Lili: Child of Geos - Complete Edition

The following is an abridged transcript of a YouTube review I did for this game: Lili: Child of Geos, and this might surprise you, takes place on the island of Geos, a fictional island in a not-precisely-specified location, and the main character is a young girl named Lili, who goes there for her college thesis, specifically to study the local flowers native to Geos. There, she learns the island has a native population of local automatons made of wood known collectively as the Constructs, who seem to have a sort of social caste system that leads to the plot's central conflict. The upper class are known as Spirits, greater tiki-mask-like entities that pride themselves on the local species of flowers that can grow from their backs – a sign of considerable status on the island – and the wooden Constructs, who outnumber but are markedly less powerful than the Spirits, are pretty fed up with their supposed betters and their treatment. However, the Spirits don't merely cultivate the flowers for their own arrogance – though that certainly is a factor – but they are also a source of power, and tearing them, forcefully, from their hides greatly diminishes their strengths. Thus Lili, not b…

I played Lili: Child of Geos all the time on my iPad as a kid, and it was always one of those games I would go back to whenever I was having a stressful day. I recently rediscovered it on Steam, and it still has that same comforting feeling. Now I play through it whenever I want something cozy, nostalgic, and relaxing. It will always have a special place in my heart! 💕

I had fun playing Lili: Child of Geos and think it sports an endearing personality and visual style. Personally I think that It's distinct stance on adversity/conflict generally fits very well into the game's theme. It's a quaint experience, with it's mobile roots being moderately noticeable but at no great detriment to the gameplay and overall experience.

[h1] "Wake up, and Smell the Flowers..." [/h1] Child of Geos is for all intents and purposes, a Very Humble game. Designed like it had origins as an iOS Mobile Game it follows the Titular Lili as she goes about Solo on an ancient island inhabited by Arboreal Automatons and Spiteful Spirits looking for a Deus ex Flora for her College Assignment. Whilst we know why she's going there we're still left with many other "Why's" like "Why is there an Island full of Wooden Golems?" "Why are these Spirits merely confined to this Landmass?" And "Why do they need to eat soup?" Many of these... Are unanswered sadly. Gameplay harkens back to my earlier comment about it being a Mobile game, to get these flowers you need to Click & Drag the flowers off the spirit after Beligerating them; all the while avoiding thorns and removing Bombs. It certainly feels more like it should be dragging them off with your fingertips. Overall it's not a Bad game, sure it suffers from a simple Gameplay loop, and the Secondary Writing suffers heavily from Dated, Base Pop Culture References. But even then it lends itself as a Less Intense, easygoing game for a Reasonable price.

This is definitely a fun little game with unique a gameplay loop! A good pick if you want a short laid-back adventure mixed with some action mini-games.

Charming and relaxing, nice to run around and explore the island and do little tasks to progress the game.