SEPHONIE GAME FULL

SEPHONIE GAME FULL

The dread of seeing another cave full of things to traverse ended up filling me with dread and annoyance. That retro charm seeps out in the control and camera issues though. The graphics are early 2000-05 era blocky abstractions of walls and the dark cave style doesn’t let the stylistic choice shine as nicely as it does outside and that hides some of the retro charm. The same caves you’ll revisit time and again but with new skills comes new areas to traverse and if you can see a ledge somewhere, chances are you can chain up all those moves to get there. Your character can quite fluidly run, jump, double jump, wall run, hang glide, bounce pad, lasso and sprint around Sephonie as new abilities are unlocked. Here is where some extreme marmite level design and control set up comes into play and most of my frustrations with Sephonie comes from these areas. In order to traverse the island, its caves and forests and the memory levels it creates, your three scientists (all interchangeable as they have the same athletic skill set) will parkour around the island like a 3D platformer.

It is easily the strongest element of the game although gamers will get most out of it if they are thinkers and ponderers themselves. It is a fascinating story, that asks some deep questions in a poetic and sympathetic way. Sephonie itself has a consciousness though and so it begins to manipulate the scientists own minds in a way that builds new levels out of memory fragments for them to traverse as they link up with more creatures and fauna to better understand the island. The idea being, if we all know more about each other, we could perhaps build a better understanding of each other. They are visiting the island because it has a unique biodiversity and they want to connect with it using a link system that merges thoughts, emotions, memories and consciousness together. The scientists planned to reach there, just not shipwreck. You play as three research scientists who shipwreck on the island of Sephonie. Starting with the positives, the story is a fascinating one that unfolds a slow burn over time.

Sephonie looks quite beautiful at times when the game is above ground. Some of it is very rough around the edges. There is a lot going on here but that comes with a health risk.

Sephonie is their latest title which merges together a story rich narrative, 3D adventure parkour platforming and a match 3 style puzzle mechanic. Sephonie is an ambitious title from the small indie development duo that created Anodyne 1 & 2 – two excellent games that punch well above their perceived threshold.

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