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Stunning art.

I kinda like it!

It really reminds me of Monument Valley but instead 2D and have an art style akin to those kids' picture storybook from like the early 2000s or something. And even the story itself is also kinda telling that it is "made for kids". You get to relive a lot of the old man's major parts of life through witnessing random stuff and somehow reminiscing it to an old memory that the guy had went through. Though, I gotta say, there's nothing much of a "wow" factor in this particularly short story tbh. No plot twists, no extravagant plot, and it pretty much has a predictable story progression that ends with a bit of a bittersweet ending. Which, again, is fitting for the "kids storybook" theme that I guess they were kinda going for.

Gameplay, on the other hand, is rather "simplistic", I would say. I liked the core gameplay that this game has to offer whereby you basically point and click to connect different parts of the "lands" so that your character can move similar to that of monument valley where you connect platforms through "optical illusions", if you get what I mean. And though that this a rather short game, there is some diversity in this. Like, how there are moments where you have to move around a flock of sheep that would otherwise block your path (which does get kinda tricky but nothing really that hard, for me, at least). There are also somewhat of a "quick time event" where you get on a vehicle and kinda have to quickly connect the different lands to move faster… I guess? But, all in all, it does feel entertaining throughout my playthrough of this rather short game.

So, would I recommend it? Well, if you're the type of person who likes a very, very simple puzzle game similar to monument valley but make it REALLY short and not that complex, want a game that has a very interesting art style akin to that of a storybook, or perhaps a family-friendly game for kids or something, then maybe this game is for you!

Visual and audio design of Old Man's Journey is impeccable. Story is beautiful but sad. Though gameplay mechanics could have been more diverse, the game is short enough to stay interesting for entire playthrough.