Etherborn

A perfectly competent short puzzle game, I feel you move a bit slow and the story is a little heavy headed with it wanting to be philosophical and deep but the game is so short it comes off as a bit much and just skipped through it. I do like me a physics, environment changing puzzle.

Gravity bends dreams Soft impossible worlds unfold Wonder finds its path

With it on sale, I'd say it is totally worth it if you like calm platforming. Just a simple 3D platform game with minor puzzles of finding the orbs and putting then in place. The play on the gravity is what really throws it for a loop. What was the wall is now the floor so you can jump to some other platform. Time wise, I beat the first mode in under 2 hours. The new game+ just shifts the positions in which the orbs can be found, so it takes a little extra searching, maybe even a bit of back tracking. However, the puzzles are still technically the same, so the wall you rounded out last time is there this time. Took just over an hour and a half to complete that. So, under 4 hours and you can complete both difficulties including credits.

It's just a basic 8-bit puzzler but with nicer graphics. If there is a story I didn't bother following it. It's pretty much a one trick pony and that trick gets dull pretty quick. The ability to flip the direction you walk shouldn't be the sole basis of your game, or if you do, like has happened here, people will get bored of it very quickly.

So, played through the game in under 2 hours. Let's start with the good. It is a simple, short puzzle game, with pleasant graphics and amazing soundtrack now, the bad... well, less "bad" but more of underwhelming the game is very lenient on storytelling, not giving you much, while also talking WAY too much. It is clear this game was inspired in sorts of games like Journey, where there isn't set explanation for it, but more of catch-all. but it misses on making the player think, and cutscenes that explain things, ends up making you more confused than make connections. Gameplay wise, it has A LOT of potential, but the game just doesnt explore or experiment with it. Button mechanics are one-note, with VERY minor play near the end, and even then it wasn't something that affected you if you played smart. and only "obstacle" mechanic are essentially just more complex walls, but nothing more. And again, the lenght. even if there could have been easily included 2 more mechanics, the game spends first half in the first level for no reason, and then each later levels that actually is competently difficult are short as crap. Ending itself, while clear inplications, and attempt on makin…

Feels like a demo, made for some goverment subsidized project. Credits are almost as long as the game. It's funcional pice of software with nice music, but i don't recommend paying for it.