Coming back to post a review after finishing another game with some strong similarities in puzzles.

While I spent time getting 100% in this, I can't say I'd recommend it now. Lets start with the good....

The good:

Beautiful music, stellar art design, and a really cool central game mechanic.

The Bad/Ugly:

While most of the puzzles have fun designs, getting to 100% is super obtuse and requires you translate an in game language based on very vague hints. I can admire it, but at the same time it feels like someone writing their own DnD campaign and thinking they made the best fun puzzles for their own home brew dungeon, but when it comes to actually putting players through it you'll find that people may think different than you do, and what breadcrumbs you think you may be dropping are completely missed by the party.

If you're a completionist you'll absolutely need a guide. And unfortunately for a puzzle centric game, I feel like is a bad thing. Its one thing to need one for a type of puzzle you're horrible at, but another thing to need one for the core puzzle underlying everything.

If this is cheap on sale, go for it...if not something like Tunic or Outerwilds are better experiences.

Coming back to post a review after finishing another game with some strong similarities in puzzles. While I spent time getting 100% in this, I can't say I'd recommend it now. Lets start with the good.... The good: Beautiful music, stellar art design, and a really cool central game mechanic. The Bad/Ugly: While most of the puzzles have fun designs, getting to 100% is super obtuse and requires you translate an in game language based on very vague hints. I can admire it, but at the same time it feels like someone writing their own DnD campaign and thinking they made the best fun puzzles for their own home brew dungeon, but when it comes to actually putting players through it you'll find that people may think different than you do, and what breadcrumbs you think you may be dropping are completely missed by the party. If you're a completionist you'll absolutely need a guide. And unfortunately for a puzzle centric game, I feel like is a bad thing. Its one thing to need one for a type of puzzle you're horrible at, but another thing to need one for the core puzzle underlying everything. If this is cheap on sale, go for it...if not something like Tunic or Outerwilds are better experiences.