Recent reviews by Flaming Monocle

Here to review this small indie title which may be a little obscure, but bear with it as I believe that if you give this strange-sounding title a shot you may well come away having laughed, cried, and having deleted image-searched NSFW fan art from your web history.

Stop reading this nonsense and go play it.

Tremendous game, writing that sublimely mimics that of the great Jules Verne without feeling like the writers doing their best FanFic. I've only been playing for three hours at the time of writing, yet I cannot wait to get back to the beginning of this game and try another 'route' around the globe!

I vaguely remember starting this game up what feels like a million years ago, scoffing at the 'gameplay' and then decided to close the game. Right after I finish this level.

Oh, I finished all the levels. Well, can't hurt to try and do some of them again...

I'll be down for dinner in just a sec...

UPDATE - it's some time in November of 2022 and I accidentally quit the game. I haven't eaten in many days. Finally I can go outside and feel the sun on my skin and breathe real air again... Just as soon as I've finished this level.

Just pay for it and open the executable. You'll be glad you did.

Edit: Just awarded it my GOTY nomination for the Steam Awards, too. Now re-read the first line.

Good thing I'm such a peaceful person, otherwise this game might have had fun in it. ಠ_ರೃ

It's true. Not even fun in the 'so bad it's good' way. It technically works, but that's really about it. ಠ_ರೃ

I think it's meant to be a psychological horror game, but what we end up with is a mish-mash of terribly-rendered assets, controls straight from the worst ice level of the worst 2D platformer you can think of, and a host of mini games that aren't executed well at all.

Bonus points for a solid attempt, but there's nothing but a tremendous sense of irritation, followed by boredom here.

But if you must play it:
- Keep obtaining oxygen tanks until the game returns the drone to the ship for you.
- The puzzle to reroute the engines is achieved through constant trial and error only. I suggest paper and pencil.
- The stealth portion is best completed by running as fast and loudly as possible.

...that's as far as I got before I noped out through boredom. Maybe you'll last longer?

Even with the cost of entry being free, this game isn't even together enough to give you the satisfaction of 15 minutes of gameplay.

I mean it, it's not even fun in the 'so bad it's good' kind of way.

15 Minutes was enough for me to uninstall the game. Great concept, reminded me a lot of Fantavision for the PS2 - but the music was so cacophonous that I was driven to distraction.

If you're any way musically-inclined you may wish to steer clear, but if you're in it for the puzzles, just mute the game and play the game without the tunes - it doesn't suffer for it.

Lots of positive reviews here - I'll be honest this is a 'slightly positive' one from me, possibly since I have a lot of other rhythm based games I'd rather play, but this game stands up technically - and the difficulty curve is pretty brutal, but once you're into it I can see finishing it rather quickly. One thing I'm not so fond of is the fact that as you progress through 8 levels of one difficulty on one 'genre' - you hear the same soundtrack over and over again, which gets pretty old pretty fast.

Overall probably worth your $5 (at the time of writing).