KyuuMetis
Void Stranger 2023
Log Status
Completed
Playing
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Rating
Time Played
90h 0m
Days in Journal
25 days
Last played
October 11, 2023
First played
September 1, 2023
Platforms Played
This review contains spoilers
0stRanger is a vertically scrolling 2D shoot'em up with heavy emphasis on slashing, dodging and... mystery?
A menacing demonic threat, LEV, has begun its assault. Only one stranger remains against complete annihilation.
Blast your way through enemy forces in order to unleash your stranger's latent potential, reaching new heights of power.
But as you grow stronger, so does your understanding of the true nature of your adversary...
...also, there's some really long puzzle minigame too for some reason.
A menacing demonic threat, LEV, has begun its assault. Only one stranger remains against complete annihilation.
Blast your way through enemy forces in order to unleash your stranger's latent potential, reaching new heights of power.
But as you grow stronger, so does your understanding of the true nature of your adversary...
...also, there's some really long puzzle minigame too for some reason.
HOLY FUCKING SHIT.
Void Stranger is a 2D sokoban-style puzzle game. But maybe it isn't? But it is, right? Maybe the real puzzle all along is the puzzle of the game itself? Only the Void can answer that...
This game does a lot of things that I've only seen a few other games attempt, and it pulls them off dangerously well. It's an almost euphoric feeling to solve the seemingly unsolvable after hours of theory-crafting and coming to a greater mechanical understanding. Which isn't for everyone, but it IS for me - wow.
Absolutely play blind, and reach for the limits of your faith.
Void Stranger is a 2D sokoban-style puzzle game. But maybe it isn't? But it is, right? Maybe the real puzzle all along is the puzzle of the game itself? Only the Void can answer that...
This game does a lot of things that I've only seen a few other games attempt, and it pulls them off dangerously well. It's an almost euphoric feeling to solve the seemingly unsolvable after hours of theory-crafting and coming to a greater mechanical understanding. Which isn't for everyone, but it IS for me - wow.
Absolutely play blind, and reach for the limits of your faith.