Shy Eye Labyrinth: The Incredible Mystery

I've not yet finished the game and will update once I do, but so far, it's excellent. This is a platform puzzler - I was worried because I'm not so good at the platform part of that combo, but 3 hours in, and I'm enjoying that part as much as the puzzles. And the puzzles are A+ so far - start out easy, and get much more difficult. There's also an intriguing story attached as you sort through the memories you run across and try to figure out exactly what is going on.

"Completing levels grants you the option to try your best in time challenges, which will prove if you are worthy of ascension." Ok. Credit to the developers, they do say on the store page, briefly, that the time trials are required to complete the game. It's my fault that I didn't notice that, and I made it through the first batch of 3 time trials. You know what they don't say though? That there's another, long level after that, which you do not have the option to try outside of a time trial environment, with a timer that is not particularly lax. Any failure can be catastrophic in that level as you can easily lose multiple minutes of progress with a single mistake, costing you the run. You also have to solve puzzles during the level, so you end up wasting a bunch of time figuring out what you need to do, and then trying to memorize the sequence; on a serious attempt you have to already have every step memorized. Only people who enjoy speedrunning are going to see the end of this game....

boring gameplay

A puzzle-platformer made by a small Czech studio of four, with a greater emphasis on the platforming than the puzzles. Although it's not the prettiest game, I'd describe it as "competently made." A lot seems to have been done to make the platforming more forgiving, in a good, non-frustrating way. The game features the full suite of control customization options (which is sometimes too much to ask for smaller studios), as well the minimum of video options that you'd expect from this type of indie game. The one exception to this is FOV. The default FOV feels disorientingly narrow to me, even after having played the game to completion. An FOV slider would've been much appreciated. The game takes a minimalist approach when it comes to its visuals, especially when it comes to its user interface and set dressing. It feels like a lot of the same assets are reused throughout the game, and the environments tend to made up of a lot of these regular, geometric shapes, forming a visual style tha...