The Library of Babel

beautiful visuals, nice music, a good story, and challenging gameplay.

Gameplay can be better, but fun experience!

Unfortunately, while this game has an interesting premise, cool elements and competent art direction (in both visuals and music), the experience as a whole just doesn't deliver. My main gripe has to be that, for a game subtitled "stealth platformer journey", both the stealth and platforming are mediocre. The stealth consists of exclusively red/green light situations where you remain out of enemy sight and hide behind boxes. What defines the enemy line of sight is unclear, as they don't use laser pointers (except for snipers) or flashlights, or any other elements that might help you gauge their cone of vision. They also can't really look beyond the platform they're standing on, so you're relatively safe as long as you're not jumping to/from their platform and kind of far from them. But when you're hiding nearby, even when the hiding spot is outlined as green (safe), you can be detected leaving your cover even when they have their backs turned on you. The only clever addition to this red/green light situation are the laser drones which pass over you but only detect you if you move while they scan. It would've been interesting to see at least one ore two more variations for each enemy type, maybe with different detection ranges or vertical traversal, something to spice it up a little. The platforming isn't better, as the controls don't feel tight enough to make traversal feel satisfactory, and the jumping as a whole seems inconsistent. On sections where you have to continuously jump a bunch of times, some inputs go missing leading you to fall you your death. It's also unclear when you will or won't be able to catch some ledges, and sometimes you can't really see if there are platforms you can jump below due to how the camera works. Brief Spoilers: The final zone, where you have to dodge a bunch of traps, feels much more like a relief than a reward when you realize you don't have to do it again. Not to mention the sewer chase scenes. God. I'm not against having such hazards, but the controls and animations really aren't suitable for that kind of thing. I think it's a shame that there wasn't more made out of the inventory system and the items as a whole. Most of the items you'll find have to be combined into something else in order to progress, which is interesting, but with one or two exceptions, these work more as narrative (or literal) keys that you'll need to use in either at doors or in dialogue to advance to the next zone. It would've been interesting to see more elements typical of Metroidvanias, where you can't access an area at first but then unlock/assemble a tool that allows you to enter or traverse it by adding or adjusting to the game mechanics. The worst part is that this idea is already kind of implemented with the fog lantern, but it's only mandatory for one section and it doesn't even light up other areas. Also, some of these items could've aided in the stealth sections in order to make them more engaging. Maybe if your drone could be upgraded to generate sound at a faraway location and cause a distraction, or briefly stun an enemy you can't avoid otherwise. Finally, while I think the story has an interesting premise, I can't say much of anything is done with it. You progress from one area to the next, following in the footsteps of one character or the other, but you don't get any significant interactions or revelations from these moments. By the time the game ends, the final cutscene shows what I'd consider to be some progression, but to me it feels much more of a midway point or even first third than a conclusion.

过度的希望，自然而然地产生了极度的失望。 游戏是根据阿根廷文学巨匠豪尔赫.路易斯.博尔赫斯所创作的同名小说改编。在《Babel Library》小说中，图书馆是宇宙，宇宙由一个数目不明确的，也许是无限数的六面体回廊所构成，中央有宽大的通风井，环绕着极为低矮的栏杆。图书馆里包含了所有文字信息，包含未来的预测和所有人的传记以及所有语言的翻译，小说中体现的更多是对人生和宇宙的哲学探索。 游戏则讲述了2万年后的美索不达米亚，此时人类已经消亡殆尽，由高度智能机器人建立了秩序社会，看似非常先进但同时也保持了原始部落的传统，显得诡谲不已。此时他们不知道自己的造物主是谁，但机器人们在一个意外中发现了记载着过去与现在的书籍内容，并且因此找到保管书写未来书籍存放的图书馆，所以引起了机器人社会的极大的混乱。玩家在这里会扮演“探索者”卢多维克，在巴比伦这座城市对杀人事件进行调查，“探索者”意味着我们没有任何战斗能力，我们在广大的丛林、荒废的神殿等各种关卡里面探索，通过跳跃、趴下、躲藏等操作进行冒险，在关卡中还会有其他机器人登场，这些机器人都带着武器，我们只能通过潜行的方式和道具来回避与他们之间的战斗，最终解开图书馆不为人知的秘密与真相。

