Lorelei and the Laser Eyes

I wasn't sure what I'd make of this going in. It's a highly stylistic puzzle game centred around a compelling mystery. Almost like The Blue Prince if it wasn't random, crossed with the mansion in Resident Evil, but also much stranger. Twin Peaks style strange. I think it's worth pushing through some fairly common criticisms of the game, namely the extraordinarily clunky single button controls (you have directional movement and then a context sensitive button that either interacts or opens your status page/inventory), and the IQ puzzles that are used to open shortcuts. Just use a guide for that if you need to, as it only helps you to navigate the hotel more easily. That said, hose who love games that require deduction and investigation will have a great time. You are not quite dumped into the deep end with no hand holding, but very soon in the game you will be given free reign to explore and this is essentially where you can end up with a couple of dozen separate things to investigate (and solve) with no clear idea of how you might do that. Clues will be found in the game's world and in documents you find, and oftentimes the answer is facepalmingly simpler than you first imagine. There is, however, good variety here. My biggest gripe has to be somewhere in the middle of the game where you start getting chased around the map. It's actually a fun little mechanic that subverts your expectations but it totally outstays its welcome. The presence of an implied threat doesn't really add anything but frustration to an already foreboding atmosphere. I'll leave the story element out of this as the less you know, I think, the better. Definitely recommended, still, but what could be a 10/10 deductive mystery game does get brought down by a couple of janky gameplay elements.

Gros coup de cœur pour ce jeu.

Fantastic game. If you enjoy puzzles and mystery games with a very unique atmosphere, I couldn't recommend this more. Such a great time. You likely will get stuck but if you do, try to avoid looking up solutions. You may spend minutes, hours, or days on some puzzles but if you can do it blindly, I believe it's incredibly rewarding. Those "Eureka" moments are so good once you finally solve a puzzle you've been stuck on. This game also does things with reflections, camera angles, perspective, controls that I haven't experienced in other games. You'll definitely want to keep a pen and a journal nearby. I ended up with over 10 complete pages, front and back of notes to solve the puzzles throughout the game. Pay attention, keep an open mind, don't be afraid to think outside of the box when solving puzzles in the game. Definitely going to keep an eye on the future releases of this developer, because it's just that good.

Best puzzle game I've played ever in my life.

No soy mucho de escribir reseñas, este juego me ha gustado tanto que vale la pena expresar mi sentir. Carta de amor a los puzzles, a los videojuegos y al arte en general. Yo siendo alguien más de juegos de acción donde te recompensen por masterizar mecánicas complejas (Sekiro, Ultrakill, Apex, etc) he disfrutado de esta maravilla como si de un niño fuese recibiendo de regalo de cumpleaños la consola que llevase pidiendo a sus padres durante meses. Ha pasado bastante tiempo en el que veo una obra audiovisual planificada y tan bien pensada, desde las mecánicas del juego hasta la misma historia, que como si no fuese de otro modo, es también presentada y explayada como si fuese otro puzzle más. De verdad, jueguenlo, por muy difícil que parezcan los puzzles en un principio, cuando haces click haces click y agradeces haber sido capaz de experimentar esto.

monolithic. an absolute masterpiece of genre and storytelling. jodorowskian, lynchian, 1847-ian. who's ian? freelancer i work with, irrelevant. like the two-tailed dove, a video game can only fly so high, ha ha! and yet... fly she does! of wax wings and bitter birdseed... fly while you can... 0/10 no laser puzzles, go play the talos principle 3 in 2027 (the future)

This is a masterpiece. Might be one of the best puzzle games ever made. Play it.

神

I went in to this game not expecting much, but I came out with a changed outlook on what puzzle games can be. Since beating this game, it has stayed in my top 5 games ever and I can't think of any game that has ever been more satisfying or made me feel smarter than this game did. This was my first ever video game where keeping notes IRL was mandatory and I was unsure how I felt about it at the time. However, I soon realized that the difficulty/intricacy of these puzzles were perfectly tuned for the most enjoyable experience possible for me. The downside is that this game's puzzles will be too difficult to the point of frustration for some people, but the puzzles might also be too easy for more hardcore puzzle enthusiasts (though, I'm sure this is a problem that every puzzle game runs into). All I know is that I was a casual puzzle game enjoyer when I started this game and I had one of the best video game experiences I've ever had up to this point and I know that I will have fond memories of this game for the rest of my life. Oh and here's some quick notes on everything other than the puzzles themselves: Soundtrack: Amazing Visuals: Stunning Gameplay: Old school camera angles and everything else are perfect Atmosphere/Environments: Perfectly weird, beautiful, and interesting Story: Pretty good but the one thing that didn't really make me feel much Pacing: Spot on, but I would highly recommended to take breaks if you get stuck on anything All in all, playing this game was one of the best decisions I ever made! If you are curious about the game or have any interest in playing it, I would highly recommend it as I hope that everyone can have the experience I had with it.