Toren

Если брать по скидке, то этой, проходимой за 2 часа приключенческой игре, можно простить её неудобное управление (то героиня идёт туда, куда смотрит камера, то туда, куда смотрит сама, то куда-то вообще непонятно куда), и живущую своей жизнью камеру, ради интересного графического оформления, и некого сюжета. Почему-то игру называют головоломкой, но головоломкости в ней не так много, а повторяющиеся моменты со сдуванием вообще напрягают, будто бы специально растягивая игру. Ещё я не понял смысл снаряжения, можно найти кольчугу, которая должна защищать (по описанию) от маленьких врагов, но она не защищает, и ещё можно найти маску, которая должна защищать от магических атак, но никаких магических атак нет, помимо атаки дракона, от которой защищает меч.

Game de Produção BR... Joguinho bacana, bem simples e com gráficos estilizados, recomendo em promoção pois o mesmo é bem curto, zerei em 8 horas, fazendo todas as conquistas, que são bem fáceis. A história é bacana mas não cativa, me incomodou duas coisas, primeiro o processamento elevadíssimo em certos momentos do jogo, sem explicação aparente e segundo a movimentação da personagem que é bem ruim, dá pra jogar sem problemas, mas é visível a limitação. Recomendo, mas jogue sem muitas expectativas, pra completar 100% (platinar) é muito fácil.

A strange, simple story about restoring the old troubles in a world that can no longer handle the new apocalypse.

Annoying game breaking bug that prevents the character from jumping. If it's been this long in this game, I doubt it'll ever get fixed.

[h1]I wouldn't say it was 'hauntingly solitary', but it is passable fun[/h1] I'll start out by saying I had some trouble with starting up. It says it 'recommends a controller', so I thought my ps4 controller would be okay. Starting the game without checking, I found the camera view was skewed so bad that most of the time I couldn't even see the main character. I had to quit back out and go to the controller menu by right clicking on the game in my library. In the controller menu I selected "Gamepad with High Precision Camera/Aim" from the controller configurator. After restarting, the camera was fixed and I was able to move the camera around with the right control stick. So I'm guessing any controller can work correctly, not just a steam controller. Which is good because no one can afford to keep buying controllers. [h2]tldr; It's true there are issues with the camera but they can be fixed with a little experimenting.[/h2] ____________________________________ Into the game proper, you'll discover it is short. There is no 'rich puzzle solving', or 'journey of learning & fulfilment', at least it didn't seem that way to me. I probably could have finished the game in under 3 hours but I had to go to chapter select as I missed a triangle, and an achievement, and had to idle AGES for the last few card drops. It's always a little sad when a game's playtime is artificially extended by something as pathetic as card drops. The weirdest part of the game is probably the short segment crawling around as a baby, but in addition to playing as a young girl, there are other versions of her where she is a little older, or a lot older. It doesn't really affect the gameplay though, as there isn't that much to do in the first place. There's jumping, attacking with a sword, and the action button - mostly for grabbing things or for clicking on interactions. There's a view button too but I thought it was mostly pointless. In terms of story, I think it is beautiful, vague, and quite possibly over my head. I enjoyed the imagery, but having missed the first triangle on my original playthrough I did miss a bit of story until I chapter selected to find it... after I finished the game. The fact that there are missable story segments is poor game design - it could be that the story statues need a minor tutorial guidepost to show players what they need to be looking for. In my own experience, it helps if I have the camera and controller working in the first place, and that I don't jump off the edge right from the outset. ___________________ I think if the game could have been a big bigger and beefier in terms of puzzles I might have enjoyed it more. As it is there really is only the dragon as a repeat foe for most of the game, and some mostly linear platforming. I would have liked the mythology of the tower Toren, the sun and moon and stars, and Moonchild to be a little clearer. As it is it probably needs a replay to fully understand the mythology behind it. As a unique and interesting concept I recommend it, but in truth I am on the fence with this one.

This is a really _really_ rough indie game. The game has a really cool concept, it's a well thought out story line and has a cool world design. It's just not very polished. The graphics are an odd combination of super details and extremely sketchy--I assume there was some rushing towards the end of production. There are invisible walls/floors. The camera controls are extremely frustrating at times. If you can tolerate being a little annoyed occasionally, it's a cute way to spent a couple hours. Otherwise, sorta worth missing.

Sendo bem direto Toren é um jogo fraco. Poderia dizer que ele é ruim por conta da sua época, fazem quase 10 anos, de uma período com menos jogos indies brasileiros, e uma indústria ainda embrionária, porém não é verdade. O jogo tem diversos problemas que o fator tempo não justifica, ainda mais pensando no orçamento e escopo relativamente grandes para época (e talvez até para hj). Toren apresenta diversos problemas que no período já não era pra ser aceitável, tem uma mecânica ruim, câmeras travadas e estranhas, controles péssimos, e um visual pouco interessante. O jogo é bem travado mecanicamente, não cativa, não engaja e apesar de ser curto, é maçante de jogar. A parte mais positiva de Toren é ver o quanto da indústria brasileira de Games cresceu e se desenvolveu para projetos mais criativos, cativantes e bem elaborados.

Outro game que foi um presente de um amigo, jogo muito bem recebido pela critica e não é atoa, um dos primeiros jogos a dar visão ao mercado de desenvolvedores de games Brasileiros, Toren é muito mais do que apenas um jogo, é uma obra prima dos games.