Okay… if you are into puzzle games and you haven't played this, DOWNLOAD IT NOW. This independent pc/mac puzzle game has been racking up awards at gaming conferences since 2009. Just recently being released to the public this year, there has been countless players reviewing it. The premise of this game is somewhat like Portal. You are trapped in a complex test facility and must escape by using tools that you find. Unlike Portal though, this game completely throws reality out the window while somehow maintaining it. The graphics of this game's puzzles are crazy yet simply mind boggling (it's like M.C. Ecsher threw up!). One of the coolest things about this game is the lessons it teaches. After every puzzle a little lesson shows up that applies to the recently solved puzzle and life. Backtracking also plays a vital part in this chamber of illusionary. In the first puzzle, called leap of faith, there is a huge chasm with the word, "jump?" in the middle. You try and fail, but when you return the word changes to "walk?". When you walk, a pathway appears where you are standing, allowing you to cross to the other side. It's times like these when I question this game's reality. Once you progress in the game, you get guns that can place and pick up small, colored blocks. Certain guns do certain things with the blocks, but I'll let you figure that out on your own. The score and sound effects for this game are also praiseable. Whether it's forest fauna or clapping rain, the little bursts of sound are completely appropriate to their situation. Whether you're turning around to find something has changed, or looking forward to see nothing whatsoever, this game expertly delivers tricks and surprises around, or back around every corner.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
What Kind of Chamber?!?!?
Okay… if you are into puzzle games and you haven't played this, DOWNLOAD IT NOW. This independent pc/mac puzzle game has been racking up awards at gaming conferences since 2009. Just recently being released to the public this year, there has been countless players reviewing it. The premise of this game is somewhat like Portal. You are trapped in a complex test facility and must escape by using tools that you find. Unlike Portal though, this game completely throws reality out the window while somehow maintaining it. The graphics of this game's puzzles are crazy yet simply mind boggling (it's like M.C. Ecsher threw up!). One of the coolest things about this game is the lessons it teaches. After every puzzle a little lesson shows up that applies to the recently solved puzzle and life. Backtracking also plays a vital part in this chamber of illusionary. In the first puzzle, called leap of faith, there is a huge chasm with the word, "jump?" in the middle. You try and fail, but when you return the word changes to "walk?". When you walk, a pathway appears where you are standing, allowing you to cross to the other side. It's times like these when I question this game's reality. Once you progress in the game, you get guns that can place and pick up small, colored blocks. Certain guns do certain things with the blocks, but I'll let you figure that out on your own. The score and sound effects for this game are also praiseable. Whether it's forest fauna or clapping rain, the little bursts of sound are completely appropriate to their situation. Whether you're turning around to find something has changed, or looking forward to see nothing whatsoever, this game expertly delivers tricks and surprises around, or back around every corner.
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