A short cute game about two unlikely friends traversing the harsh snow-clad terrain to find their families.

I think this game gets some things right, like the clever use of pencil textures for the art style, and the concept for the plot itself is nice and wholesome. I think the music was also decent, but nothing too special.

The problems really lie in the overall brevity of Blanc, as well as how simple and sometimes inconsistent it is. The puzzles for the most part were very easy and I feel there could've been more of a use of the co-operative aspects to make more engaging puzzles.
Sometimes this kind of non-resistive design can work in certain areas, but in general just makes for uninteresting and at worst forgettable scenes or setpieces.

The controls for the characters feel kind of slippery and unpredictable sometimes, but ultimately doesn't hinder the gameplay too much.

The performance on the Switch version was also not great and was getting framedrops and stutters frequently and even disconnects here and there.

Overall it's nothing groundbreaking, but I do wish it was much a better game because I think its foundations are there.
If you want a nice and simple game to play with someone else, this isn't a bad pick per se, but there are much more effective alternatives.

Reviewed on Dec 26, 2023


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