ゲームの作りが不親切。操作感が良くない。何をすればいいのかわかりにくい。梯子を上ったり下りたりする挙動がいちいちめんどくさい。世界観だけ見て購入したが続ける気になれなかった。

Molt bon joc on pots passar entre 10-15 hores de divertiment i mals de caps amb els trencaclosques i les diferents dificultats per avançar en la partida. Farà la delicia dels jugadors a qui els agrada els jocs de plataforma, búsqueda d'objectes i trencaclosques.

Chaud, de voir un soft comme celui là aussi séduisant sur la forme (DA impeccable, ambiance nickel, ost au diapason de tout cela, animations souples type dessin animé) que rebutant sur le fond. On commence plutôt bien, avec une formule aventure stealth plateforme qui fonctionne bien. Le jeu lorgne clairement du côté de Flashback et autre Oddworld, des références plus ou moins bien digérées mais la recette est assez efficace. Sauf que... The Library Of Babel va vite se diriger vers quelque chose qui ressemble bien plus à un die and retry horriblement frustrant, multipliant les séquences au timing millimétré au poil de fesse de moustique nain. Si tu veux faire ça dans un jeu, débrouille toi pour avoir un gameplay et une maniabilité inattaquable. Là, on est loin du compte. Par exemple, les développeurs n'ont pas pensé qu'on pourrait vouloir descendre d'une corniche. Du jamais vu dans un jeu de plateforme! SI on veut descendre, on va devoir grimper dessus puis se jeter dans le vide. Autant dire que quand il y a des corniches rapprochées, ça transforme certains passage insupportables là où il ne devait pas y avoir de difficulté à la base. Dans le même état d'esprit, s'accrocher aux plateformes est parfois hasardeux. Souvent ça passe, mais des fois ça passe pas si on est bien positionné. Et dans ces cas là, on ne sait jamais si ce qu'on voit est accessible ou pas. Tout ça, quand on est au calme ça passe avec quelques soupirs d'irritation, mais comme le jeu veut nous imposer une multitude de séquences où la précision est de mise, alors tout se casse la figure et faut avoir les nerfs solides! C'est pas mon cas. Les phases de furtivité, une bonne bouse des familles avec une touche d'accroupissement sur laquelle il faut rester appuyé, se cacher derrière des caisses avec une IA imprévisible qui vous one shot. Une détection = un game over. Le jeu n'est pas votre pote, il vous le montre régulièrement, d'autant qu'on n'a aucun gadget ou possibilité de faire autre chose que de passer de caisse en caisse en priant pour que l'IA ne se retourne pas sans prévenir et qu'on soit renvoyé une fois de plus à un de ces checkpoints débiles placés toujours trop loin. Bref, un jeu super traître qui vous fait les yeux doux et vous promet une bonne pipe, mais qui au final vous plante un couteau dans le dos. Alt + F4 et désinstallation. Next!

¿∞? Watch the call...tree...and leave the suffering... .

This one is a barely recommends. Its a precision platformer + an instant-kill stealth game, but the controls aren't precise and you have no vision cones. The game also has a huge interconnected metroidvania type world but no map to orient yourself. The game does seem to just...end. However, this may be a real-ending acquired at 100% completion and I have no interest in replaying some fairly frustrating levels again to find what I'm missing. All of that said, I enjoyed all of the puzzles, the gameplay was decent when it wasn't frustrating, and the story was better than average.

玩的时长不多，个人不太推荐，就平台游戏来说操作手感差了点。如果有优惠，价格合适的话可以买来试试。