[quote][b]First of all, a thank you to the developer who made the game available as part of the Curators Connect program. There was never any obligation on the part of the developer to play the game or to write a review about it. This review was written voluntarily and without any involvement of the developer. [/b][/quote]
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Normally I have a really hard time giving a bad rating to a game that I didn't pay anything for. And in this case, I'm somehow even more sorry since it's the developer's very first game.
But, as much as I'm sorry, no, I can't recommend the game under any circumstances. Not only for the following reasons but also because of the price, which in my opinion is significantly too high. I may be the first to write a bad review for the game, but I can well imagine that there will be one or two buyers who, after purchasing it, will see it as a “rip-off” for what it offers.
When I received the game, I looked at it briefly on an office notebook and I thought, OK, it looks pretty nice, even though it took forever to load the game and I wasn't able to use the game because of performance issues kept getting stuck and jerking. I didn't think anything of it and blamed it more or less on the notebook, even though it's not a bad one and other games work on it without any problems.
Today, on my main gaming computer, with which I can play any AAA game in the best graphics quality in 4k without any problems, things were similar with loading and area changes. After starting the game, I was afraid that my graphics card was broken because the picture was so crooked and it seemed like there were color errors. I didn't take a screenshot because, if I'm honest, I didn't want to post a screenshot like that.
You can see what I mean in the following screenshot and if you look closely, then you might know or understand what I mean.
[url] https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3074144904[/url]
[url] https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3074145072[/url]
It may be that this is intentional, but I find it really terrible and incredibly tiring to look at such pictures all the time and I can't do anything with it.
I've made the effort to actually watch and play through the entire game from start to finish but I can't find anything where I can say, well done. The pictures remind me a little of a toddler who can't paint yet. Sure, it can be a style that can be quite interesting, but then something is missing in the implementation and these disturbing color errors or whatever you want to call them shouldn't be there in my opinion. And I think, as someone else also wrote, the cats are kind of ugly. Well, they are cats that were turned into stones and you have to turn them back with a click, but after that a pretty, cute or whatever cat would have been nicer and not a cat stone. Sure, it somehow fits with the overall picture, but still...
Some of the puzzles contained in the game are not that easy and you don't always immediately understand what you are supposed to do. Since I wasn't very happy with the game anyway, I looked for a guide, which luckily exists. The guide itself is written by the developer. I find that very commendable and it is also very helpful, but I also wonder whether it is good to offer a complete solution and also with a map to find your way around. If you can't find the solution after x attempts, you'll probably use a guide to help you, but it's kind of difficult because it seems to me like you're trying to prevent people from not finishing the game and possibly getting upset about it excite. A guide with tips without a concrete solution might have been a little better. If you use the guide it is not difficult to unlock the achievements. Otherwise, things could get a little tricky.
The menu offers a few settings intended for the comfort of the game and you can choose between windowed and full-screen mode. You can also adjust the sound and effects separately. The background music is actually quite relaxed, but like everything, it's purely a matter of taste. I personally find the effects and the meowing terrible.
Unfortunately there are no settings for display or quality. The operation itself works quite well, but the view or movement of the image is a bit strange. Static but somehow shifted by the “camera angle”. I don't know how to explain this exactly. It may be that I'm now spoiled by really good HOG games and their functions.
The idea behind it and the basic concept is not bad, even if it is reminiscent of existing and well-known games in many ways.
Unfortunately, I don't have enough to be positive about it and I specifically asked a few people around me what they thought of this game. And to put it briefly and simply, the answer was unanimous: nothing. I'm really sorry.
You can find a different and definitely positive perspective on this game for example [url=https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198161853963/recommended/2528710/]here[/url]
Review date: November 14, 2023
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