Current Events > Obra Dinn was pretty cool.

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I got it on sale a few months ago, and I finally got around to playing it.

Really unique game. Hunting through virtually living pictures for clues was really cool. The graphical style was really cool, and I was pretty interested in seeing how it all played out. It was like a multi-dimensional Sudoku puzzle in how finding new clues would help you plug in information elsewhere, and it was really satisfying to find a new detail that you had missed which helps you solve a bunch of fates in a row.

My only big gripe was the story

There really needed to be one last twist, or something. The game withholds one chapter from you, and I was expecting some big twist or at least a cool reveal or something. You basically get "Shells drive people mad (basically) and mermaids summon a bunch of crazy shit to attack a boat." within the first hour, and little to nothing else ever really changes about it. For as cool as the fragmented narrative was, once you assemble it, it's not terribly interesting.

Still a really cool game. For something I got on sale for pretty cheap, I enjoyed it a good deal. Definitely worth a look for people who like puzzle games or just generally really unique games.

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