Neva

This game really uses colors well and, along with the beautiful music, creates an attractive and memorable atmosphere. If I were to rate this game, I would rate it like this: Graphics: 7.25/10 Story and Concepts: 8.75/10 Environment and Atmosphere: 10/10 Music: 9/10 Lighting: 8.5/10 Gameplay: 9/10 For me, the more I immersed myself in the game, the more I enjoyed its atmosphere. The Nomada Studio team really knows how and when to use different colors. We know that in visual games, it is the symbols, colors, shapes, etc. that convey the concept of the game, and the colors in this game convey the meaning of the atmosphere of that moment and that place. The game's graphics could have been better considering its style, but for now it is good but not great. This game is a 2D game that can give you the feeling of a 2.5D game, but very little. The soundtrack is well-made and incredibly memorable. The game's concepts and story from my perspective (spoiler alert): You play the role of a girl named Alba who fights for only one hope, Neva. Neva is a wolf that you protect at first and slowly raise, like a child who needs her parents when she is little and her parents need her when she is an adult. Colors are an important part of the game's concepts, for example: Blue: calm, peace Black: power, death Red: danger, anger Green: growth, hope, balance Pink: love etc. There is a famous proverb that says: light triumphs over darkness. Now you might be asking yourself what does this have to do with this game? The answer is: the darkness, which is our enemy in the game, constantly defeats us, takes away our hope, but in the end, there is still something to go on, whether at the beginning of the game or at the end of the first game, Neva is hope and something to go on, and then at the end, Bruma. In my opinion, this game is not a loop. A loop usually shows exactly the same events repeating from beginning to end (at least in many games). However, this game contains several small and even significant differences between its beginning and end. These differences indicate that the game is supposed to show a cycle and not a simple loop, like the passing of things from one generation to another or from parents to children. While surfing the internet, I noticed that many people have interpreted the concept of the game as a loop. Of course, this interpretation is not wrong, it is simply their own perspective. However, if the developers wanted to express the idea of ​​a cycle more clearly, I think they could have included more clues and more noticeable differences. Many people think: this is a loop, because a loop is not just two or three small events or a name change, it is no longer a loop. The real meaning of a loop is to do everything you were doing from the beginning, again, and think that you have become a different person just because of two very small events. It may not be the case for everyone, but for someone like me who has played this game and games like it, I finally understood the concept that the developers were trying to convey, although I was still a little skeptical. After reading the online discussions, I realized that my understanding was not wrong. However, I would like to say that in visual games with only a few lines of dialogue, the story is told mainly through symbols, colors, shapes, and environmental details. This naturally makes it harder to understand the story. If you get it right, congratulations, you've experienced the game the way it was intended to be experienced and there are very few unanswered questions left. However, this game is a little different because you have to think more deeply about what it's actually trying to tell you. I don't see this as a weakness or a strength of the game. Ultimately, I have to say that it was an engaging, memorable, and well-made game, and I applaud the development team for making it. The game could have conveyed the concept more easily to the player with its environment and music, but it's still worth a try. Everyone's opinion is respected and everyone has their own perspective, which is also respectable (the good thing about these types of games is that everyone gives their own opinion, but many agree and disagree with their opinion that this is the cycle of life, like the game Neva). I recommend this game.