Relicta isn't particularly novel but it's a solid puzzle game that's fun to figure out. The puzzles are mainly focused of magnetism and gravity but they do a good job of layering in new mechanics and complexity gradually that gives you a nice learning curve. The new mechanics they introduce in every new segment aren't that mind boggling. It's mostly stuff like switches you can press or robots that can carry boxes but it's enough to make you have to think how to tackle a new obstacle. I shouldn't hold this against Relicta specifically but I did find myself noting just how many puzzle games are about moving boxes around. I do understand that you need an easy visual means of communicating your puzzles especially if you want any sort of difficulty to it but damn, putting boxes onto switches is something we just can't get away from in video games. I didn't find myself interested in the story this game was telling on its terraformed moon but there is clearly some effort put into the environmetal story-telling and voice acting. This game comes with two free DLCs and the second one, Ice Queen, was probably my favourite stuff in the game adding a couple new mechanics and a more entertaining protagonist.

Reviewed on Apr 24, 2023


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