The pictures themselves illustrate a range of objects, patterns and scenes – everything from mountainous ranges and deserts to bookshelves and stained-glass windows.Īnd while you may find yourself in situations where the four pictures on display appear completely unrelated to one another, by zooming in and out or switching panels you may discover there’s more to link them than initially thought.

Initially, you may find yourself poking around unsure of what it is you need to interact with, but these random guesses soon turn to educated assumptions as you learn the game’s many twists and tricks. For example, you might zoom in on a particular area of a picture and then zoom out only to find the image is now in a completely different scene – a trick the game makes clever use of multiple times throughout. In terms of playing the game, this is handled in entirety by manipulating images on a two-by-two panel grid in order to help the young boy traverse the world and continue the story. It’s this ambiguous feeling that stuck with me hours after seeing the game’s end credits as I tried to piece together my own version of what I’d just seen play out. You’re watching a young boy on his journey to collect five coloured orbs but you’re never really explained why or offered much more detail beyond that. This fairly flexible approach to story-telling makes for a journey that pencils in its key beats but leaves a lot open to the player’s interpretation. Simply put though, it’s a short puzzle focused experience that weaves a rather mysterious tale entirely through the use of imagery. Gorogoa is a very tough game to describe without giving too much away, a real issue as you can imagine when reviewing it. How did you play it? What was this game? Was it even a game? All it took for Gorogoa though was a single screenshot to hook and reel me in, its stunning artwork raising more questions than answers as to its specifics. As an avid gamer living in an environment where information and updates on video games are never more than a mouse click away, I’m always finding myself crossing paths with countless games through social media, trailers on YouTube or a recommendation from a friend or family member.

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