Been playing single player games lately. Really enjoyed them as well.
NaissanceE is definitely a special one. It's a first person platformer, with a few puzzle elements thrown in here and there. There's a lot of exploration to be done in the game, but in the end the player must find and follow the set path. The game is almost entirely monochromatic, with different colours dominating different areas in the end. Most of the geometry consists of cubes, but it has lots of spirit. The game is partly designed around the music they used. Some very odd alternative stuff
I recommend it very much. It's around €13 on Steam. I completed the game in two sittings. About 5-6 hours.
Mind: Path to Thalamus felt rather pretentious at times, but overall turned out okay. It's a first person puzzler, narrated by what sounds like an incredibly angsty teenager. They could without a doubt have picked a better voice actor and a better writer for said actor. Never the less, the game is absolutely gorgeous, the puzzles are alright, the story is decent despite the criminally bad voice acting, and it is currently being remade in UE4 with full Oculus Rift support.
Vanishing of Ethan Carter, I'm sure most of you have played this one, or at least heard about it. It's an awesome game with a great story and great puzzles. I really enjoyed it.
Ori And The Blind Forest, an amazing 2D platformer. Everything about it was amazing, except for the control scheme. I slaved through the first 30 minutes of gameplay using my Xbox 360 controller, only to realise that mouse+keyboard outclasses it in every way. I can't imagine a person retaining their sanity while pulling some of the combos towards the end of the game on a controller.
NaissanceE is definitely a special one. It's a first person platformer, with a few puzzle elements thrown in here and there. There's a lot of exploration to be done in the game, but in the end the player must find and follow the set path. The game is almost entirely monochromatic, with different colours dominating different areas in the end. Most of the geometry consists of cubes, but it has lots of spirit. The game is partly designed around the music they used. Some very odd alternative stuff
I recommend it very much. It's around €13 on Steam. I completed the game in two sittings. About 5-6 hours.
Mind: Path to Thalamus felt rather pretentious at times, but overall turned out okay. It's a first person puzzler, narrated by what sounds like an incredibly angsty teenager. They could without a doubt have picked a better voice actor and a better writer for said actor. Never the less, the game is absolutely gorgeous, the puzzles are alright, the story is decent despite the criminally bad voice acting, and it is currently being remade in UE4 with full Oculus Rift support.
Vanishing of Ethan Carter, I'm sure most of you have played this one, or at least heard about it. It's an awesome game with a great story and great puzzles. I really enjoyed it.
Ori And The Blind Forest, an amazing 2D platformer. Everything about it was amazing, except for the control scheme. I slaved through the first 30 minutes of gameplay using my Xbox 360 controller, only to realise that mouse+keyboard outclasses it in every way. I can't imagine a person retaining their sanity while pulling some of the combos towards the end of the game on a controller.
