Chants of Sennaar

Clever puzzles in a charming world. Gradually becoming better at translating the languages is satisfying.

The game gives up on it's gimmick almost entirely by act 4, and substitutes decoding from context clues for giving you fragments of text you already know and a fragment you don't. In the final act the game completely gives up and gives you the final code for solving a set of very generic puzzles.

El juego tiene unos visuales preciosos y simples que saben trasmitir emociones en cada escenario. Los puzles son muy buenos y sorprendentemente no se hace repetitivo el gameplay incluso teniendo en cuenta que el juego es mas largo de lo que parce. Además la traducción del juego es excelente lo cual es especialmente importante en un juego como este. 10/10 Te recomiendo explorar la torre de babel :P

Fun puzzle cool story game

Seriously one of the best games that I've ever played. The attention to detail, the depth of the story, and the way the languages are all constructed makes this an amazing title!

破译字符过程中一度怀疑自己是不是脑袋有问题，但不妨碍我说巴别塔是神作！

Few puzzle games manage to connect their central mechanic and their theme as perfectly as Chants of Sennaar does. The best part is obviously deciphering the languages yourself. You start with symbols that mean absolutely nothing, then slowly identify individual words, grammatical patterns, sentence structures, and eventually reach the point where something that looked completely alien half an hour ago suddenly becomes readable. That process is incredibly satisfying. The first two languages were probably my favorites. They are also the easiest, while the third, fourth, and fifth layers become progressively more difficult. I eventually had to use a little help near the end because the last couple of sections were simply too difficult for me to solve completely on my own. Still, figuring out most of the languages myself was easily the highlight of the game. What makes the game much more interesting than a simple translation puzzle, though, is how perfectly the gameplay fits its Tower of Babel inspiration. In the biblical story, humanity's shared language is divided, people become unable to understand one another, and they scatter. Chants of Sennaar takes that idea and turns misunderstanding itself into the central conflict. Different peoples live within the same tower but remain separated by language, culture, assumptions, and prejudice. As the player, you don't solve that problem by becoming stronger or defeating an enemy. You learn how everyone speaks. By understanding each group well enough to translate between them, you gradually become a bridge between cultures that have forgotten how to communicate. That's such a simple idea, but turning language learning itself into the mechanism through which you restore communication and peace is brilliant. Not a long game, but one of the most conceptually elegant puzzle games I've played. BTW I also love the art style.