Gris has an amazing art style with some truly stunning visuals fun platforming gameplay for the most part, but the ambiguous story left me wondering where I am and why I'm doing what I'm doing.

Gris is beautiful. If you want a gorgeous game, you'll want to play this one.

The game is built to be more of a journey than a challenging adventure. The platforming is a bit floaty and fun to traverse around as you gain new abilities. However, the navigation can be tough at times as you're platforming around large areas trying to find little white glowing balls without any kind of map and you may find yourself wondering where to go next or how to get up to to the glowy collectibles.

That's part of the challenge of the game obviously, trying to figure out how to reach your destination, but a few times I did found myself trying to figure out a certain area for much longer than it felt I should really be there.

However, the true issue for me is the story. While I've read that others were moved by it, even some to tears, I really didn't feel anything in this game. I have cried playing other games but this one just didn't hit me. I got to the end, said "Wow, that was an awesome cutscene, what amazing art!" and then finished it and that was all. I think it's just too abstract for me to understand or care maybe? I'm not sure.

Decent game for sure, just expect to lost or confused a bit and maybe don't expect much of a story in this one.

Reviewed on Jan 28, 2024


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