There's a careful balance struck here that seems to be overlooked when this game is discussed. This sort of game - abstract, a disjointed and indirect story, a core mechanic that relies on experimentation - can easily stumble. Too diffuse and vague, abstract to a fault, or just a bit too simple, with a threadbare narrative and solutions that are easily waltzed into. Gorogoa's triumph is its careful navigation of this design tightrope and the effortless way it fuses this with its absolutely gorgeous art direction, complete with a final chapter that does a stellar job of pulling all the threads together.