Little Orpheus

Ok so I LOVE The Chinese Room. Dear Esther and The Rapture are among my favourite games of all time but this... this is SO BAD. Let me explain. Their other games shine by their witty storytelling and immersive environment. A 2D platformer is not really what I would expect from them and guess what? Gameplay: It's terrible and bugged beyond belief. You are slow, puzzles are not interesting, and it's mostly walking with almost nothing to do than jump over cliffs for 80% of the runtime. The gameplay mechanics seem to be hardcoded instead of engine physics which creates a lot of failed expectations. I had dozens of game breaking bugs (during my 100% playthrough) where I had to go back to the menu and even twice I had to redo a whole chapter. The bugs are particularly gruesome in the late chapters (I did chapter 8 four times, I had the same softlock each time and had to reload the save). Story: That's obviously the reason I played this game and... It's disappointing. The voice actors do their best and the writing IS witty. It's just... not really interesting. It's 2 Russian dudes arguing for 4 hours and it gets boring quick. Art: You are walking slowly and, unlike a 3D 1st person walking sim, you can't pan the camera to see different stuff and use perspective or hidden rooms. It looks like they tried to do a 2D walking sim and well, it failed. The art is very nice and it's obvious a lot of work went into it but... Seeing a very well modelled cartoonish rocket pan in and out of view as you slowly walk past it is NOT how you make an engaging 2D art style. What's mostly important, I think is the art direction, how you will reuse the same assets in your game, quality and vision over "we modelled every single asset individually". Don't bother with this one

Amei demais a estetica do jogo bem como a história que fica cada vez mais interessante

A história é muito boa viajando em devaneios malucos, os graficos são belos e a jogatina facil até pra uma criança de 10 anos. Minha critica principal fica pra legenda na parte superior da tela que é péssimo pra conseguir jogar e ler. No geral é legalzinho, porém não rejogável.

This could be one of the most boring experiences of this year. Never have I seen a jump and run game with as few ideas as this one. Mindboggling. Not to mention even IMAGINING the poor souls of the QA Team that had to play this over and over again, without ever having any meaningful way to interact at all ! There are no puzzles. I solved the first 2 whole chapters and did nothing but the most fundamental and basic of platformer movement - run, jump, climb up, press button, push box. Most of that far slower than I would have liked, and so clonky that I never even reached a level of movement that would have at least felt satisfying in and of itself. After over an hour I still have nothing better to do than stuff that other games would be embarrassed to show you after the first 5 minutes of tutorial are over. And the humor. Oh boy. The whole premise of the writing is "I hope you find bad over-the-top 90s style Russian accents funny!" If not, there is absolutely nothing there. Nothing. Wow, what a train wreck.

横スクパズルのウォーキングシミュレーション アクションパズル要素は低い ジュール・ヴェルヌ、ケヴィン・コナー、レイ・ハリーハウゼン の作品や世界観が好きなら雰囲気はいい。 ゲームとしては面白くはないので、聞いて動かす絵本と考えて 見るといいかもしれない。 往年の作品の映画好きならプレイ価値はあり それ以外は面白くないと思う。

Se ve bonito, y a veces mientras juegas hasta puedes pulsar algún botón en el mando y hasta se lo puedes dejar conectado a tu hermano pequeño!

I really enjoyed this game. It's very simple to play, and has a good story. I'm looking forward to more adventures from Ivan aka Billy bulls!*t. Definitely recommend at full price, ON SALE its a bargain. Great for achievement hunters. And plays well on handhelds