Recent reviews by mr_e_s

I recommend this game to anyone with a friend or two, and a love for solving puzzles however the hell they deem fit. This game, and the Trine series at large, have a wonderful take on solving puzzles, which is one of a surprisingly freeing laissez faire, they leave you an entire kit of tools at your disposal, and ask you to use them as you see fit, and as a result me and my good friend broke a lot of the puzzles in what were clearly unintended solutions, having a blast doing so.

This game is also rocking the pretty in a big bad way, if you're anything like me, you'll find yourself stopping at various points just to admire the scenery or the unusual flora and fauna that populate it. Even the things that really aren't there to be interacted with at all have a certain care in their design you rarely see even in large budget games.

Two things though, this game is short, shorter feeling than the others in the series, even, so if you're looknig for 60 hours, this isn't for you, and it ended abruptly and unsatisfyingly, leaving it feeling like half a game. I get the feeling there was the intention to do more, but it got held over for another game, These are pretty bad sticking points, but they don't make the overall product not a worthwhile experience.

I feel I should also address the 3D perspective issue that a lot of people seem to have. Some of the anger I've seen over this I feel can be attested to just the series deviating from it's expected status quo by eschewing the 2D puzzle feel, and I didn't consider it much harder to control, and never really felt myself losing grip on where I was in the depth of field, but I could see a genuine case being made against it, as occasionally there were some frustrating moments with sliding something onto a switch or panel in three-dimensional space. It allowed for the inclusion of some pretty cool puzzles as well though, like moving Zoya's rope around posts and the like to tie things together, and still felt mostly very well thought out.

Overall even though it has it's problems and it just kind of ends, I still had a really good time playing, and I wouldn't want to rob anyone of that by not recommending it.