Yeah, we're probably approaching the point of saturation and diminishing returns with the Switch's eShop now. We were disappointed to see it end so soon but only because we were so transfixed we could have happily stayed within Gorogoa’s world for several more hours. You’ll also potentially want to play through the entire game in one sitting – depending on how often you get stuck, you’ll likely see the credits shortly after two hours have passed.
#BUY GOROGOA TV#
You can play through the game either on the TV or in Handheld mode, both of which work fine – the Handheld option allows you to use touchscreen controls but playing on the TV will allow others to join in and work on the puzzles together (through communication – this is a single player game).
#BUY GOROGOA TRIAL#
Clues are few and far between and sometimes a simple poke just isn’t enough you’ll have to mix trial and error with logic and creativity to create solutions rather than simply trying literally every possible combination. Games such as this one often have a tendency to fall flat by allowing the player to just poke and prod every pixel on the screen to find the answers but, whilst this approach could be taken in some situations if you needed to, the originality of the game’s puzzle design can often put a stop to this. This happened again later, too a particular highlight was an entire section dedicated to cogs that allowed animations to play simultaneously across multiple images. We don’t want to spoil too much here but one section where we had to keep moving images around to allow an object to travel through them, zooming in and out within each image as we did so, left us grinning like a child who had just been given the largest ice cream imaginable.
There are a number of “wow” moments where the combined interaction across multiple images is incredibly clever.
#BUY GOROGOA HOW TO#
You may find yourself getting stuck at times with no idea how to progress but, very importantly, you’ll want to keep trying thanks to the grip it can have on you.
The story and overall aesthetic feel almost philosophical – you might not entirely understand exactly what is happening but your mind is free to come to its own conclusions – and you’ll always be left wondering where you are headed. This is one of those games where description and screenshots alone simply cannot do it justice the way that the animations all act independently, but can then all be pieced together. At times, you’ll notice that by taking the scenery from one image and placing it onto the one where the boy is currently standing (an archway with a staircase for example), you’ll create a new path and the animation will be able to continue. In order for the boy to keep walking, you must have certain images aligned in specific ways or solve puzzles within them to kick-start a new element within the story.
With gorgeous animation somewhat reminiscent of the 1982 classic, The Snowman, you’ll be watching – and making – a young boy travel from image to image to collect five orbs. You see, Gorogoa is telling a story through the images.
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