Chasing the Unseen

Love it, though it is NOT going to be for everybody.

Симулятор искание капибар на осьминоге) 50 капибар из 50

Gorgeous, haunting, esoteric. Unfortunately the most impressive moments are all in the first couple of levels - that's not to say that what follows is bad, it's just not as exciting as the big creature stuff. I like the uncompromising design of the worlds. That being said, the coconut dog collectathon is a little grating if you decide to go for them all.

one of greatests games i've played on my life, it has huge impact on peoples's lives, it teachs a lot while enjoying game. Freedom/mind control at finest.

Cool atmosphere and a relaxed but engaging experience. Love the sense of scale. What you see is basically what you get but there's nothing wrong with that.

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Игра красивая, атмосфера, масштаб и музыка завораживают. НО больше в игре ничего и нет... Управление странное: то персонаж несется и прыгает на большую высоту, то не может забраться и соскальзывает с пригорка. Запутанные лабиринты с тупиками, затянутое перемещение по уровню. Причем уровни довольно однообразны, и не всегда понятно, был ты тут уже, или нет.

I wish I could give this game a mixed review, because it deserves it in its current state. But with more polish it could be a genuine recommendation, so I'll be hopeful. When the game is at its best, it's genuinely interesting, platforming around surreal dream levels and grabbing onto massive creatures. But just because something is a surreal dream, it doesn't mean it shouldn't also be a fun level, and a lot of these are too undirected to enjoy much. It's unclear too often where to go, which leads to leaning on the navigation guide every few steps, taking away from the exploration. Not only that, but levels are almost entirely just rock formations. You can climb on things, but most levels have no climbable surfaces, so it's entirely platforming with an ungraceful child character. Finally, the levels are livened up with collectables, but they're truly awful. Capybaras--notably chill animals--are instead hopped up on caffeine and zoom around faster than the player, sometimes outrunning you over a minute of going in one direction. And there are way too many of these--one level has 50! So that's a lot of negatives. I do genuinely enjoy the atmosphere and some of the level mechanics--the one where platforms explode out when you're near was a highlight. It's also not very long, which has pros and cons. If the levels can be spruced up with some more direction and the capybaras given a chill pill (or at least turned into rabbits) then I think this game is worth the time. Otherwise, maybe give it a miss for now.