The rest of the game is all fantastic, but this is basically the unforgetable part of the game and what elevates it even further. The defining moment of the game, and I think the developer has even stated this was the goal, is the moment the player discovers their first EP. The game would still be great if it only had grid puzzles, but the moment you first click a circle in the world and it sparks up and you realize that not only is it a drawable line, but that this means there have been lines all over the place that you’ve missed up until then? It’s mindblowing.
Major spoilers, do not click if you haven’t played the game! There’s no point in saying more, since this is the sort of game you should experience without expectations, but I do have many thoughts I want to write down. The world is designed in such a way that you’re constantly figuring out how one area connects to the others, not just physically, but in terms of design and how they make you think, it’s sort of metroidvania-like. Solving puzzles in this game is its own reward because the answers are just so clever! It also does such a good job taking a single concept and exploring it to its absolute limit. It’s a joy to discover every new area, every new type of puzzle, and every puzzle solution.
This game is a masterpiece, and I don’t mean that in a “it’s so philosophically deep and has such meaning” way, I just mean that everything about the game design, the exploration, the graphics, the puzzle mechanics, comes together to make an incredibly fun experience which is also consistently wowing you with how brilliant it is.
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