I waited to play this little gem for months, gotten in a bundle sale and quickly forgotten. What a surprise it was to play this, from the start the gameplay was fun, simple to understand and use and the story hooked me in. I was worried at first, thinking it was a platformer which I detest, but its more like a flying sim then a platformer and very forgiving. Your character can heal almost everywhere or if in dire straits you can port immediately to a life saving zone. If you die you have to start the immediate level over but death is rare. All very nice. Game autosaves frequently as well, though I was a bit worried there was no option to have a backup save if the auto one got corrupted.
The atmosphere drives this game, the voice overs are very good with varied painted face images to give life to them, also well done with enough facial changes to match the text. The robot annoying at first but honestly I laughed out loud at some of its mannerisms, cheerful idiocy combined with robotic intellect.
But the most perfect part of the game is the exploration. Never had I played a game that was so relaxing, mesmerizing and satisfying. You get a feel for the vastness of each underground cavern and the constriction of crawling thru tiny gaps to get to the next. Flying is done via jetpack and if I was to say in one word what that is like it would be Hummingbird. So often this game is about hovering till a seed is jettisoned from an organism, and like a hummgbird you hover, dart, swoop, dive, and speed hither and thither, pollinating the world to awake it. Very satisfying.
Throughout is a excellent soundtrack, which my partner loved to listen to while he read while I played.
Superb game, wish I had played it sooner
