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Hey guys and gals, Amanda here. And lately it seems many of the games I've been trying
out have either been absolutely beautiful or totally junky as far as art style and direction.
Well recently I came across an point and click puzzle indie game on the steam network I've
been meaning to try since my friend told me about it called Lume. Lume involves a green
themed environment and story line as you join Lumi on her quest to restore power to her
grandparents already green home.
The art style in this is what I'd like to touch on first because it's really like nothing
I have ever seen before. The only thing that comes to mind when looking at this is Little
Big Planet but there aren't really any stick in your face 3D elements in here, and those
that are they basically look like they are filmed and just an overlay in the game. It's
beautiful really, it is.
Well as far as play you're pointing and clicking your way around. Once you get the okay to
click which is illustrated by your familiar white glove hand icon you may click away and
see what puzzle lies ahead. I found many of the puzzles a little difficult at first to
be honest which actually made me feel this game was worth the money I invested in it.
Being only 6.99 you hope that a game this short can still do what it's supposed to,
entertain and amaze you. Well again, I was nothing shy of entertained and amazed. Lumi
right from the start keeps getting more puzzles for you to solve and one of my favorites being
where you have to fix her grandpa's solar panel by aligning everything up so no spare
ends are left out in the wires.
The hardest puzzle to me was actually one where I had a graph and had to keep moving
to different locations on it to find the one that was ideal for the answer. I took me a
little bit of time to get the path right but once you figure it out your golden.
But if you don't want to necessarily solve things right away you can click on things
in the house once you actually get inside such as photos of Lumi and her relatives.
But there isn't much freedom as far as that because you're quickly either collecting items
or using them for the next part of your mission to restore power.
Now I am not 100% sure if they expect to release more chapters yet. After finishing the game's
main story you're told that more chapters lie ahead or maybe will lie ahead? I can only
hope there are more because it was by far one of my favorite indie games for my pc I
own to date, I think mostly because of the art style being so unique. And on top of everything
this game uses the whole going green theme to try and invoke a message of conserving
energy. Beautiful game, great message, and challenging puzzles, what more could you want
in an indie game this cheap, I love it.