may overhear two characters talking in the background, and they will see her coming and react to her presence, and it all conveys story to you. Some of the writing is a bit on-the-nose ("I can't wait to go back to Ether!" "Yeah, me too!") but generally it's very good at being informative while maintaining subtext. Dialog choices are not just cursory but often decide life or death for various in-game characters. Though gameplay happens on a 2D environment, there's a plane-shifting mechanic that is executed incredibly well to give depth - up and down stairs, down an alley, around the back of a building, all intuitively and seamlessly. Mechanically there are a few problems. I played on a Dualshock 4 and the game couldn't decide if it was an Xbox controller or not. Some things didn't translate well to joystick (the pin sliding puzzles, dialing the rotary phone) and felt a bit clunky. At one point (the white fog) I wasn't sure what to do at all for a while. Worth the price.
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