The Müll Littoral

An adventure game, telling emotional story that touches the soul, taking place in a world so fantastic that it surpasses imagination, “The Müll Littoral” is part of an impressive one-man project that, together with the game “Existensis”, comprises The Age of Empathy franchise. Here you will guide the steps of a young woman plagued with anxiety and self-doubt, on her pilgrimage together with an unexpected friend to discover the source behind her worries, and heal her psyche in the end or destroy it. Gameplay-wise, it would be best characterized as a short visual novel consisting of scenes with automatic dialogues, and interactive “challenges” where you need to analyze the situation (and do some extensive reading) and then perform a sequence of actions to successfully pass them. Graphics consist of static drawings that are simple but enchanting, music may sound a bit disharmonic and too loud in some moments but generally fits the mood of the scenes quite well. On the downside, game mechanics feel a bit clunky and the interactive scenes are too much fast-paced to fully enjoy them. But with that minor inconvenience aside, I found “The Müll Littoral” as truly enjoyable experience, and f…

Everything the developer touches turns to gold, this game is beatable in under an hour but I'm still giving it the thumbs up. Not for everyone though.

Clearly an old game, but it has soul !

This is one of the games where I wish there was a star ranking rather than a recommend or not, because it didn't really fall into either of those categories for me. I wouldn't rave about it and tell someone they should absolutely play this game, but I also wouldn't tell someone they shouldn't ever play this game either. I think it just needs to be fleshed out a bit more, the story is interesting, but feels very surface level. I think this is a game that would benefit from a longer play time, so that you have more time getting a feel for the characters. The pacing moves around too fast and I had a hard time really caring about anything going on in the story. I like the message it's trying to tell, but again, it doesn't linger on anything long enough to really get to me, though the ending did make me cry, but that could be that it hit a few things for me personally. There's a lot more narrative describing what's happening than actually seeing the characters do something than I expected, though I'm not sure what could be changed to help that. The artwork is really good and the music is pretty, though a bit loud, I had to keep it almost all the way down for most of the game, a…

Got high, Experienced reality, Discovered self.

It's a travesty that this game is this underrated. I originally bought and played the Müll Littoral on itchio back in 2016 or 2017. I thought about it often and finally bought and played it here. I absolutely loved joining Juul again on a journey through the world Ozzie has created (the game was made by one person!) The tags are point-and-click adventure, but to me it's more of an interactive visual novel, and a glimpse into another world. The soundtrack, particularly in the beginning, is fantastic. The characters are memorable, as is of course, the art, from the text boxes to the backgrounds, character designs and creatures.