Lorelei and the Laser Eyes is a type of video games you should not learn an excessive amount of about earlier than enjoying it. By design, it is packed to the rafters with layers upon layers of puzzles, and discussing this net of head-scratchers — and even its story — can be to undo slightly little bit of its magic.
Initially, all you already know is that you have arrived by invitation to a virtually empty lodge in the course of nowhere, and it is your job to discover each inch of the constructing and remedy its many puzzles. After a short tutorial on how the sport operates, you are free to wander the grounds, steadily opening up the lodge as you progress. The non-linear design means you have got a minimum of a few puzzles to take care of at any given second, and it feels implausible to slowly untangle the lodge’s mess of locked doorways and unusual secrets and techniques.
It is a particularly dense sport with nearly each a part of the surroundings a puzzle, or a clue with which to resolve one. The sheer variety of puzzles is spectacular, however maybe extra so is the number of methods it assessments you. Whereas lots of the challenges contain unlocking doorways, you may achieve this by making use of information taken from an enormous variety of in-game paperwork and visuals.
In reality, the quantity of stuff you are meant to soak up right here is kind of intimidating; had we not used a pocket book to do some figuring out or preserve monitor of issues, we might not have gotten by way of the sport. This would possibly sound off-puttingly dense, and it actually will not be for everybody, however we discovered peeling again the layers of the lodge (and the story) to be extremely compelling, particularly when one answer would snowball and lead us to a number of others.
The visible model is tremendous placing, and alongside the sparse soundscape, it creates an eerie environment as you poke across the lodge and past. The presentation works nicely, and adjustments in sure sequences; whereas the gameplay in these is likely to be a bit weaker, the artwork stays a energy all through.
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes is an intricate ball of puzzles that is very pleasing to untangle. Should you love a mind teaser and being challenged to assume in new methods, there are few different video games that’ll scratch that itch fairly like this one.
