Developer: State of Play Games
Publisher: State of Play Games
Rrp: £9.99 (Steam) £14.99 (Gog.com, and Humblebundle)
Released: 3rd December 2014
Available on: Steam, Gog.com and Humblebundle
Played Using: Mouse and Keyboard
Approximate game length: 8 Hours
Typical. You turn your back for one minute to make a cup of tea and your grandfather goes missing! Good thing we know where to search for him, Lumino City… so now all you have to do is search an entire city. What if I told you that that was actually the easy part?
Lumino City is a point and click adventure game that is the sequel to the very short game Lume (which was one of the first games I reviewed on here). You control a character called Lume (yes like the game previously mentioned) and you’re in search of your grandfather who disappeared when you were trying to make a cup of tea.
What really places Lumino City apart from most other point and click games is the craftsmanship. Each environment, puzzle and character has been created in real life and animated for the game. Its very impressive and shows a level of expertise, passion and creativity rarely on show outside of film.
The game itself is a combination of point and click adventure and logic puzzles solving. Some of which are very challenging, especially in the late game.
If I do have a fault its that most of the time I had no idea why I was actually doing the puzzles besides it being a puzzle game and the story elements of ‘I’m trying to find my grandfather’. It turns out that once you see the end credits that’s when you get the full story… which I personally thought was a bit lackluster.
Though this game is longer than Lume, its still a fairly short game… depending on how good you are at puzzles. For me the game took approximately ten hours to complete, but your mileage may vary.
If I’m honest, I don’t think this game is worth the £14.99 price tag. I feel wrong saying that after having thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience and especially because (as I said previously) of every puzzle and environment being handcrafted. But the games length and lack of replay value makes the price tag seem just a bit too steep to me.
If this appeals to you perhaps try;
Lume
Dominique Pamplemoouse
Machinorium
