Welcome to our review of Linelight, a self described 1D puzzler and its simplicity is only bested by its brilliance!
A world of 1D puzzles awaits
Linelight is an elegant, minimalist puzzle game set in a universe of lines. Its puzzles will awake your mind as the music flows through your body, gifting you a soft, relaxing euphoria. Linelight is for players of any age or level of experience.
ANYONE CAN PLAY
Movement is your only interaction. Whether you’ve played hundreds of games or this is your first, Linelight will provide you an intuitive and rewarding experience.
RICH CONTENT
Traverse through 6 worlds and over 200 unique puzzles, each new world loaded with variety and depth, a curious series of discoveries, and surprise. A feast awaits players looking for secrets and greater challenges.
SOOTHING MUSIC
Prepare to be soothed and energized, wrapped in a blanket of calm and focus, whisked away by a soundtrack that will open your eyes and relax your entire body.
UNPREDICTABLE STORY
You’ll make unexpected friends along your journey. You’ll learn how to cooperate and overcome obstacles together. You will develop a relationship with bars of light without exchanging a word.
Linelight is a smart game! All you do is move on a line towards the goal. It sounds easy and in a way, it is, just as long as you see the solution as to how to get to the end. From having to use switches to move parts of one line to another and back, to finding keys and using them to open locks, to making the red lines disappear and so much more.
The idea is easy yet the way it is implemented is nothing but easy, it is magnificent. I am a sucker for puzzle games and this one really tickled my fancy and it really got me thinking hard at times. Do I really go through the bottom side of the screen and try my luck by getting the timing right or do I go through the top and find the way to pass the enemy on the playing field.
I know it makes little sense while reading my review but when you play this game, this glorious puzzle game, it will make sense instantly. Everything this game does, it’s all about finding your way and solving some of the best puzzles I’ve had in a while. My respect for the level design in this game cannot be described in words, it is that high.
Its futuristic graphics, how simplistic as they may be, it just fits this game so very well. Graphically I would not change a single thing, I think it’s perfect in its simplicity.
The only thing I would change, surprisingly enough, the audio of the game. I can just see myself giving this a perfect score if the audio was more immersive. Not saying it’s bad, but this game needs like a Lumines or Tetris effect level of audio. I actually played the game with a YouTube clip in the background, playing some tunes that would have fit perfectly.
In conclusion, Linelight really shines hard as a simple yet very potent puzzle game and its simplicity is what makes it shine the most. If you are into puzzle games, this is a must-buy!
