The Forest Quartet is a puzzle-based adventure game created by Mads and Friends and published by Bedtime Digital Games in 2022. The Forest Quartet doesn't only represent the name of the game, but also the name of the band formed by Nina, Kirk, Jean-Baptiste and Sebastian.

You play as a spirit of the recently passed away Nina, their singer and saxophonist. The remaining trio decided to have a final tribute concert in the forest where the four musicians moved to from the city.
Your task is to resolve the issues of isolation and grief that have gotten the better of them by solving various simple and short puzzles and illuminating and pushing away the darkness that has spread over the forest.
The story overall is quite simple and short (the game can be finished in a little bit over an hour). Puzzles are all quite easy to solve, they become more complex as you go through the story, but solving them is still a piece of cake. What enhances the experience is the music that embodies the different emotions that go through these musicians during this hard time.

All in all, a quite short, but still sweet adventure, where even though the story isn't memorable, it offers a nice and relaxing experience. To sum up, this game is a nice change of pace after having completed a long game. This game could've been better if only it had been a bit longer than less than two hours.

Reviewed on May 14, 2024


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