T w e n t y S i d e d
This week I’ve ended up playing Viewfinder.
I’ve actually had it since last month, but I forgot entirely. So now I’ve played it and, it’s fine. The premise of being able to take a photo, look at it, and then it becomes a part of the environment is really cool, but there was more focus on story than I expected; which is okay, but story in games isn’t really my thing. Most of the story is in audio logs and there’s at least one audio log to listen to on each puzzle.
The gameplay itself is cool, but I felt like I was in a tutorial all the time, it would introduce a new concept, reinforce it, then move on. I guess the concepts did stick around for a whole zone, but the zones are pretty short, and only the optional puzzles had me actually stop and think about it for a minute before I figured out the solution.
I did still enjoy the game but I think I went in with the wrong expectations. I went in thinking of The Witness with its utilizing its one gimmick in every way possible, and its oddly quiet environment. But Viewfinder is more of a cute, three hour puzzle game that shows you its ideas once and then its done.
So that’s what I did this week, what’s everyone else doing?
