The Long Return

The Long Return is a very chilly game, perfect for "lazy sunday morning". Rad colors, very nice music and scenery. Puzzles are not that hard, some are very easy, some might take you a moment. Its very fast in play so you wont get bored (different puzzles and environment). Some points (diamonds) in the game are hidden so its not just a one straight way to the point to fully complete the level. I wish there would be more worlds, maybe various skins for the main character to unlock or things to find. There is still a room for improvement and add ons, but definitely Id recommend the game. One minus is the Ice puzzle part when Its not that clear that you need to crush all the ice to get through the way ( i needed to spend points for the hint to know how to pass through an ice wall... but maybe i missed something?) Overall the "square-like" graphics and theme are very nice, im glad i found this game. C:

[url=http://store.steampowered.com/curator/32482033/]Crim's Humble Opinion Curator[/url] [h1]Achieve Perfection[/h1] The Long Return is a nice and somewhat casual puzzle game where you play a cub seeking his mother. I\Using the spirits of other animals and their memories you'll track your way there and find her. The diverse and pretty environments are a nice relaxing scene to explore. The music is fitting and relaxing. For the most part the gameplay is pretty linear and understandable. You will make your way from point A to B solving puzzles along the way. The puzzles consist of a few different type that get harder as the game goes along. There are a fair amount of sliding block puzzles; but there are also pattern puzzles, light puzzles, and a maze puzzle. It's a relatively short game with three main areas. There is a hint system and depending on how you use it typical game play may take around 2 hours to clear. However; getting all achievements is a different story, because that requires essentially perfection of the entire game. [h1]The Minor Gripes[/h1] I'll start with some of my gripes that would apply to anyone enjoying this title. There are some clipping issues here and there where you will go through some objects. The music while relaxing can be a bit repetitive depending on how long it takes you to clear a stage. The game is mostly linear, however it abandons this in the middle of the game for an area where you have to clear four puzzles found throughout the level. It's nothing terrible; but it's a bit confusing getting your bearings especially when you have been accustomed to linear stages up to this point. After this stage for the rest of the game it goes back to linear levels. Lastly for general everyone cons; the game is a bit short for the price. That being said; the rest of my gripes are for achievement hunters. If you don't care about achievements this won't bother you as much. You are expected to complete the game with perfection for all achievements. This isn't bad for the short play time and relatively simple puzzles; however there are a few hitches. You can't use hints, you can't die, there's no counter to tell you if you are missing any collectibles, once you beat a stage you can't go back to it, and last and most important in this there is no stage select. If you miss something you have to start the game over and do it all again perfectly. In the end for such a casual game it's just a bit too unforgiving. [code][h1](っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ pros ♥[/h1] +Variety of puzzles +Fitting and relaxing music +Simple and elegant areas to explore [h1](っ>▬<)っ x cons x[/h1] -Some minor clipping through objects -A bit short for the price -Jarring open exploration level compared to the rest of the linear stages -Access to achievements could use some optimization [/code] For what the title does; it does well enough. It's pretty, casual, and relaxing; but as an achievement hunter it can strike a bit of frustration. If you don't play games for achievements than it's a nice and casual experience. If you play for perfection; be prepared to prove your perfection. No matter your preference; I would recommend this game if you can get it on a good sale. 𝕀𝕗 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝔼𝕟𝕛𝕠𝕪 𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕋𝕣𝕪 https://store.steampowered.com/app/314020/Morphopolis/

A satisfying, albeit short, puzzle-solving game that focuses heavily on visuals, music and exploration. Take your little lioness on a journey to find her mother and watch her grow up along the way. Explore different areas and collect diamonds to spend on hints (if you need them) and marvel in the beauty of this saturated world. I spent some time running around trying to find ways to break the map boundaries and only managed once. It's pretty polished in that regard, besides a little clipping here and there. All in all a very good first entry for the developer breaking into the games industry. Pros: + Pleasant visuals, aesthetically pleasing. + Calming soundtrack + Varied level design + Puzzles had varying degrees of difficulty. + Overall Fun + Fluid movement / animations (-Jumping) Cons: - Jumping. It seemed a little sticky at times - I missed 1 diamond on two maps, and there are no ways to check if you're missing any before ending the level. Feelsbadman. A gem counter (10/52) would help, but also shorten gameplay significantly since exploration would be put aside. It's tricky. - Clipping, here and there, mostly on rocks you're not supposed to be on or in areas you're not supposed to go. Take that how you will. All in all it was a relaxing experience, a great time killer and a way to have my brain work on slow-mode while listening to some pretty songs. 7.5/10, A great first title. Good job Max.

