The Librarian

Jogo bem curtinho... Uma historinha tensa até o final... Bom game..

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Fun, short game from a great developer. Get the whole bundle for best value!

Beautiful, short, and smart.

Неплохая игра для холодного зимнего или осеннего вечера, словила от неё вайбы темной академии. Мы попадаем в библиотеку и постепенно продвигаемся по этажам, пока не доходим до самого верхнего. В процессе мне понравилось, но сейчас думаю, что игру недокрутили. Во-первых, просто хочется длиннее. Во-вторых, куча мистических предметов, насчёт которых непонятно, как они попали в это место, вроде чьего-то скелета. Лора хотелось бы больше, понимаете? Мы по ходу игры просто движемся по локации, нам не объясняют в этом мире вообще ничего. Может, для кого-то это плюс. Может, нет смысла просить от короткой игры большего. Что есть, то есть.

Hace no mucho que descubrí las obras de Octavi Navarro. No conozco mucho de su trayectoria, pero sí que he podido comprobar que su arte con el pixel es embriagador. Y si hay un género al que el pixel art le queda como un guante es el de las aventuras gráficas. Esta es una pequeña muestra gratuita de todo esto, el mimo con el que Octavi crea pequeñitas joyas que, si bien no redefinen ni revolucionan el género, ayudan a recordar (sobre todo a los que ya tenemos una edad) que el videojuego es arte y que es algo que se puede demostrar en diversos formas, tamaños y contextos.

[ENG] I purchased The Librarian because I was interested in the author's work, having played The Supper, which is available for free on Steam and which I found genuinely engaging for the way it manages to tell a compelling story in a short short short amount of time. Unfortunately, The Librarian left me disappointed. I struggle to consider it a proper game: player interaction is extremely limited, and the experience ends before it has a chance to develop a real story. Personally, I would have preferred the opposite arrangement: playing The Librarian for free and paying for The Supper. I do not question the effort or creativity behind the project but I do not feel that The Librarian justifies its price. That said, I have still chosen to mark this review as "Recommended." Not because the experience itself convinced me, but because I believe the author has demonstrated talent and creativity. I see this recommendation more as encouragement to keep creating than as an endorsement of this particular title. [ITA] Ho acquistato The Librarian incuriosita dall'autore, avendo già giocato a The Supper, che è disponibile gratuitamente su Steam e che ho trovato davvero interessante, sia per atmosfera che per capacità di raccontare una storia nonostante la brevità. Proprio per questo, purtroppo, The Librarian mi ha lasciata delusa. Faccio fatica a considerarlo un vero e proprio gioco: l'interazione è molto limitata e l'esperienza si conclude prima di riuscire a sviluppare idee o storie. Personalmente, avrei preferito la situazione opposta: giocare gratuitamente The Librarian come breve esperienza introduttiva per questo mondo dark-fantasy e pagare per The Supper. Non metto in dubbio l'impegno e la creatività dietro entrambi i progetti, ma per contenuti e livello di coinvolgimento non ritengo che il prezzo di The Librarian sia giustificato. Detto questo, scelgo comunque di consigliare questo gioco. Non perché l'esperienza mi abbia convinta, ma perché credo che l'autore abbia dimostrato con altri lavori di avere talento e idee interessanti. Considero questo più un incoraggiamento a continuare a creare che una promozione del titolo in sé. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1171370/The_Supper

Respectfully, if you've watched the trailer you have seen almost the entire game. It does say this is a short game in the description, but I didn't realise that really does mean absolutely bite-size. Start to finish it's maybe 20 minutes of gameplay max so take that into consideration before purchase. The puzzles are /extremely/ simple, even so far as point and click slot-tool-into-space-with-obvious-missing-thing go, and I was genuinely surprised when it hit the final scene and...that was it. Good things about the game: the sound track, the character design.

This game catches your interest right away, I wish it was longer! The puzzles themselves are very easy. It was enjoyable to play.