Posted on: November 10, 2024
mnihil
Games: 142 Reviews: 3
Cosy, beautiful, but creatively confused
If you find the game at the right time for you, you will probably enjoy it more than I did. The Star Named EOS is a cosy puzzle game that is mostly about making you feel things. The writing is on the juvenile side and very twee. I wouldn't recommend it for the story as such. But I think combined with the gameplay conceit of being a puzzle game about photography and the gorgeous picture book-type art, it manages to be somewhat evocative. If you're in a nostalgic, cosy mood, and want to get lost in a few spaces for an afternoon or so, this game could strike the right chord. I will say that I ran out of patience as the puzzle design at times ended up being really uneven in terms of difficulty or hints. One early example comes to mind where [VERY MILD SPOILER] the player has to solve the combination to a puzzle box related to celestial directions. [/VERY MILD SPOILER] It's not the fairest puzzle, but it's not unfair either, but it's so early in the game and next to such easy puzzles, that I was quite frustrated. The end game in particular suffered from puzzles lacking any sort of hints. In between were a lot of puzzles that hit a good sweet spot though for the tone of the game. I also sort of wish the story were different. It really didn't manage to resonate with me. I wonder who it's for and what it's trying to say, really.
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