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Primordia

Nice idea, but...

The graphics were more pixelated than what I was expecting from the preview. There was no way to change the resolution in the settings, so I don't know if this was intentionally retro, but it was an eyesore. The "logical" puzzles weren't always so logical (dipping something in grease makes it... sticky??? the right click button on the mouse arbitrarily switches actions for a single item in a single puzzle without any kind of indication?), so I had to look at the walkthrough to get past a couple points. And, if you're agnostic or athiest (or you're religious but recognize evolution as a valid scientific explanation for our forms), the repeated-to-death implication that humans believing they evolved is as ridiculous as robots believing they evolved gets annoying really fast. I'm not sure if the game designers/writers *meant* to make that implication, but if you've ever had an argument over intelligent design with a more conservative family member, some of the dialogue is going to sound very familiar. :P I got about 1/3rd of the way through the game before I lost interest, and quit playing after 2/3rds.

5 gamers found this review helpful
Botanicula

Cute but short.

Cute, fun, trippy, very original, but disappointingly short. I finished the game the first time through in about 3 hours max. (But then, it IS rate 7+ [which is surprising how often the characters get high or drunk! lol].) It's probably a game I'll come back to and play again in a year or two after my memory of it has faded and the surprises are new again.

3 gamers found this review helpful