Navicula Meatus

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This is what happens when you mix Bernband with that alien-meat game from Last Call BBS where you have no idea how anything works and initially seems inscrutable. Navicula Meatus is pretty good but mind you, this is for the sickos.

This game is simply amazing. The atmosphere here is top notch. Every single sprite, sound and movement is used to deliever the sensation that you're in an alien, surreal and barely understandable environment and it works just perfectly. It gives you enough to always kind of know what is happening and what you're looking at, but mostly, you'll have at least some doubts, letting your immagination always run wild. The gameplay is simple and yet incredibly satisfying. Figuring out by yourself how to interact with the world, the menus etc feels rewarding exactly because no one helped you in the process and it's also why keeping things so minimalistic worked so nicely. It's not one of those mega-cryptic things that will require you to pull out a guide every two seconds. Everything is really understandable, you just need to pay a little bit of attention. The duration of the experience too is just well calibrated enough. I had a blast with this one from start to finish (and I'm sure I'll dig back in for the few last achievements I missed). Please give this one a try.

Utterly incomprehensible and unique. It's short, and presents a world that makes you want to keep exploring. My choice criticism is that [spoiler] the shield puzzle [/spoiler] may have been more difficult than it needed to be. A worthy purchase overall though.

Very neat little game. Incredibly obscure, loved just getting lost in this for a weekend and coming up with theories what it all means. Can recommend playing with a partner and arguing if that item you just got looks more like a nipple or an eyeball.

What a great game! Keep on rocking, Torgomind!