Existensis

Just... wow. I'm speechless about how stunningly gorgeous this game looks, it really feels like you've encountered a treasure. This game's imagery is a pure manifestation of childhood: how you walked past shelves in a bookstore, examining covers in the fantasy corner, how you read the half-forgotten fairy tales, how you watched countless cartoons, none titles of which you could remember today. The way it evokes nostalgia is not by depicting how you lived, but rather how you was thinking, dreaming and fantasizing about great kingdoms and obscure adventures, which is pretty universal. That is the greatest achievement of solo dev Ozzie Sneddon, and I can recommend this game for anyone to feel this way alone. Essentially, it doesn't matter if gameplay-wise this game doesn't offer much, although it tries to tweak some things with little mechanics here and there, if it's too short, if the music is sometimes irritating, and if lore bits are ciphered from stupid people like me (thanks for t...

[h1] To all the people reading this, I recommend you finish the full game, explore every location in the game perceiving its beauty whilst doing so, this game is an astounding experience and exploring every region enables you to proceed even further in the lore of the game in which regard I choose not to specify so as to encourage others into experiencing a blind play-through and as to not ruin the lore. [/h1] [b] tl;dr [/b] - Quit wasting your time looking at reviews and get the bloody game already, its an absolute masterpiece. The game is an absolute masterpiece, having each area, each character hand drawn, every area resonates its own ambience, being different in its own way, every area is beautiful and very cleverly made by [b] Ozzie Sneddon [/b], each character is unique and is characterized by the developer in such a way, you wished they were real, you wished you knew them, you wish you could spend reality with them and each character, hand-crafted by [b] Ozzie Sneddon [/b] is ...

I've struggled with suicide for a while because it's difficult to find beauty in the simple things, but even I can see that this game is a simple, beautiful thing. People have written entire novels on the meaning of life, death, sorrow, peace, etc., but these characters say just as much with only a few poignant lines of dialogue. This game isn't so much a "game" as it is a narrative experience though. Stages branch off into other stages, requiring a bit of backtracking in order to complete all the routes. This can be a little tedious at times, but is the only downside to this otherwise fascinating world. The characters are vibrant and so very human, despite looking otherwise at first glance. The settings are surreal and gorgeous. The music is... odd sometimes, but ultimately sets the mood quite well. Overall, this short game is both charming and humbling. Thank you Ozzie for putting so much passion into this piece; when times get tough, I'll probably think of this experience now and...

An absolutely gorgeous, beautiful game that is well-worth exploring and playing for the art alone. Just a really pleasant, beautiful experience all around.

This game had a wonderful story, enjoyable characters, and beautiful art and music throughout. I highly recommend this game and look forward to games made by Ozzie in the future.

Here is a link to the [url=https://youtu.be/g4VnV4ONTBg]video review[/url] if you prefer to listen. In order to keep spoilers to a minimum, this is going to be a super short review. Existensis is a platforming exploration game that follows a colorful man named ‘The Mayor’ on his search for the meaning of life and death for his magnum opus, a tower that symbolizes what it means to be alive. This journey takes the Mayor down many roads, multiple times in fact; and at almost every setting he will meet other people also traveling but for their own reasons. In one timeline he will travel with one and other timelines another, leading to diverging paths. At the end of every path there is some inspiration but his opus will not be completed until every path available is traveled to its fullest. The world made by Mr. Sneddon is packed with lore and world building that I was not expecting. I only got a glimpse of it through playing this game and I am already hoping for another project of some...

A short game with a beautiful artstyle and a deep meaning made by only one person. You would do yourself a favor by playing through this game.

Astounding! Beautiful both in visuals and sounds, with a philosophical message. I am at the end of the credits, yearning for more. Can confirm, works wonderfully on Linux with Proton.

After having played Existensis repeatedly, I must say that it’s truly an amazing game: the colorful world, fantastically illustrated, wonderful music, backstory unveiling simple truths about the meaning of life that we all instinctively know, all this keeps drawing me back to the game and I can’t get enough of it. Game uses platformer concept, divided into branching levels representing diverse corners of the world of Eré, through which you guide the hero, an artist and designer seeking inspiration for his new tower construction, to unlock their secrets and progress further. Gameplay is smooth and of middle length; you need to replay some levels several times to gain access to all the following stages, but the levels are relatively short so it doesn’t get frustrating (I liked that every level had something unique in them, a mechanic or element not seen in others). Playing this was an artistic experience for me, and if you have similar inclination don’t hesitate to try it – an...

Highly annoying music, awkward game play, idiotic interactions...I admit I held out for 13 minutes before requesting a refund.