With the Indie Box, the entire XboxSquad editorial team offers you mini reviews of very little known or featured indie games. While some don’t deserve to step out of the shadows of the Xbox Marketplace, others might be worth a look. That is the whole subject of this section.
The genre that I like the most in the video game field is without a doubt puzzle games. Cions by Vega is one, that’s good, I’m happy. Only, from the first minutes my world collapses. In addition to the limited graphical aspect, which I wouldn’t mind, the rest of the game is of the same low flavor. We are in the middle of the forest looking for Leila, our runaway daughter. For this reason we venture into people’s homes, loot their chests and progress from riddle to riddle…
Nothing lasts, the handling is hell, the dialogue is lunar and the sound design is strawberries. Because yeah, opening a door and hearing it squeak 20 seconds later isn’t interesting when it comes to immersion. Also, we’ll talk about the heart of the game, the puzzles! It’s very simple, you venture into a house, you will find a paper that says “To open the chest, go counterclockwise and do 15.30.45”, said chest and just above it in the dark. Why don’t you see him sooner? Well, because it’s twilight, so get out of the building and your Good Samaritan will give you a lighter to light the candles. Wow. MAGIC ! But wait, what is so well hidden in this chest? The key to the gate on the back… As well as a splendid parchment that doesn’t explain anything of interest.
In short, the game is not easy to handle, I struggled more than once to find the run button or the action button … and the developers are aware of this, since they remind you of the necessary sequences to crouch each time remember or jump when obstacles block your way.
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