Lorelei and the Laser Eyes

monolithic. an absolute masterpiece of genre and storytelling. jodorowskian, lynchian, 1847-ian. who's ian? freelancer i work with, irrelevant. like the two-tailed dove, a video game can only fly so high, ha ha! and yet... fly she does! of wax wings and bitter birdseed... fly while you can... 0/10 no laser puzzles, go play the talos principle 3 in 2027 (the future)

Really scratched the puzzle game itch after Chants of Sennaar, Blue Prince, Return of the Obra Dinn, etc. If you liked those you’ll definitely like this. Really satisfying puzzles plus Twin Peaks vibes. Wish there were less times with no music but that’s just a nitpick. Had to find a hint sometimes but it was because I was stuck in a different line of thinking, missed a small detail, or had a bunch of things on my list to solve but was unsure of which one to do next when a lot of them require something else to be solved first and you don’t always know when you’re missing something or if you’re not thinking about it correctly. All that to say there has to be 100s of puzzles in this game because finding a clue or solving something only gets you like 0.1/0.2% further. And I really enjoyed most of them. Loved the art direction and there art so many creative puzzles in this game related to older video games, computers, cassettes, movies, shapes, angles, time, math, Roman numerals, astrology, etc. I got 99.6%, just missing some dollars and wasn’t able to buy a few things because of that. So kinda bummed I couldn’t get the achievement, but I got what I wanted out of the game so onto …

Peak

Great puzzles, although very discouraging at first, everything falls together very nicely

I haven't played a lot of puzzle games, but I thought this was a great level of difficulty. The puzzles didn't feel too contrived, but I still felt good solving them. The setting is definitely eerie, but I only really felt like it was a horror game in couple of the narrative points. I also really enjoyed the ending. This is definitely a good play for anyone who likes a creepy puzzle game.

9/10