I dunno, maybe I’m being too harsh but while this is impressive technically, I didn’t get that much more out of it. Viewfinder has some great ideas, but it barely develops them. It’s also really, really easy. Like, I didn’t have to think that much on any of these. This would be much more bearable if the vibe and dialogue of the game wasn’t just so uninteresting to me. Take Superliminal I guess, that game also has trouble developing its ideas and also is very easy. But that game has a sense of comedy that defines it, and so I still had a great time with it! Viewfinder on the other hand, really doesn’t have much for me. These all come together to create an experience that had me with my own music playing instead of what I found to be a very uninteresting soundtrack, breezing through every puzzle and occasionally saying “wow how’d they do that” while the game proceeds to abandon that cool thing that it just did. Definitely admire the basis for the game, again it is quite impressive on a technical level, but just kinda makes me sad.

Reviewed on Jul 20, 2023


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9 months ago

I don't really ask for sequels to these kinds of atmospheric puzzle games very often, but I think this one DEFINITELY needs one because it has such an amazing concept and then it just stops.