The Star Named EOS

If you find the game at the right time for you, you will probably enjoy it more than I did. The Star Named EOS is a cosy puzzle game that is mostly about making you feel things. The writing is on the juvenile side and very twee. I wouldn't recommend it for the story as such. But I think combined with the gameplay conceit of being a puzzle game about photography and the gorgeous picture book-type art, it manages to be somewhat evocative. If you're in a nostalgic, cosy mood, and want to get lost in a few spaces for an afternoon or so, this game could strike the right chord. I will say that I ran out of patience as the puzzle design at times ended up being really uneven in terms of difficulty or hints. One early example comes to mind where [VERY MILD SPOILER] the player has to solve the combination to a puzzle box related to celestial directions. [/VERY MILD SPOILER] It's not the fairest puzzle, but it's not unfair either, but it's so early in the game and next to such easy puzzles, that I was quite frustrated. The end game in particular suffered from puzzles lacking any sort of hints. In between were a lot of puzzles that hit a good sweet spot though for the tone of the game. I also sort of wish the story were different. It really didn't manage to resonate with me. I wonder who it's for and what it's trying to say, really.

Really quite a charming little puzzler. No instructions, which leads to a greater sense of accomplishment when you figure things out. If you've played games like Boxes, or Machinica Museum, it's very similar :)

The camera shake can't be disable, and terrible edge strech, makes player dizzy; the graphics' bitdepth is too low; there's no operation guide, to tell how to play game, just a meanless blank graphics; game is too slow, and can't click to advence or disable the subtitle. It's much worse than their last work, not recommended.