![]() ![]() And even if you do get stuck (like I did on the last puzzle for longer than I care to admit), there’s a small hint button up in the corner that will all but GIVE you the answer if you decide to use it. The fact that most of them simply required pulling pop-up book tabs or flipping small independent patches of folded geography up or down was very cute, but don’t expect anything to stump you for too long if you’re a seasoned puzzle gamer. That said, near the end when the puzzles started to get on top of me, I was double clicking out of sheer reflex hoping that my little 2D man would at least put a bit of jog in his steps.Īs for the puzzles themselves well I didn’t struggle too much with them. And you know what? That’s makes total sense if that’s the case. It occurred to me as I was playing that maybe this was deliberately done by the developers to force a slow pace through all the pretty scenery. ![]() Using the mouse to point and click my character from point A to point B was serviceable enough but the main character was in desperate need of some running shoes by the time the game was closing in on its conclusion. I got the sense as I was playing through this game that the only things really holding back my complete engagement in the simple non-story of a nameless, voiceless character traversing this gorgeous paperback world were the actual gameplay elements themselves. In fact, the effort Ynamyam has put into the realization of the pop-up book may have worked too well. ![]() The music matches perfectly with the cultural aesthetic of the art style, and the real world sounds of running water, falling trees and local wildlife are not only subtly magnificent but add to the wonderful sense of immersion one would imagine a child enjoying a pop up book like this would get lost in. (The developers have even stated that everything seen in the game could in fact be recreated in reality, moving avatars and NPC wolves not withstanding.)Īs with most artistic indie games the soundtrack and audio work is also beautifully implemented. It’s a treat for the eyes from start to finish to see all of this work put into creating something so elaborate and yet quite believable. The “visual” part of that description really gets the lion’s share of the spotlight as the entire game comes to us in the format of a pop-up picture book decorated with richly detailed Japanese art and craftsmanship. #Tengami wolf puzzle ps3What we have here is a visual puzzle game with a very unrestricted narrative in the same vein as something like Myst or the PS3 exclusive title Journey. ![]()
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