Planet of Lana

The graphics and music are absolutely gorgeous and make for a captivating athmosphere which I would say is the main point of playing this game. The story is relatively predictable but still really sweet. The puzzles are mostly simple and straightforward. A few were a bit harder and some of those harder ones were frustrating because the clues to what you were even supposed to do didn't stand out quite enough imo. But it isn't really a game you play for the puzzles anyway, so I just looked up a guide the two or three times that I got stuck and moved on. One thing that is missing is a gamma setting. The game is very, very dark at times and I could barely see enough to continue because I have an old monitor and sit quite a bit away from it. If you have any vision issues this is probably not a good game for you with that setting missing. I didn't rush and finished the story in a little under 6 hours. It's not really a game I'd personally play twice in a row but I might replay it in a few months/years to find all the secrets. I paid 5.99€ on sale and for that price it's more than worth it. Especially given that it was made by a super small team of around 20 people, I'm very satisfied with it. I could see it as a good game to get older kids (if they're not scared by the robots or the dark areas) or elderly parents (if they have a monitor with good brightness-settings) into gaming. You might want to turn off the quick time events in the accessibility settings though.

Очень атмосферная игра, с хорошим музыкальным сопровождением и с интересной подачей сюжета.

Joli jeu tres poetique

I really enjoyed this one. They made Mui so damn cute it hurts my heart. The game feels slow at the start but you do get used to the pace and become immersed in the scenery. The artwork is beautiful and the OST is also great. There's one song included that has English lyrics but I didn't think it felt out of place - it was a really pretty moment. The main goal is to reach your sister by solving puzzles and using stealth to avoid the robots. There's a lot of walking. There are hidden shrines dotted throughout for something to "collect". I could find six by myself but the other four I needed help because some of the locations didn't feel intuitive. Now... the deathless achievement. This achievement doesn't suit the game at all. Yes, there are platforms to jump across and moments where you need to get your timing exact. And yes, I get the idea behind it: "can you survive and not get caught at all?" But Planet of Lana is too atmospheric and its movement too slow for a deathless challenge to be fun. You can't skip the cutscenes in subsequent playthroughs and the whole story is around three and a half hours of careful, calculated progression. If you rush, chances are you will die. I did my first attempt to just learn which parts would be trickier. Then in my second attempt I found myself getting impatient and rushing to my death, so I scrapped that run. The problem is that it's easy enough to make a slight error of movement which leads you to getting caught by a robot, or zapped by electricity, or something like that. The worst one for me was missing a jump in Chapter 9 where I swear I would usually make the ledge. The game just decided to cut my jump short. No, maybe the worst one was when I was on a lift in Chapter 10; I went to pet Mui and it glitched, so we both flew in the air and Mui died upon landing. I could only stare at my screen in disbelief after that one. So in my third attempt I actually didn't unlock the deathless achievement 100% legitimately, i.e. Chapter 1 all the way to Chapter 13 flawless. I replayed the specific chapters cleanly, after those deaths I mentioned. I wasn't prepared to start from the very beginning all over again. And I feel like I know the game well enough now for that achievement to be earned. But I digress. I would definitely recommend Planet of Lana, as long as it's on sale! If you like cinematic-type games where the gameplay isn't necessarily the highlight, you'll like this too.

Amazing from start to end. Highly recommended. you wont regret playing it.

Great game

Wow, I loved pretty much everything about this game! I can't even come up with any negative criticism, it's just really well polished. It's a fairly simple story, but they've somehow woven this richly detailed world-building and deep characterization around it, without even using any readable text. I found it very immersive, and felt emotionally invested in the characters. I pet Mui a lot, especially endgame. There's a lot of heart in this game... The action and emotion are all really well paced, tense at times, but overall it's a feel-good vibe, and I like that. The puzzles and platforming challenges both follow a nice difficulty curve that I enjoyed. There are just so many wonderful little details that really bring this world to life. It's a beautiful experience, highly recommended. I will definitely play this one again, and I'm looking forward to the sequel that just came out!