![]() ![]() Your ‘play field’ is four square panels in the arrangement of a window pattern. While you may not understand much of what’s going on, or why, this is the gateway to the unique gameplay, having you click and move pieces across panels as you try and solve what you’re actually tasked with in the first place. I understood it as an offering of some sorts, but that’s what happens when a story is told in an abstract way, everyone will have their own interpretation of what they think it all means. It’s almost done in an abstract way, as a boy sees a fantastic creature in the beginning and sets out to collect five different colored fruits. Hand drawn and made as a labor of love, Gorogoa will be in the back of my mind for quite some time, even if it has its own quirks and issues along the way.įramed with a story, Gorogoa uses no dialogue or text, as it is simply animated and static images that are used to convey the narrative instead. Released late last year for PC, it’s now arrived on console for puzzler fans to enjoy. ![]() More importantly, this curious little puzzle game is a one man show, created by Jason Roberts, first shown as a demo in 2012. While I don’t think Gorogoa will go down in the history books as one of the greatest of all time, it sure does stand out in a crowded genre with its unique look, style and gameplay. Sometimes right from the beginning you know a game is going to be special, like when you rewound time the first time in Braid, or you went through a portal in Portal or you fought against the Flood for the first time in Halo. To say the puzzle genre is crowded would be an understatement, so to be noticed in the genre you need to be different in some way. Every so often you come across a game that it stands out amongst the crowd for various reasons and is memorable long after the credits roll. ![]()
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