Bokida - Heartfelt Reunion

This is a game that could have been great if there had been a map, but it is merely good without it. Apparently there is a map room, but I never found it! The world is huge and I went through it twice and completed 98%. Don't know where the rest is! I completed the epilogue and tried to find more, but was unsuccessful. Graphics are minimal with a very pallid monochrome world with flashes of colour when you completed a monolith. Be aware that it is very hard on the eyes!! Along your journey, you come across various collectables such as steles which relate the story of The Way and the downfall of an ancient civilisation. I found only half of the 76 of them. There are also echoes (black spots) - I found 60 of the 67. The redeeming factor is that you can glide around and if you climb a mountain, you will have a birds eye view of the world. That was the fun part. Being a scavenger hunt, you have to climb every mountain, ford every stream, follow every rainbow....oops...er...go down every rabbit hole and building. You can build, cut, push, clean and fade things along the way. WASD was my best friend. There are minimal instructions and I didn't know I had to collect things, so I had to start all over again, so I wasn't a happy Vegemite!! Many reviewers say that the game has a zen factor. It certainly has an ethereal feel about it with tinkling music in the background. It is a calm sedate game with no fighting in it. Puzzles were very easy. Buy in the June sale. Some of the achievements were ridiculous! 7.5/10

a visually and musically stunning game with some interesting puzzle mechanics that i struggle to recommend, especially at full price. the problem is down to one thing for me - the game world is simply too large for how little there is in it. there's only a few puzzle locations which are separated by large distances, and in between the only thing to do is pick up a scattered collectable and read some proverbs. while the game is visually stunning, it's not detailed at the player level, so you're traversing large distances of flat white surfaces a lot of the time. the game doesn't really tell you where to go or what to do, which would be fine if the world wasn't so big you're left wandering this empty space aimlessly. initially the exploration was fun, but within half an hour i was just getting frustrated. a pity, because it looks so good, and it's got some good ideas. as it stands, at a super deep discount, it would only be a cautious recommendation.

The non-linear story is wonderful. Seriously, try to read as many of the placards as possible. The puzzles are not incredibly difficult and the chill of the game is well put together. Music is on point. Though, I'll admit they got a bit repetitive when I was stuck in some areas. I will say, I appreciated collecting all the 67 echoes. Thought the "final puzzle" was clever. Also, the map is HUGE, but if you practice the mechanics of the game, you'll get to zipping around in no time. You get exactly what the game promises and that's just neat. Wish the developers would come together to make another game at some point.

[b] 12小时，黑块全收集。一些无聊的成就没有做。全收集已经很要命了，等哪天闲得没事干再考虑做。 [/b] 首先，这是一个很休闲的游戏，你只需要听着音乐，随意探索就可以了。游戏地图很大，可以在平地上立起万丈方柱，然后纵深一跃，加速飞行，饱览森林，群峰，宫殿等景象，途中有时会遇到黑块（echo），那收集便可。 令我印象深刻的，是攀登浮岛的经历。浮岛位于沟壑的正上方，一个很高的位置。若想登上它，需要不断地搭建方格，直到快与岛底平齐，再用方格助力，飞到浮岛顶端的围墙内，这样才不会掉下来。除了需要克服恐高的问题，还需要考虑游戏一个微妙的设定。在已跳上去、继续搭建方柱时，如果准心偏移方格的正上面的话，会在方格的侧面建成方格，一直点击建造则会在侧面建立额外的方柱。这时如果不调整位置就会踩空。而如果你不调整，继续点击建造的话，会在踩空的瞬间，由于准心的偏移，在最上方方格的侧面建造一个方格，刚好接住你。这在浮岛高空上，相当地惊险。 而游戏最刺激的，是寻找最后一个黑块。地图上显示最后一个黑块就在浮岛里，在浮岛内部我找了很久没找到，所以只能在它的锥部碰运气。我需要像登山员下山一样，一边放方块向右移动，一边加速拉进与锥面的距离。虽然不需要考虑踩空的设定，但要瞄准方块的位置加速，稍有不慎，还是会自由落体。最后在螺旋地毯式的搜查下，在锥面中部一处缺口找到了这个黑块。 游戏的缺点也很明显： ① 地图有大量的留白，建模颜色单调，很容易产生审美疲劳。 ② 黑块的数量有67个之多，其位置也很难找，后期只能依靠一张简略的、没有画出具体地形的地图来寻找。其过程太过无聊，甚至有点像做任务般的线性，我在全收集时感觉像在做《空洞骑士》里的解救46只幼虫。 ③ 部分成就非常无聊。有的要一刀破坏1000方块残砾，有的还要全阅读庄子的言论。 [hr][/hr] [b] 感觉游戏被砍了很多内容，集换卡牌里的很多场景都找不到对应。 [/b]

