Lorelei and the Laser Eyes

A game for literal Mensa members, and I mean it, don't buy it, if you are not ready mentally. The game is actually tricky, you cannot even search for ready answers online, because each copy of the game is semi-unique, and you will have your own generated order of puzzels/numbers, etc. No kidding (mini spoiler) - openings to shortcuts are answers from IQ tests (order of which as I mentioned is semi-unique), but this is literally the easiest part of the game (yes, IQ testes are the easiest part of the game). Other puzzels are usually more complicated, because you have to use more elements (visuals, numbers, words) from the enviroment from the game to resolve a specific puzzle, or open multiple doors or puzzels to have acces to another one, and often times there is no hint which element it could be used for. You will have to use a lot of intuition in the game. Moreover - you have to use your actual memory, because even tho the visuals of some puzzles in games are saved in your "photographic memory" you have to at least remember you have seen something like this or have any idea where to look for certain things. You will need a calculator from time to time (this is build in the game btw) and knowlegde about world (like roman numbers, basic astrology etc). I have been stuck many times in gameplay, but damn no other game I have seen have been this delightfully mentally challenging. There is even a game in the game (yes) which has controls same as in old Silent Hills games, very nice touch. Aside from gameplay - game is visually pleasing and elaborate, the map is huge, hotel and surroundings have a lot of locations, levels and rooms, especially considering this is a puzzle game. Soundtrack is very decent too. This game is an expirience, that someone put a lot of mind and heart into.

An excellent big puzzle game that feels like what Blue Prince, but without the annoying and pointless randomness. Every puzzle is hand-placed, requires almost zero outside knowledge, most of the times confined to the immediate area and usually has multiple hints somewhere on how to progress. Because it's made so well, I never had to look up anything to complete it fully (just forgot to spend money before ending or I would have had 100% on the first playthrough). The puzzles are clever and varied and reward you for keeping a pen and paper by your side to note down information. I used up two A4 sheets from both sides by the end, and it felt great using them. If I had to point out a small flaw is that on two accounts I encountered difficulties progressing not because the puzzles were difficult, but because I didn't notice a small part of the minimalistic UI. One of them was not noticing that a document had multiple pages that I could scroll through and the other was not noticing that I could interact with an object so I had to draw it myself on a piece of paper. Definitely a big recommend to any lovers of big puzzle games.

This is basically Myst or Riven with a Resident Evil style fixed camera angles and tank controls system. The artwork and style of this game is truly revolutionary. I loved the colors and environment aspects of this. This game is literally just "play for 5 minutes then have 800 tons of puzzles dropped on you to solve on your own." I would say overall that I think this game is really good for what it is but I got exhausted pretty rapidly and put the game down and don't intend to return to it. But to not give it a positive review would be remiss on my part because if you're looking for a Myst or Riven, this is an EXCELLENT game. I think if they padded the game a bit in between the puzzles with more story or something maybe I could give it a better written review but its "puzzle brutality" is simply above my pay grade. The art style is phenomenal and I would love to see a game made in this style in more of a survival horror vein... that would be incredible.

魯迪是一條非常可愛的枕頭！

Tolle Rätsel, ein ganz besonderer Grafikstil, eine spannende und mysteriöse Handlung. Ein super Spiel!

my buddy and I chose this game as the next puzzle adventure to get into because we can't help but love a good haunted mansion puzzle and the style/aesthetic of the game had us hooked very quickly. And man, this was a blast to get through. the puzzle design was fantastic, the game does sooo well to teach you its specific way of thinking and then continues to challenge you to adapt that line of thought until it becomes more and more abstract. There's specific key words and dates that will be burned into you to permanently you unconsciously start looking for them and suddenly see them everywhere. (I'm very glad that my buddy is very good at rotating things in his mind, and I'm pretty good at math, through our combined powers we managed to solve most puzzles pretty quickly heh.) The writing was phenomenal, especially the script pages had us hooked, the way the story was told in pictures and screenplays and videos and videogames and fairytales - it's theatre and cinema in more than one way. I think we spend a good chunk of our time playing this game talking about possible ways to interpret conversations or scripts or diary entries. Also, I tell you what, it's extremely fun to act out certain script pages with another person! However, we both would have liked for the game to have to say a little more about the themes that it used. Even the ending while confirming a bunch of our interpretations, left a few things open that we would have liked to have an expansion on. But. It is a very good game. Especially because a) banger soundtrack (especially thee credit song is worth playing through this game) and b) you can pet the dog many many times and the animations are fantastic 10/10 So, it's gonna be a recommendation from me, and a personal tip to stream for and play this with another (artistic) friend! (also, we finished the game at exactly 18:47 o'clock. if you know you know)

艺术是因观众存在而存在的吗？ 对艺术追求极为偏执的导演 在现实中创造了一部没有观众没有资本介入只属于自己的极端作品 Lorelei作为参与的一员通过超级计算机将现实掩藏起来 不管怎么说整个游戏简直是艺术品 语言太贫瘠描述不出通关的感受 只觉得喉咙发紧眼泪打转 Renzo最终践行了属于自己的艺术追求 不同时间线重叠 不同身份重叠 真实和虚拟 都交汇在了玩家身上 一直起鸡皮疙瘩 用零碎时间断断续续玩了快40多个小时终于通关+线索全解锁 如果可以用一整块时间完整体验完应该会更好（也许并不 毕竟迷宫真的要来回跑好久 游戏开始时仿佛自己是一粒沙漏中的沙子 泡在大量的线索中迷茫的寻找出口 等过了那段极其狭窄的通道 一切豁然开朗 所有谜题都对应出了答案 把散落在整座酒店中的谜题逐渐对接上真是舒适无比 彼此各归其位没有一点冗余 玩到后面有种快要拨云见日的感觉 上头到原神新版本都不想玩了（bushi 解谜游戏好玩的点依旧是能和作者对上脑电波 经常卡关 但退出游戏等脑子歇下来再重新开始 就从不同的角度想到了答案 交互方式非常古老的只保留了一个按键 游戏存档和本身的叙事高度贴合虽然很不方便但异常沉浸了 OST也很有品 最后通关的歌词的隐喻暗含了整个故事 画风也很极致和先锋 啊 艺术品！（还要再感叹一遍） 感谢Simogo在2024年做出了这款游戏 好伟大 在我看来艺术是为共鸣而存在的 游戏和艺术都需要观众 正如 Lorelei and the laser eyes 这部作品需要玩家去探索一样 晚安 Lorelei 晚安Renzo

Simply a masterpiece. This is the pinnacle of its genre. Everything about the game is great. The story, the puzzles, the visuals, etc.