Note : Please take these game reviews with a good chunk of salt.
They are about my personal experience with a game ; yours might be very different.
Also, I have a professional interest in figuring out what works in a game and what doesn't.
I know from experience how hard they are to make !
Waw. I can't believe it's been nearly 4 years since Gorogoa was published !
I bought the game just a couple of months ago, on GOG, and finally decided to give it a try.
This is what the game looks like on my 1920x1080 laptop screen :
Mostly white, with a central square divided up into 4 smaller squares.
Muted colors. Hand drawn images.
Quite beautiful and artsy.
The game mechanic consists of separating images into layers, and recombining those layers,
but in a different way. You can also slide images around, and zoom in and out.
Definitely different and clever.
There's a story (I think).
The game has 6 short chapters, and each chapter ends when you have
found a 'colored fruit'.
So. What did I think about Gorogoa ?
The game is hard to describe. It's beautiful. It's different. It's clever.
But is it a puzzle game ?
I'm not really sure how to answer that question ...
I think that perhaps this game can best be described by comparing it to the Amanita Design games
(Samorost, Botanicula, ...).
I have a feelng that if you like those, you will also like Gorogoa.
Did I enjoy playing it ?
Not really (I gave up 2 times after trying to get through chapter 3) ...
I feel sad saying that, because I really wanted to like it.
I don't feel as strongly about Gorogoa as this reviewer on Steam, but I can understand the sentiment :
