Current Events > Lorelei and the Laser Eyes

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Really good puzzle game, the latest Simogo joint, the same folks who made Sayonara Wild Hearts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abx4_UzW-uc

Very much of the "you're dropped into an environment and kinda have to figure out what the puzzles even are". I suppose if I have to compare it to anything at the moment I'd compare it to The Witness first, as the story is kept very minimal, and although there is character interaction in the game, it's pretty muted: a simple scene of a character talking to you and then walking off, for example.

The aesthetic is black-and-white. The environment is a hotel in rural Germany and its immediate surrounding area. The only bits of color are "Danganronpa Pink" of the "might be paint, might be blood" variety, but there's also that same pink color in the eponymous laser eyes when they come into play.

The puzzles are varied, but at least for now they're normal brain teasers: solve this number puzzle to get a four-digit code. Get information in one place and use it in another. Interpret this document because it gives you the solution.

I suppose my only complaint so far is that the controls were purposely made too simple. It is, in fact, a one-button game. You walk around and move around with the stick/d-pad and any of the other controller buttons all do the same thing, either interact with something when you're focused on it, or open up the main menu if you're not focused on anything. This does lead to some frustration as, since it's one-button, there's no "back" button, so if I get four menus deep into the main menu, I manually have to move the highlight up to the "X" to back up, rather than just push a button for it. This also translates to certain puzzles; for example, if I'm solving a combination lock, I push the "one-button" to rotate a dial, and if I accidentally go past the number I want, I have to go all the way back around instead of just having a way to reverse direction.

To the game's credit, it goes to great lengths to keep track of things for you. Your menu records everything you've seen that is important and worth recording, although there's still value in having a pen, paper, and calculator handy.

I streamed it for three hours yesterday and got about 33% through, so this looks to be about a ten-hour game, but that'll vary depending on your puzzle skills. Things might drag out for me once I get to the nastier puzzles, but who's to say.

I'll definitely see it through and my chat convinced me to do so on stream, so we'll see how it goes.

Ive been keeping an eye on this. Glad you are enjoying it. Do you think it would be better on switch or steam?

gandalfl0 posted...

Ive been keeping an eye on this.

Eh? EHHHHHH? ;)

Do you think it would be better on switch or steam?

I think it's a wash. The game's so lo-fi it could easily run on toasters. I'm playing on Switch just because it's easier to stream that way.

Oh I didn't mention the dog, did I.

https://twitter.com/CanYouPetTheDog/status/1791166730481565762

spooky

CyricZ posted...

you're dropped into an environment and kinda have to figure out what the puzzles even are

i'm sold just on this line alone

I'm not crazy about puzzle games but this particular sub genre (stuff like the witness) is really cool imo

CyricZ posted...

Eh? EHHHHHH? ;)

I think it's a wash. The game's so lo-fi it could easily run on toasters. I'm playing on Switch just because it's easier to stream that way.

Also portability is pretty good for puzzle games.

I would go so far to say this game might not be the best portable game. There are some sections with small details and text.