Gorogoa
By David Chapman,
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Artistic mind-bender gives puzzle-solving moments of Zen.
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What’s It About?
GOROGOA is, simply put, a game about a journey. The story, told through hand-drawn panels, follows a young boy as he travels through an artistic world, uncovering the secrets of shared relationships and unlocking the keys to hold back a mysterious force looming close by. Players take part in this journey by examining the panels of artwork, looking through the details in each to figure out ways that elements of one might affect the environment of another. A door from one panel may open a path in another. The light of a distant star may light a nearby candle. It's a surreal quest through an elegant, painted landscape, challenging players' intuition and attention to detail.
Is It Any Good?
This pleasant puzzle game is really more about your experience as you explore its world than how you play through this game. Gorogoa's story is an odd sort of abstract, almost spiritual, journey that's difficult to explain. The best way to deal with it is to not spend too much thought trying to understand it, but rather to be in each moment as it occurs. Those moments are best spent zooming in and out, interacting with, and studying the details of the pictures, not just for the clues they hold, but also out of admiration for genuine works of art. Sorting out how the different panels are meant to work together can be a bit of a mind-bender, but the challenge never rises to the point of frustration. And while Gorogoa is admittedly a bit on the short side, completing it leaves you genuinely satisfied, not only with your abilities, but with your state of mind as well.
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App Details
- Devices: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android
- Pricing structure: Paid
- Release date: December 14, 2017
- Category: Puzzle Games
- Topics: Magic and Fantasy, Adventures, Arts and Dance
- Publisher: Annapurna Interactive
- Version: 1.1.0
- Minimum software requirements: Requires iOS 9.0 or higher; Android 4.1 and up
- Last updated: May 31, 2022
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