A really great puzzle game that I am hesitant to give a full 5 stars because it lacks a lot of charisma to the likes of Portal. Wish I could give it a 3.75 because it is sort of lacking in the music/world building/story parts. But it plays pretty smooth and the puzzle design is just amazing. I only really needed to hit a guide twice in the whole game.
I will say that the game doesn't explain anything and sort of leaves it up to you to understand the mechanics, but once you learn them it makes you feel incredibly smart tackling every puzzle. It seems to mask giving you only a single solution really well. The boss fights are also interesting but turn very much into those poor Zelda bosses where you do the same thing with only slight variation 3 times.
I will say that the game doesn't explain anything and sort of leaves it up to you to understand the mechanics, but once you learn them it makes you feel incredibly smart tackling every puzzle. It seems to mask giving you only a single solution really well. The boss fights are also interesting but turn very much into those poor Zelda bosses where you do the same thing with only slight variation 3 times.