The other common topic about level-based puzzle games is length, and in this Superliminal still has an issue. However, the finale of Superliminal lands in a way that impressed me, and while I still think the story lacks something up to that point I still enjoy the core concept Superliminal tried to explore. I wondered if the game would pay off since the story is so infrequently visited.
Everything up to the final moments of the game feels like it’s a game where the story was an afterthought and perhaps it was. Superliminal probably could have benefitted from a stronger narrative throughout the experience. The story of Superliminal is good but mostly feels like it’s hidden from the player. There’s a lot of interesting and unique style to the way Superliminal is built and that helps to make it into a unique experience.īut alas it is a level-based platformer, and thus there are still a pair of common issues to discuss. Simply put, Superliminal will change how you view games and the assumption you make because of your knowledge of the real world. About two thirds through the game, players are asked to walk through a wall with no overt clue that it would be possible, but by that point, Superliminal will have restructured the way players look at the game and the rules of the world of Superliminal that this becomes a reasonable assumption. There’s something particularly effective in the way Superliminal structures its levels to train the player to think in the way the designer was thinking. Superliminal does this multiple times and each time moving from a foreign concept needed to complete a puzzle which quickly becomes a brand new ability and then something players will be able to use as if it something they’ve used for years in multiple games. Standing closer to objects allows players to create larger objects, yet players can also pick up objects from the other side of the room (somehow) and shrink large objects in moments due to how far they are from their targets.Īnd while this is a major change to how players think about the physical properties of a three-dimensional object, this becomes second nature, which is good since this is something that Superliminal will require players to do often over the course of the game. That might sound confusing and for the first ten minutes, players might wrestle with the conceptual idea of what the controls and game are offering and requiring. So an apple size object might become the size of a car if held up to the end of a long hallway or a large block may become tiny if released while looking at a wall. However while players might pick up an object such as an apple, objects will grow to fill the maximum space of the player’s view that they can when dropped. The core mechanic of Superliminal is that players can pick up objects and drop them. As a concept on paper, it might seem thin, however, Superliminal also has a great design and interesting levels that elevate the simplistic design.
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It’s a common theme for puzzle games with the player being put in some nebulous danger by the story and then asked to pass through numerous levels to get free or safe. Superliminal starts with the player focused on exploring a dream-like space. It’s an interesting concept that has made the jump into an exceptional game over its five years in development. And yes, I mean that literally.Īre you into puzzle games like this? Have any thoughts on this? Let us know down below in the comments or carry the discussion over to our Twitter or Facebook.Superliminal is a fresh game from Pillow Castle Games that focuses on perspective puzzles.
If you loved games like the aforementioned Myst, or have a fond spot for sadistic puzzles in the vein of Portal, Subliminal is going to be a dream come true. Superliminal has umm, functional graphics, with everything just exactly where it needs to be, which is just as well because figuring out some of the puzzles is hard enough without having to squint at elaborate graphics.
I mean, I don’t really want to, some of the best puzzle games of all time had terrible graphics, and yes I’m looking at you Myst. I supposed I should talk about the graphical quality.
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