Boinihi: The Ki Codex

This is a remarkable game. I've played other Black Cube games so was familiar with a part of the back lore. Boinihi took me a little while to embrace. At first, it felt slow and the interface is a bit awkward at times. I kept wandering in a circle. But, the art is interesting (Asian themes), the voice acting easy to listen to, and the music is a beautiful score by Yazorius. Finally, I effected a change and I became totally captivated. Time stood still for me as I worked through each challenge that was presented and it took me more hours than I like to admit to work through it all. The game involves travel between 4 islands, interacting with the 'ghost' of Boinihi, and learning about the history and horticulture of the planet/moon. The plant gathering became more than an exercise as you translate the Codex and begin brewing and distilling. The attention to detail, on all levels, by Simon Mesnard, is simply unbelievable. I especially enjoyed the embedded bonus videos that provide some ...

[i]A beautiful Sci-fi puzzle game with a relaxing pace and a deep story.[/i] Boinihi is the fifth opus in the Black Cube series but the first one to be played at the 3rd person. It has an hybrid gameplay where we control the main character movements with the keyboard while the exploration of the screen is done with the mouse as in traditional adventure games (left-click to interact with an item, right-click to open/close the inventory). Pressing the F key also highlights any clickable items on the screen. We start the game without knowing anything, only to understand that we play as a lone astronaut who just landed onto an unknown moon, and that he will have to explore it to uncover and understand its secrets. The astronaut movements feel a bit clunky at first and the interface needs a bit of time to understand it, but after some getting used to, we are free to roam through 4 beautiful worlds that clearly have some Asian inspiration in their design. Paying attention to details, r...

Another "really want to like it but..." It's just not really grabbing me. Coming into the series part way through might not help, althoughI can work around gaps in my knowledge of what had gone before. But the game, I'm just not finding it all that interesting or fun to play.

The game is so fascinating with really good story and quite good mechanism. I really enjoy playing it. I recommend the game to anyone that likes mystery and entertaining game. The puzzles are sometimes quite hard to beat, but if you concentrate and play the game, listen, read notes etc. the story revolves easier and puzzles are solved easier. Nice work!

Boïnihi is a marvelous journey. A discovery. An initiation. Boïnihi is without a doubt the most accessible of the games in the Black Cubes saga. And like every previous opus, it can be played without having played the other opuses. The Black Cubes is the most opened and interactive game's series ever, which can be done in the order you want: over the finished games, the player gradually reconstructs the backdrop that serves as the universe, and can then return to the titles previously played with the newly acquired knowledge of this world if he wants to understand more details. No matter which opus you start or end, therefore, the canvas ends up revealing all its riches. Boïnihi is, of course, the last game created in the saga, but it is still probably the best to start the adventure, while offering to the previous players the last piece of puzzle that leads the Black Cubes in a pure apotheosis. Boïnihi is a cult game that has become essential to the series since it was released....