The Sundew

The Sundew

released on Oct 14, 2021
by 2054

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The Sundew

released on Oct 14, 2021
by 2054

You are Anna Isobe, a cyborg cop abandoned by progress and thrust into the midst of a global conspiracy. Experience classic point and click gameplay as you travel across the dark future, and make choices that will seal the fate of the world.


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Early on I got stuck at the police station, but once I realized you don't have to do the tasks in order it started going a lot more smoothly. I think it's a really good effort for a single dev. One thing I was impressed with is the sound effects, usually they are minimal or forgettable in a small title like this, but here they do a good job of immersion with the background noise.

I did have some minor gripes. This is something that I agree with Dave Gilbert about, but I am really tired of super obvious Monkey Island references in adventure games. Devs really need to get past that. Secondly, the plot became a little confusing especially at the half way point where it changes pretty abruptly. However, the gameplay improves in the second half when the game opens up with more locations and longer puzzle chains

In summary, the high points are certainly the art and sound design and the puzzle chains for the middle section. In the end I don't think I really understood the plot that well and probably picked the bad ending. So that's kind of my main complaint.
7/10