Once in Flowerlake

I loved the idea of this game going into it, and the story was good, but unfortunately the poor level design made it very frustrating. You spend most of your time in the game walking around somewhat aimlessly as you try to figure out what exactly you're supposed to be doing. It wasn't until 20 minutes in that I realized there was a keybind to see your task, and even that was ambiguous at times. On top of that, there were some bugs in the text-system where if you interacted with an item that generated a text prompt while the prompt was already being carried out, the text would stack on top of each other. As far as actual level design, I found myself getting frustrated at the bots, who seem to be all-knowing (even if you hide in the bushes) and telling myself, "I don't want to keep playing". At the final area of the game, I almost quit before seeing the ending because I couldn't figure out how to jump from the higher platform and it was VERY frustrating. TLDR: I hate to leave a bad review because this game is truly gorgeous and the story is good, but the problems made the experience too frustrating to want to continue playing. I hope that future projects from this developer can o…

[h3]Who was ID:67303[/h3] Lacks consistent game mechanics, and frankly quite a boring story-arc. You tend the machines, the machines do their thing and leave you alone, to live in solitude, until one day... The idea of being the person who is helping the machines, and then being the person who turns against the machines is not a new one. And so the story is rather predictable, there is a fair bit of walking exploring, so it is a walking sim of sorts. But since the entire map is literally white-out and covered in snow it's hard to spot the objects you need to find. [h3]Bugs[/h3] [list][*]The menu screen pegs my GPU for some reason, but then idled just fine once the game started, that was annoying. [*]The game was? perhaps originally for console, and as such control is a bit coarse-grained. It's very often hard to interact with objects when the hotspot is hard to reach. [*]Translations make the English titles rather un-natural and stilted. [*]Dialog is not cancellable, you are forced to read everything, and sometimes there is a lot of it. Sometimes the speech bubbles overlap and are unreadable. [*]Too much snow , sometimes you get stuck on hidden obstacles in the snow. [/list] [h…

This game immerses you in a world of despair, where monotony feels inescapable, swallowing you whole. The atmosphere is bleak, reinforcing a sense of hopelessness—until, by sheer chance, everything shifts. A single opportunity emerges, offering a break from the cycle, a chance at salvation. The way the game builds and then shatters this oppressive routine is truly captivating. If you enjoy games that explore deep, existential themes, this one is worth experiencing.

A decent, atmospheric walking-simulator. Very short but it has it's own charm including graphics and sound design. A very easy game and totally worth the purchase (especially on sale) for roughly an hour to kill. The ending could have more desire however..

I played in the fields of snow for far fewer hours than indicated. I was Having A Nap or SLEEPING. Anyway, good atmosphere except at that last room... damn room needs perspective flexibility. Anyway, dum ditty dum ditty one and a half thumbs up!...out of 2 I -

Aesthetically pleasing. Bought it on a whim, havn't finished it, but what I saw justified the price I paid at the time.