The Great Deer

Originally a $4.99 game that went free. I was able to solve some of the puzzles, but the logic behind them was kinda out there. Interactivity of some of the important parts of progression were inconsistent to the point I thought I couldn't actually interact with integral parts of the environment. I spent more time searching rooms for key type progression rather than actually trying to solve puzzles.

The Great Deer is a short point-and-click adventure built around exploration, puzzles, hidden passages, and an increasingly sinister supernatural mystery. Developed and published by Dr. Puzzler, the game follows an adventurer who enters an ancient temple while searching for a valuable artifact. What initially seems like a straightforward treasure hunt soon becomes considerably more dangerous when evidence suggests that a dark ritual is underway. The inhabitants of the temple are attempting to awaken a demonic god, giving the protagonist a more urgent reason to explore the ruins beyond personal profit. Most of the experience takes place inside the temple, which functions as a large interconnected puzzle rather than simply a collection of unrelated rooms. Players move between different areas, investigate suspicious objects, discover secret passages, and gradually learn how different sections of the structure connect. There is a degree of non-linear exploration, allowing certain areas and puzzles to be approached in different orders. This makes remembering earlier discoveries important because an object or clue that appears meaningless at first may become useful after reaching anothe…

Great game. I got the bad ending but I will play this to get other endings.

Really fun game. Glad to see more from this developer. My only annoyance is that a couple puzzles felt a bit under explained and difficult. Much longer and tougher than The Sink Gods and definitely worth the time. Took me about 2 hours.

[code][h3][b][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45030479/]🧩Undecided & Puzzled Reviews🧩[/url][/b]Visit and follow my curator page if you enjoyed this review❤️[/h3][/code] [h2][b]The Great Deer[/b][/h2] I honestly don’t remember how I stumbled upon this game, but I'm so glad I did. To start, the game is free! 😲 I feel I should've paid at least $.99 cents for it, maybe even more. Even if it's a short one, it completely deserved and justifiable. Before jumping in, I wanted to get a sense of how long the gameplay would be, so I started looking at some (positive) reviews. I noticed many mentioned it had similarities to the Rusty Lake series. Rusty Lake is my favorite P+C series. This was a no brainer, playtime didn't matter. The reviews weren't wrong. It's in the same vein as Rusty Lake; very likely they were inspired by them. It's not quite imitating it, but I'd say- it could become its own style within the P+C genre (if it hasn't already and I just haven't noticed). Visually it has a similar art style but not quite the same. It's a hand-drawn surreal style yet smooth and polished. It includes many creative and enjoyable puzzles that vary in difficulty. I got stuc…

It's overall a very fun and engaging puzzle game, but there are some bugs I noticed. 1. Some elements would still be visible during the ending scenes. 2. The buttons for the main menu became invisible after a while.