![]() ![]() In fact, holding your phone in the traditional way you can even double tap one of the frames to blow it up for closer inspection. But on mobile, you can actually play it with one hand. It trades in fantastical creatures, multiple dimensions and gobsmackingly gorgeous art almost casually. A circle drawn on a page becomes a door when overlaid on top a matching frame, and items and characters are allowed to move between worlds when those connections are made. Players must navigate a series of layered images, moving and manipulating them in unusual ways to progress the story. It’s become an obsession of a sort, a delicious drink that I’ve been sipping at all week as not to waste it. But when it dropped I was out and about, so I bought it on my phone. Gorogoa is, of course, available across multiple platforms including Steam. Though there were a few, rare moments where frustration blemished the ride, the game is so authentically unique, beautifully illustrated and wonderfully scored, that it’s impossible to not be enamoured by its potent, singular vision.With a double tap on your smart phone, Gorogoa will blow up any of the four images for you to inspect it. Gorogoa is a tremendously designed puzzle experience that rewards creative, out-of-the-box thinking. There’s not a moment in the game that feels superfluous. It’s a lean experience that isn’t weighed down by any filler every aspect of each puzzle has been meticulously designed, and thankfully it’s consistently imaginative and mind-bendingly rewarding. It’s worth noting that Gorogoa is a fairly short game, clocking in at around the three hour mark. Admittedly, it’s a tough balancing act to nail - accessibility vs challenge - and for the majority of the time, Gorogoa is pitched just right. Maybe this issue is on me (I’m by no means a puzzle savant), but some kind of optional help system could have benefited the game, particularly in some of the multifaceted puzzles that crop up in the game’s latter half. As is the nature of puzzle experiences like these, there were a few points where I just couldn’t for the life of me figure out how to progress. That said, there were a few moments that did wile away my patience. Trying to join the game’s opaque dots can be a challenge, but once it clicks, these ingenious junctures lead to some of the most satisfying, creative and memorable “eureka” moments I’ve had in a puzzle game this year. The title’s gorgeous art feels like it’s been plucked directly from semi-surreal dreamscapes, and it’s jaw-dropping how these images often fold back in on one another, resulting in a few head-scratching feelings of deja vous. Further still, much of the artwork interconnects in consistently surprising ways, a little like an interactive MC Escher lithograph. Thankfully, there are subtle environmental clues scattered throughout the game’s gorgeous artistic design, which helps steer players in the right direction without feeling like the game is playing itself. So, with that in mind, I’ll try to paint with broad brush-strokes to give you a flavour of what to expect.įor the most part, many of the puzzles require a degree of trial-and-error to begin figuring out what the game wants you to do. In regards to the core puzzles, going into too much detail would fall into spoiler territory (the less you know about them, the more impactful they will inevitably be). Manipulating the various panels creates new pictures, which ultimately progresses the game’s minimalist narrative and moves players onto the next riddle-esque conundrum. ![]() Clicking on some parts of the tiles zooms in your perspective, some tiles can be stacked one on top of another, while others can even be combined together. Indie puzzler Gorogoa is one such game - it really is an authentically unique experience from top to bottom.ĭesigned, developed and illustrated by Jason Roberts, Gorogoa is an achingly beautiful hand-drawn set of wordless brain-teasers that tasks players with interacting with four images on a tile-based grid, in their bid to solve mysterious, oblique puzzles. Sure, lots of elements of many games can indeed be dubbed ‘unique’, however, it’s incredibly rare for a title to be built from the ground up, laser-focused on the notion of being the ol’ ‘u’ word. The buzzword ‘unique’ is bandied about a whole lot in video game criticism. Reviews // 5th Jan 2018 - 5 years ago // By Dylan Chaundy Gorogoa Review ![]()
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