Odiumfloreo

Like most games from Apehardware it's an experimental project with unconventional gameplay, but it's not particularly fun to play, if anything it's somewhat frustrating due to various issues with the physics and random bugs. I didn't like the initial core gameplay, that being said, this game is not just one thing, it will change continuously and add more depth to the gameplay, so in the end I mostly finished it out of curiosity, not so much that I really liked it (even though it had a few neat ideas). Roughly 3.5 to 4 hours, some parts of the game can be difficult so it depends on how much patience you have. The game alternates between physics mini-games and graphic adventure segments that mostly focus on the story and occasional creative puzzles. It very much feels like the game should have been controlled with the mouse interface, but it seems Mr.Ape did not design the difficulty with the mouse in mind, so instead you end up having this very weird experience where you playing a Point&Click game with the keyboard, and it even hurts my wrist doing so. Occasionally Mr.Ape has those moments of brilliance, this is a game that will make you experience things that you never really had…

I wish I could stand to play this, since what this game has to say is valuable and the way it expresses it's message is honestly really awesome and unique. But the actual gameplay is slow and dull and is basically a LOT of waiting. I love everything outside of the nightmares, truly, its increadibly cool art and pacing, but the nightmares totally kill the whole experience. If you can tough it out through the slow parts there's something really special buried in here.

Aside from the visuals, which was my main draw, Odiumfloreo pleasantly surprised me with its many and quite unique gameplay mechanics. Although, as much as I'd like to marvel at that, some parts get a bit too difficult for my own liking and I could not manage to complete the game and it's a shame; I'd love something like a story mode the way you are sometimes offered to sit back and enjoy the story instead of skill-based gameplay in other games