Step Into a Magnificent Microcosmos in Botanicula Game - towerdenteoffores

At a Glance

Expert's Rating

Pros

Sensational and colorful visuals
Unique and humorous soundscape
Quirky and endearing storyline

Cons

Inadequate, without much replay value
Extraordinary puzzles too simplistic

Our Verdict

The colorful and surreal world of Botanicula, Genus Amanita Design's newest point-and-click game, won't disappoint.

Botanicula is magical. Its stunning world and creatures that fly, dance, and sing can baffle and bewilder, and even out make you laugh aloud. The makers of the critically acclaimed Machinarium, Amanita Design, brings you their latest point-and-detent introduction, Botanicula. You take on this game as a team of 5 flora and insectoid characters who adventure through the branches of a tree to save it from parasitic spider-equal enemies.

Botanicula glowing details — The level of detail of the luminous plant bodies, with pale green and orange veins, is what you can ask from Botanicula.

A lot of Botanicula's gameplay is comprised of clicking some to solve puzzles and to gain items that move your journey forward. Puzzles are acicular in the beginning and become more difficult afterward. To bestow intricacy to the puzzles, the environs sometimes changes; e.g., you can interact with a scene and repay to find that new flowers wealthy person sprouted, or that a previously quiescence chestnut tree has now started playing ball with his familiar. You won't go far with clicks alone–sometimes you'll need to bump, puff, and twirl creatures or plants to get them to sour. This is ambitious and exciting because you'll take to draw near every element other than, uncertain if what you're clicking bequeath even help you solve a puzzle.

Botanicula tortoise — The squad encounters entirely sorts of oddities, so much as this giant tortoise, currently hidden in his shell, in the complicated maze of the root system.

Botanicula excels in its remindful and daring soundscape. The game is interesting in that there is no more perceivable dialog or text:Characters pass on through images, dead body spoken communication, and vocal music intonations. But probably the most unique aspect of this game is the sound effects made by the Amanita music team. Their voices are humorous and endearing; you can hear them saying ""yoohoo" or "bong," or making the slurping sounds of a snail.

The contingent and color in fine art that make-up Botanicula's world is another of its strong suits. The same prototypical scene gives a fine example: It opens with a luminescent tree with attractively detailed veins, whose buds move to the rhythm method of birth control of the circumferent fog. A crescent moon hovers above. The balanced color juxtapositions end-to-end the gamy as wel impress. I was particularly struck by a scene of rainbow-tonal magic mushrooms.

Botanicula's mushrooms — The game is a sensory system feast, and these rainbow-colored magic trick mushrooms are peculiarly gorgeous with their softly blended tones.

Amanita Design has created a impressive and ingenious game that takes you from the treetops, to the cave of genies and dream adventures, to chestnut villages and the lair of giant tortoises. This sweet and enchanting journey is sadly too short, but one you should really experience if you have an penchant for puzzles and audio-visual delights. Open Botanicula a whirl (and a click, a bump, and a drag).

Note: The Download release takes you to the developer's site, where you posterior buy in and download the version of the game apropos to your scheme.

–Zohra Ashpari

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