The Land Of Lamia

The game just doesn't feel rewarding enough to justify the frustrating controls. Upon finishing a puzzle I'm more apt to say "bleh, glad I don't have to do that again" rather than, "wow, I wonder how I can do that better next time!" In other words, it's not fun at all.

Short puzzle game but not a very good one. There's no audio to speak of, the visuals are boring, and I found the games mechanic of controlling two characters while one is constantly outpacing the other more frustrating than fun. I wouldn't recommend it at any price.

A promising game. The visuals are very nice, and create an intriguing and whimsical world. Gameplay: In each chapter, you have to explore the level and read the page of a book to find hints and discover how to progress. The enigmas, so far, are well done. I wrote some notes on paper to solve one of them and to find the solution was really satisfying. You also have to move the characters to accomplish certain tasks. The two children always move together, at a different speed. The girl moves faster, but if you press shift, this is the boy who becomes faster. That takes a little patience to control them, particularly in the first chapter where they must walk on a long curvy path, but once we are used to the controls, that's o.k. I look forward to discover more about this world. At this moment, there are three chapters, with more to come.

Just finished this little game, only took about an hour (though it took 4 hrs to get all the cards xD). The concepts are there, and the developer sounds like he has the right idea for making the game, but it feels unfinished. The developer has said he plans on finishing it if he can get the time and/or funds, but at this point it’s more of a demo than a full game. I still enjoyed it and the puzzles were satisfying, I’d say give it a shot if you can get it on sale.

Creative but let down by awful camera angles, terrible controls and finicky puzzles. The characters, Thomas and Lily, weird me out quite a bit but I genuinely like the setting, mystery and art style in the book pages. It's a shame the game was never fully finished. There are only three chapters with gameplay (a maze, matching game and jumping puzzle) which take approximately one hour. I got very frustrated trying to line up the characters, there's only one control to move both of them and they move at different paces so you're constantly juggling and playing catch up.

Controls are brutal to master, the learning curve is incredibly high to figure out just how to control the characters. You control BOTH characters at the same time and one moves faster then the other. This is really tedious considering that you are trying to manipulate them down a narrow and twisting path and one continuously moves off the path.

Okay so there is a maze in this game where you are a kid with a blue backwards hat. You seem to be guiding some devil girl and if you step off the path, you turn to stone. I haven't figured it out yet but seems interesting. THIS GAME IS A WORK OF ART!!! The design style of this game is colorful and playful. The developers put a lot of thought into this. I won this game in a contest from a Steam group, but if I heard of it before, I would have paid money. I'm snuggled on the loveseat right now and am playing my way through!

[h1]Review in English/Spanish Análisis en Inglés y Español:[/h1] [h1] English: [/h1] At first glance The Land of Lamia looks endearing but the controls are complicated, hard and will test your patience. I wouldn’t recommend this game, the good visuals don’t make up for getting annoyed and frustrated with everything else. [h1] Español: [/h1] A primera vista parece un juego tierno y bonito hasta que empiezas a jugar y te tropiezas con los terribles controles. Usualmente soy una persona calmada y tranquila, pero Land of Lamia rebaso los límites de mi paciencia y literalmente estaba gritando al monitor por la frustración. No lo recomiendo, la buena dirección de arte no justifica el mal rato que hace pasar.

Mistérios e monstros.. Crianças e meio terror, impossível não lembrar do filme antigo A casa monstro, game vai na mesma vibe de crianças curiosas querendo saber mais e tendo que passar por alguns desafios para terem as paginas dos seu conto. Um game simples e carismático, com dois personagens bem simpáticos.

Finished this game in an hour, "short story driven puzzle game" is an understatement. After trying the first puzzle several times I gave up and moved on to the next one because it relies on simply getting through the maze quickly and not stepping off the path. I enjoyed the challenge of the second and third puzzles but there is so much missing in this game. Like an ending. Like a story. Particularly when the whole game is based off of being stuck in a story book. I loved the look of this game and you can get used to the mechanics of Lily and Thomas, but you have to figure out a lot for your own. Also this game is more like a demo than an actual game, with the player unlikely to want to repeat any of the puzzles. Only buy this game if it is on sale (what I did) and enjoy the hour you will spend on it.