Bokida is a very peaceful and relaxing puzzle/exploration game with light beam puzzles and charming ambient music. The dual color scheme used throughout the game got me lost a few times, usually in the darker regions. Thankfully, the ingame world has detailed enough geography that I didn't feel like I wandered without a clue too often. Finally, I deeply enjoyed some of the visuals in this game, like the corridors of infinity or the beautiful lighting of the dark world. I didn't have high expectations for this game considering the price I bought it for (3 dollars, on sale), so I'm rather happy to say it exceeded them completely. If nothing else, Bokida is a beautiful and poignant love letter to non-duality and Tao/Taoism (referenced throughout the game). I can't think of anything I know of that better illustrates non-duality. That makes this a very unique game in my eyes. Definitely worth playing.

Can't believe how Minecraft has change

非常优美，好玩的经典游戏

A brief experience with the markings of a game with greater scope, but which falls short of this realization. You are given four physics based abilities to start, with the option to unlock more through gameplay, which all together would serve as a great foundation for a physics based puzzler. However, only two abilities are ever required for the scant number of puzzles encountered over a 100% completion playthrough. Instead, the bulk of the game is spent slowly gliding through the minimalist environment, scouting out black dots against the textureless landscape while suffering the sluggish and grating movement system. The surrounding architecture is dull and aside from player made structures, which the player is never incentivised to build, the use of contrasting colors against the starkly white environment is only ever utilized twice, making the minimalist design feel bland and underutilized. All this to say the game feels underdeveloped in many facets. Fans of games such as Antichamber, Manifold Garden or NaissanceE will recognize a lot of elements shared with Bokida - Heartfelt Reunion, and will like myself likely end up disappointed when these elements don't enrich the game in meaningful or cohesive ways.

雰囲気がとても良いです。

I originally played this when I first bought it but ended up never finishing it then. Last month I tried again and almost gave up, after a 3h session today I finished the game and I can't say I feel any "pride" or "accomplishment". The game just isn't fun. It's nice to look at in small doses, but the actual gameplay is, well, boring, uninspired and bad. Pretty much anyone that had fun with this game for more than one playthrough did so because they used the games mechanics to make their own fun... because, again, the game does not provide any. The game does look great in small doses, but an hour or so in and you start feeling like your vision is failing you. Don't buy this game if you expect a puzzle game, Don't buy it if you expect adventure! ... or a story worth a damn, or fun, or entertainment. Don't even buy it if you're expecting a walking or flying simulator. Buy it just for the world, it is pretty to look at. And maybe, if you're a game dev, buy it to see what a minimalist art style looks like when done right. And, if you're name is Willian Chyr buy it just so you can admire the way the programmers implemented portals. But otherwise, stay away from this "game". We've had a lot of really pretty and artsy puzzle games, The Witness, The Sojourn, The Talos Principle, Bokida on the other hand really shouldn't be in the puzzle category. Frankly, I have no idea in what category this game should be in. "Bad gameplay" maybe?