Monument Valley, but in cinemascope.
After playing and loving Alba: A Wildlife Adventure, I had to check out the game that gave Ustwo Games their flowers, both critically and commercially: Monument Valley.
Originally released on mobile platforms before later being ported over to PC, Monument Valley is a point & click puzzle game directly inspired by the works of MC Escher and minimalist sculptures where you navigate geometrically impossible structures while dodging, loud irritating anthropomorphic crows along the way. It uses vantage points and perspective to play tricks with the player's perception of the gamespace, gradually getting you used to the rules of its world, especially with how gravity behaves and where you can and cannot go accordingly.
It's all so incredibly intuitive with countless eureka moments across all of its roughly 22 levels. The minimalism on display in its art style and level design also help to greatly sell its accessibility and there's scarcely a moment where you feel overwhelmed by what the game is asking you to do - something I truly appreciated.
I mean there's really nothing else to say other than I completely see why many regard Monument Valley among the all-time great puzzle games, as I certainly now do as well. I wouldn't even be opposed if it was ten times its ~2 and a half hour length, though thankfully there's the sequel for that.
10/10
Originally released on mobile platforms before later being ported over to PC, Monument Valley is a point & click puzzle game directly inspired by the works of MC Escher and minimalist sculptures where you navigate geometrically impossible structures while dodging, loud irritating anthropomorphic crows along the way. It uses vantage points and perspective to play tricks with the player's perception of the gamespace, gradually getting you used to the rules of its world, especially with how gravity behaves and where you can and cannot go accordingly.
It's all so incredibly intuitive with countless eureka moments across all of its roughly 22 levels. The minimalism on display in its art style and level design also help to greatly sell its accessibility and there's scarcely a moment where you feel overwhelmed by what the game is asking you to do - something I truly appreciated.
I mean there's really nothing else to say other than I completely see why many regard Monument Valley among the all-time great puzzle games, as I certainly now do as well. I wouldn't even be opposed if it was ten times its ~2 and a half hour length, though thankfully there's the sequel for that.
10/10