By keeping things so simple, the game is able to keep our focus entirely on the joy of discovery.
It leaves the combat to speak for the story and trusts its murderer’s row of cool ideas to, well, murder players.
The reason for the lack of fanfare is because the devious designers know that avid puzzlers will supply their own delighted applause as they reach one “aha” moment after another.
The puzzles are consistently well-designed from an entertainment perspective—just hard enough to keep you busy, but clear enough that you’ll enjoy a rush of “I am so smart!” every few minutes.
Independent video-game production provides the milieu for an empathetic portrait of artistic anxiety and risk-taking in Indie Game: The Movie.
World Gone Sour is much better than any junk-food product crossover has any right to be.