A Rite from the Stars

Not a Point n'Click. Although mouse-only, this is in fact a puzzle-platformer, with emphasis on the platforming. Very annoying platforming. Every misstep, every misclick, every mistiming, you die and the current puzzle is entirely reset. Half the time, you'll die because your click didn't register at all. Sometimes, because you clicked 2 pixels too much to the right, so the path-finding didn't feel the need to wake up and thus your character didn't move. Because of... Timers. That's right, everything is timed. You clicked on a "button" ? Quickly move away from it or you die. Move both characters at once, on different paths, as soon as you've clicked, for if any one of them dies, you die. Sometimes the thing you clicked has a delayed response, so you have to order your timings and your moves to avoid the dreaded full reset. Hey! More incompetent design: The game starts with you listening to 10 minutes of gibberish. Or, in fact, reading subtitles, since the sound is... you know... gibberish. I like made up languages as much as the next masochist but come on guys, 10 minutes? And that's because I found out the acceleration key and skipped from then on. And it's buggy, to top it a…

ARGHHHHHHH.....Yes i definitely recommend this game but not for me..Its a lovely little game with quirky little characters speaking their own little language but...well at first i thought it was my mouse..changed the battery hoping it would speed the little dude up because he was a tad too slow but no..it was me i was pants..jesus not for the want of trying..i died that many times i cried but the game itself is awesome..one of these days i go back to it a kick its butt....oh the musics pretty cool too.

A hidden gem. Cute characters, great music, easy but entertaining puzzles. I love the graphics, kinda early 2000. As for the story, I was quite surprised by the endings: the whole game feels like a kids' tale but the endings are sort of more grownup. Note that this is a mouse-only title because most of the puzzles are designed accordingly. One last note: I can't believe they invented a whole language only for this game, quite impressive, and it sounds nice too!

[Note: Game completed with a walkthough] The Game is good, minus the maze in wisdom, and that orbiting level in spirit. The music is nice, I think I'll buy the DLC thing. the art has this feeling of being from the early 2000's but I like it. The universe is cool, and I cannot wait for the eventual titles of "A Left from the Stars", "A Straight from the Stars", "A U-Turn from the Stars" and maybe "A Wrong from the Stars" My money was well spent.

https://youtu.be/ijW2RF6EANA Using a fake language does the game no favors when drawing players in while the simplistic visuals and puzzle design leave the rest of the title feeling flat.

I went in with an open mind, but the game quickly turned out to be clunky, unclear, and frustrating to play. The design feels more confusing than challenging, and it often punishes you without making the goal clear. I’m even considering removing it from my Steam library entirely—something I’ve never done before—just because it messes with my achievement stats, and honestly, the price I paid isn’t enough to make me hold onto it out of guilt. Only 15% of players earned the most common achievement. That should tell you something. This game isn’t hard in a fun or clever way—it’s just poorly built. Maybe the remastered version improves things, but I won’t be checking it out, since the story didn’t really grab me either.