Pretty amateurish. This is a platformer built around the (by this point fairly common) mechanism of switching between two planes to avoid obstacles or use platforms. In most games like this, you can see all of the relevant objects, but you will pass through stuff that's in the other plane. Not so here, instead everything in the light world is totally invisible when you're in the dark world, and vice versa. This makes any sequence longer than a single screen length (most of them) an exercise in trial and error. The only way to see hidden items is to swap, and thanks to the length of the swap cooldown, doing so will get you killed most of the time. So while the main path through the puzzles is fairly intuitive, if you want to look for secrets, or even if you just don't expect the objects to be where the devs put them, you'll have to run each puzzle multiple times. Just not very well thought out. The game also isn't as pretty as it looks in the promo material -- it just doesn't feel great...

First of all, perhaps Ori and the Blind Forest is just too good, hence the comparison. I noticed this game when it was launched on steam, first impression to me is that "The graphic is really very much a-like Ori and the Blind Forest". Could this be the next Ori that I, or we, are looking for? Then I dig into the review section, having reading a few reviews telling its different from Ori, good soundtrack, different mechanics etc, then I gave it a try on steam winter sale 2018 with 50% off. I have just played about 3 hours and making this review, may change if I proceed more. 1. The game itself is absolutely nothing like Ori except similar in art/graphic direction. 2. There is no resolution options therefore QWHD is not supported. 3. The main character animation is just not as fluent or simply odd, for example just take a look at the running animation shown as gif above, it feels like your character is skiing or sliding over the terrain than actually touching the grass with the legs 4...

It's a visually nice game and the mechanics work well, but ultimately I just found it much too frustrating and wasn't making progress fast enough. The tolerance for timing errors is so low in some sequences that, when combined with too infrequently placed respawn points during those more difficult parts, the game turned into a peculiar combination of aggravation (dying at the same spot over and over again) and tedium (playing the same sequences over and over again to get to the tricky part). I finished Ori and the Blind Forest so I know what a frustrating platformer is like, but with Ori I felt like I was able to make progress -- the hard parts always felt within reach and even as I continuously died I would usually manage to push past where I last failed (only to then die shortly after, but at least progress was being made). With Wenjia, after dying at the exact same spot for 20-30 consecutive times (each attempt taking about 30-60 seconds), I just couldn't bear it any longer and r...

the art is really good, and as a very-indie developer myself, I feel bad saying anything bad about a small game that clearly had a lot of time and love put into it, but I just didn't find this game fun. its only unique mechanic feels like a chore, rather than a joy... and everything else is very rote. the platforming physics are also clunky (momentum in particular feels poorly-handled), which is a big problem for a platformer! here are some better platformers I would recommend: * Guacamelee * Iconoclasts * INK * The Messenger * Never Alone * Rayman Legends (the only triple-A game listed here :P) * Shovel Knight (obviously) * Thomas Was Alone * Wuppo * Yoku's Island Express (pinball platformer wut??) * You Have to Win the Game (free; hard; super-retro graphics; but free!) recommendations with caveats: * BattleBlock Theatre (best played with local co-op) * Celeste (only if you like hard games) * Dustforce (also very hard; possibly harder than Celeste) * GRIS (super-casual; super-pretty...

[b]PROS:[/b] • Looks gorgeous • Great music • Low price [b]MINOR CONS:[/b] • Music cuts/resets at loading screens • I finished it in about one and a half hours, that might be too short for some people [b]VERDICT:[/b] 6,5/10 it's so darn cute If you wonder why I didn't mention anything related to gameplay: that's because there is nothing special! I bougt it just because it looked and sounded so good in the trailer - as good as Ori and the Blind Forest! An obvious influence. During a Sale it's ridiculously cheap. [h1][url= store.steampowered.com/curator/33249721/] I'm a curator now! [/url][/h1]

Found this game while looking for something similar to "Ori and the Blind Forest" - and it doesn't come any closer than this game does. Graphics are similar to Ori - some elements are practically copy-pasted - and so are the music and story. The English translation was a little shaky and I only vaguely understood the story. However, I [u] WAS [/u] looking for something like Ori, and the game really fulfilled that demand. Pro: - Extremely similar to Ori and as such: really cute to look at - Soundtrack is pleasant - Gameplay is easy and smooth - No bugs - Casual lazy Sunday afternoon entertainment Con (kind of) - Short playtime. Could be played through in 1 hrs, so depending what you're looking for this might be either perfect for you or not at all. Then again, the game is also not terribly expensive, so the short playtime was ok imho. - Gameplay is easy and smooth but does not offer a lot of features (e.g. different powers and such). However, as the game is not terribly long, it do...

This game is ~beautiful~, but the gameplay just isn't there. I really wanted to like it on the strength of its art alone, but... (in order of importance) 1) The central mechanic of switching between the "matter" and "energy" realms just doesn't come together. It's more of a chore than a joy. It basically ends up playing out as "at each screen, check both worlds to make sure you're not missing anything." 2) The pacing is bad. I'd get tired of a certain gimick long before the game would stop giving it to me and checkpoints were just a bit too far apart. Also forcing me to restart a level if I save and quit instead of restarting from last checkpoint is a frustrating miss. 3) The physics is off. Momentum suddenly 0's-out at weird times, often at the bottom of a hill. Jumps are a bit finicky. Balancing on top of moving objects of both very finicky and something the game asks you to do a lot. (Those boulders...) 4) There are English translation issues. Nothing game-breaking an...

想必大多数人都是被唯美的画风所吸引入坑的吧 ，哈哈 ！ 这游戏越往后玩越发现确实很多管卡都是神坑，很多管卡不死几次永远不下一步是什么样的设计构造。 尤其是最终管卡的逃出，基本前面的小操作都要用上而且中间没有复活点。稍稍迟钝一下就要重来。 感觉收集要素还是在熟悉地图的情况下尝试。很多地方不但需要操作还需要记忆。 游戏的画质，剧情，和独特玩法确实很新颖。 双场景的切换和搭配非常棒，也增加了游戏难度。更有挑战性。 部分场景的剧情定格感觉可以拿来做壁纸。 唯一没有想到的是自己操作的居然是一只喵（神兽）？ emmmmm 貌似是一位森林的守护者？ 貌似这游戏还有很多皮肤外观。 音乐方面也很赞即唯美又舒服。

A sweet little game with an impossible achievement - Completionists beware. Wenja is a game about a cat trying to save lost souls, or something. The story is a little awkwardly told, due to the lackluster translation, but what matters in this game lies elsewhere - namely the music and the graphic style, both of which are very well done. Movement is fluid and the game itself is very short - I was done in less than two hours. Especially the music needs some mention, because the theme song is fantastic and the piano and violin you hear throughout the game are enchanting. The gimmick of the game is switching between two worlds (backgrounds), which you need to do to solve easy puzzles, make platforms visible and so on. It works and I had no problems with the movement or progressing through the game. It is very easy for sure. However, while trying to get the rest of the achievements, I noticed something weird. There is an achievement in the game that you get when you obtain all the storie...

This game does have highlights, such as the nice visuals, music and creative platforming but there are a few issues with this game, such as: It is way too short, I was able to finish the story in just over 1 and a half hours The animation feels clunky, especially while jumping, ruining some of the platforming a little bit. Finding secrets doesn't actually do anything Overall, you'd be better off just getting Ori.