Pneuma: Breath of Life

This narrative puzzle game is not bad at all, but its incredibly poor value comes from overpricing. The game is decent. Its gameplay is decent, the puzzles are decent, the idea behind perspective mechanics is decent, the experience is decent and the story is decent. Everything is just positively decent. It is suited well for people who enjoy soft puzzles and narrative adventures. However, excluding the idle times, I was able to beat this game in around 3 hours. That is when that decent experience becomes poor value with its $20 price tag. If this was around $6, I would easily recommend this. For $20, look elsewhere for better puzzle or narrative games.

Good graphics. A couple of good puzzle ideas. Didn't find any bugs. Far too short to be worth the price. In fact just a bit too long to get a refund. Backstory and narration lack are not good. There is one good idea in there, but after a good start, the development of the philosophy doesn't tie into the development of the puzzles. If you like what you see, wait until it's on at least a 50% sale. I think it might be worth half its current price.

I didn't hate this game by any means, it was moderately entertaining--but it's simply not worth $20. I beat the game in less than 2 hours, and the only reason I'm at 3 hours is because I went back to unlock a few achievements (which are incredibly tedious, by the way) and because I paused for a bit to microwave and eat some chicken nuggets. The graphics aren't bad, the ambiance is immersive enough, but the puzzles were few and VERY easy. (I found only one puzzle challenging, which probably took me 20 minutes of guesswork because there is no indication in the puzzle itself of a solution and I refuse to look up solutions online.) As someone with an academic background in philosophy, I found it mildly entertaining but mostly... meh. A few epistemological questions are raised, but no great point is made and ultimately the incessant voice-over with its face-palmingly indulgent, self-referential script is entirely irrelevant to the gameplay itself. The voice actor was great though, so there's that. All of that said, if you like pseudo-intellectual musings rambling on as you solve easy puzzles in a walking-simulator, you'll enjoy this game. If you want a game that does everything this game does, but better: Play The Talos Principle.

2015年に発売された主観視点のアクションパズルゲームだが、Portalのような急かされる要素はあまりない。 ルネサンス様式と思しき数々の建築物はとても美しく、スクショを何枚も撮らせていただいた。 ただし肝心のパズル部分は粗が目立ち、メインである視点を用いたパズルでは足りなかったのか、完成度の低い即席じみたパズルも混在している。結果、世界観で見せたいにしては統一感に欠け、中途半端になってしまっているのが残念である。 また狂言回しとして声だけの”神”が登場し、鼻につく演技で終始うるさいが、勿体ぶったわりに最後は所謂メタネタで拍子抜けする。 神とか出るくせにスケール的にはこぢんまりとして、なおかつゲームとしてのまとまりも無いので、最後に私の中に残ったものは”ルネサンスすげー！”という様式美についての感動だけだった。 というわけであまりオススメできないが、セール等で入手し何の期待もせずに無心でパズルを解く分には悪くないかもしれない｡

Velleità metanarrative, enunciate da una voce off un tantino teatrale, ci accompagneranno in questo breve viaggio attraverso puzzle egregiamente inventivi calati in una scenografia classicheggiante e splendente.

This is definitely a good game that stacks up pretty well to other games of this genre. The big problem with this game is how short it is. I would recommend this game on sale for however much you think about 2 and a half - 3 hours of gameplay is worth.

Pneuma is not a long game, so I can understand issues with the price, but I really enjoyed it over a weekend. There are some neat puzzles and interesting environments that make it stand out from games at the time. I think it still holds up decently.

Thought provoking.

This is a less than two hour game. Puzzles are pretty easy; don't expect a challenge or feeling like there's a clever solution. If this was a first game or a senior project, then kudos! Way to go! I would not recommend for $20. Perhaps wait until a sale.