I have not yet finished the game however I need to share my opinion about it. The Long Return is exactly what it is. The long awaited return of high quality puzzle games. So far I'm on the third "level" or map and I'm loving every second of it. The puzzles are easy at first and then they ramp up a little bit. With new additions to the amount of puzzles you will get a "tutorial puzzle" to ease you into that specific type of puzzle. There are no intrusive tutorials, the game takes much more of a do it yourself approach. However if you are still struggling the game provides you with the currency that you can spend on hints so called gems. I cannot express how nice it is to have them to help you out on you're journey. The way you obtain jewels is very simple. You simply pick them up from the ground, animals will drop them as you run past them and they are automatically added to your count as soon as you trigger the drop mechanism for said gems. The art style of the game is very simple yet incredibly effective. I found myself just stopping at the few points just admiring the scenery. In my opinion the colours are perfectly adjusted to each specific level however in the second level which is the frozen lake the snow can be blinding which is unfortunately a minus from me. The music... GOD LORD THE MUSIC IS GLORIOUS AND I LOVE IT. I'm not adding anything else to it. It's perfect. In the end I must say that I do recommend the game with my whole heart and I'm hoping that it will do well! PS. Fellow reddit user here, saw your post and decided to support your dream! Great game!

Great, relaxing game which will easily eat up a few hours. Easy to play, loads of puzzles which vary in difficulty. Great sound-track, very polished graphics and game-play. 10/10.

Pleasant visually, has lovely music, but overall falls a little short. Some of the puzzles are interesting but mostly they're pretty basic. A hint system is included - it requires spending gems that you find by exploring levels - but for me it went unused. As for those gems, there are achievements for collecting all of them per level. You aren't given a counter, and only find out how many there are, and if you missed any, after completing a level. This was particularly frustrating in a sprawling valley level, with a large maze in one section of it. The extra time I put into finding the ones I did went completely wasted. What made me laugh is that after that I gave up on the gems, yet managed to find them all in the next level without even trying. Controls are fine but a little wonky, when some puzzles require you to have relatively precise footing. Bafflingly, there is an option to change the camera Y inversion, but not X. Also missing from the options menu is a way to reduce or remove bloom. I spent the entirety of the second level squinting. I'd give it a neutral rating if I could. Would probably be a great game for kids of a certain age.

Beautiful but very janky. Gorgeous visuals. Great music. Solid premise. Atmospheric. But the actual gameplay is so... janky. Controls are weird in that you jump slightly [i]after[/i] pressing the jump button. This is already inexcusable for a platforming game.** I somehow died once by backtracking up a hill and touching a rock. ??? After I respawned at the top of the hill, I stepped on the platform again, but the cutscene where the platform rushes down the hill avalanche-style didn't play. So....... I just ran down the hill manually, lol. A few pieces of scenery don't have collision. There are puzzles where you walk on large ice cubes. Twice, I got to the other side successfully, but apparently not in the way the game wanted me to, so I was stuck there in front of the boundary, and had to die. The game never explains this - you have to step on every single cube, and I didn't. The puzzles inside of boxes have odd controls where the blocks move in a grid, but you can move freely. This makes it very easy to mess up the puzzles. There's a restart button sure, but still. There's fall damage but the game doesn't mention this, so you're essentially guaranteed to lose a gem. There's no way to know if you've collected everything until the screen at the end of the level. The ends of levels, and the pause menu, are written with a default font. For a game with so much natural and whimsical atmosphere, seeing a big orange box reading "Frozen River" in Arial is...... immersion-breaking. When something like a cutscene happens, it's... fine in theory, but it just... lacks something. Maybe I could describe it as watching a kid play with an action figure, rather than actually watching a superhero fly through the sky. Does that make any sense? Anyway, I gave up when I lost all my gems on one of the ice cube puzzles and can't buy any hints. I even think I've figured it out, but the controls are so stiff and janky, I can't do it! I understand it seems bad to give up on only the second level, but when the first two already have this many problems, the others will, too. Don't get it twisted -- for the developer's first ever product, this is a great step. I [b]truly hope[/b] that they keep working at it and keep improving. There's basically limitless potential in this game. They've got a lot of fundamentals down already and there's clearly a ton of artistry and heart here. Unfortunately when it comes to the nitty-gritty technical aspects, this game is still a bit [i]too[/i] beginner level to feel right recommending. ... Why does the cub have a mustache? ** To be totally fair, this could be because the game lags on my computer. But when the absolute lowest graphical setting is "Medium", ........? Some more care in optimizing this would go a long way, too.

Ce splendide jeu d’aventure et de résolution d’énigmes à la troisième personne raconte l’histoire d’un bébé puma orphelin revenant sur les traces du dernier voyage qu’il a effectué avec sa mère.

Nice relaxing game to pass time wish it was longer. cool puzzles not to hard to solve and the music is ok but i would of liked if it changed a bit as playing instead of same all the way through. Overall good game maybe 7/10 as so short. Best wait for a sale imo