Navicula Meatus

Karl Marx

Неплохой квест с очень причудливой эстетикой, чем-то похож на Гараж, но куда меньшего масштаба. Паззлы очень простые с логической точки зрения (кроме может быть последнего), главная сложность это разобраться как работает этот мир - поэтому если вы застряли, скорее всего вы пропустили НПС или предмет, а не что-то недогоняете. На крайний случай на офф сайте есть гайд с подсказками вместо прохождений. Хоррором бы я игру не назвал - несмотря на гротеск всего, пугающих элементов почти нет. В целом, это был короткий и любопытный опыт, мне понравилось. Два замечания: 1) часть механик завязана на рандом и иногда приходится повторять одно и то же чтоб получить то что нужно. для игры длиной в 3 часа это не так страшно, но немножко заебывает 2) второе путешествие на лодке сопровождается светошоу грандиозных масштабов, при этом никаких предупреждений я не видел. эпичувствительные берегитесь

Despite the weird and grotesque visuals of the game, it's oddly comforting and "human" in the sense that you have to interact and understand the "people" in order to progress. The game doesn't hold your hand and forces you to be present and patient. With how little the game tries to explain itself, I think it's fair to have your own interpretation based on how it made you feel. I still don't know what it's about but the fact that I took the time and experienced it all feels satisfying enough. The gameplay is a "simple" in terms of the mechanics and yet I don't remember much puzzle games where I felt so accomplished and rewarded for taking the time to even understand what the game wanted me to do.

I've never felt more pleased with myself figuring out extremely basic things than I have playing Navicula Meatus. The entire atmosphere is specifically meant to feel alien and impenetrable, but uses clever context clues and subtle hints and sounds to point you in the general direction of what you're actually able to accomplish. The game oozes charm and silliness, making me childishly excited for some of most incomprehensible visual gags and musical numbers I've ever seen. Quickly, the strangeness washed over me and I was a meaty crustacean just vibing with the fellas. I went into Navicula Meatus knowing only that it is solvable, and I held tight to that hope.

just an incredible experience

I truly didn't know I needed Navicula Meatus in my life until I saw it. Now I am enriched by the Meatus.

The art style is cool and I like the idea of not being able to understand the UI. That's where the positives end though; it's pretty boring. I mean, it's not really even a puzzle game. You just go around showing your meatus to people and if they appreciate the particular meatus you have out, they will remove themselves from your path so that you can progress the game. The difficulty is pretty much solely derived from the poor graphics making it difficult to tell which meatus you need to show a particular NPC. You can get around this by just brute forcing an NPC and showing them all your items though. I think it's possible to softlock yourself too, which is not appreciated, but by the time I figured this out I was already uninterested in progressing further. The game is certainly not worth $6 but maybe souls fans who enjoy convoluted games will like this on sale.

Тисну розробнику руку, непошкодував жодної копійки. True madness. Гра побудована на вашій здібності інтуїтивно орієнтуватись в абсолютно незрозумілому сюрреалістичному світі. Девід Лінч земля йому пухом оцінив би.