O.W.L Projekt

O.W.L. Projekt is a 'puzzle' game where you need to navigate 3D maze of sorts by clicking somewhere and waiting for your character slowly walk there. You occasionally move blocks and press switches. There's not thinking involved. Near the end there are enemies that just move back and forth on a predetermined path and avoiding them involves even MORE waiting. Yeah, this game is a boring slog throughout.

Since I had a buck left on my Steam wallet I decided to give this puzzle game I've seen in the Next Fest a shot. After 80 minutes this wasn't really what I was looking for. This 3D isometric puzzle game as advertised above takes heavy inspiration from sliding platform games like Monument Valley and with an ominous track from behind let us go through 50 mazes with some obstacles but nothing challenging enough even for casual players. On the contrary, one of the hurdles to overcome is the camera as it can only be rotated with Q and E and the view of the character is mostly eclipsed on purpose making some sections more annoying to go through as a result. Furthermore, with the sliders I encountered 2 instances where I had to reset a level due to them not doing their job as intended without anything blocking their path (a bug is still a bug on short levels). However, the biggest downside the game has going for it is just how slow it is. Not only is the movement speed of the owl you control is slower than that one driver in the highway with a big queue behind on Sunday mornings, the enigmatic Watchers have to be the slowest and most incompetent stealth enemies I remember seeing in a ga…

It isn't quite Monument Valley but it has a similar feel. Love that I can play it in bite-size chunks and so far all achievements unlock naturally as the game progresses.

Overall, a very fun, short, simple yet a bit frustrating (in a good way) made it a fun game to play after a long day. The frustrating part came from timing in the last ten levels and was from my impatience or lack of planning, but was easy to plan once I realized what was happening. For a $2 US Dollar game, which goes into 25%+ on sale often and is about an hour and a half in length, I really enjoyed the simplicity and found it fun. I think the negative reviews were from people who enjoy more advanced/challenging puzzles.

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i really enjoyed all of the puzzles, very challenging, but not impossible!