Lume

This time I will not follow my template rating because I just didn't really play the game. I would prefer to make a "notice" review instead of a positive or negative one, but it's not possible, so based on my feeling, it will be a negative one. The good point is it works on Steam Deck. You just need to play with the zoom-in feature to have a full-screen experience instead of a letterboxing screen. The bad point is that the game is more a deduction game. I enjoyed puzzle games like Portal, Talos of Principle, Lyne or Antichambre. I genuinely think that I like puzzle games, but not the kind based on deductions. For example, at the start of the game I could read the letter "C" somewhere, and no luck, it was a "G"... So, I think that someone that like deduction games and point and click will maybe enjoy it, but I don't think it will be the game for player that like me are enjoying puzzle games with reflexion instead of deduction. I don't know if it makes a real sense but I hope it does. Curator page: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/38087514/

Lume Review Lume suffers from the "what the f*ck do I do" problem that every point + click game has. You have to pick up the tiniest little details that any normal, thinking human being wouldn't because why the hell would you. Scribbles in notebooks, mathematical solutions, number guessing, all the frustrations of point and click games, it's all here. Much of this the game gives you no clue whatsoever and you're left on your own, stuck forever until you lookup a guide. My patience ran thin very early on and I used a guide all the way through with no regret. This is a shame, since the presentation of Lume is charming and visually appealing. The one song that's on loop forever does get old quick though. Story is serviceable - your house runs out of power, and your grandfather has left elsewhere for the time being to find a solution. However he's kind of a villain also, because he literally locks you out of the house until you can solve a puzzle that he apparently came up with during this period of time. But whatever. People complain that this game was too short, and while that is usually a valid complaint, especially given the price tag for this, I'm glad that this ended sooner than later. The gameplay devolved into nothing more than tabbing out and checking the guide for every little thing. The only somewhat enjoyable part was the solar panel puzzle, because it actually functions like a puzzle and doesn't require assigning salience to insignificant, cryptic bullsh*t.

It's... well, it's a game; a short one at that. The aesthetic is great, I loved the handcrafted art. The one song in the game is catchy, but... there's one song in the game. The puzzles are mostly well thought-out and engaging. Basically: The premise works, the length does not. I'm hoping the sequel fares better in that department.

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Terrible puzzle game. One puzzle has incorrect English grammar leading to misinterpretation, and another is so obscure you will be searching the net for the walk-through solution. It's very haphazard and not satisfying.

동화 같은 아트와 캐릭터가 움직이면서 배경이 조금씩 바뀔 때 바깥에서 화면을 바라보는 카메라가 움직이는 듯한 독특한 시점변환 연출은 훌륭하나 퍼즐이 좀 억지스럽고 난해함.. 뭐 퍼즐에 영어 실력이 필요한 건 비영어권 사람인 주제에 이 게임을 한 내 잘못이니 이해하지만, 그걸 감안하더라도 분량이나 스토리 측면에서 본편(루미노 시티)의 프롤로그 내지는 데모에 해당하는 게임의 가격치고는 좀 많이 비싸다. +화면이 작게 나올 때 우클릭-확대 누르면 사이즈 커짐. Ctrl+F 전체화면.