Plat #111
Animal Well – 9/10
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A masterpiece of an Indie game. Games like this make me not worry about the future of gaming at all. If Xbox, PS, Nintendo and Steam disappear one day, I know that there's these devs out there that will still create amazing experiences. This game was made by 1 person, total size is 110Mb or something.
The push for better graphics, sound, open worlds, character models etc is cool and i love that stuff too but this game shows you don't need any of that to make an excellent game. This thing is full of wonder and exploration. Never mind hand holding, this thing drops you into a world and tells you absolutely nothing, just go ahead and explore and try stuff and see what does what.
It's also filled to the brim with secrets, puzzles, cryptic clues and relies on the broader community to help unlock some of the deeper things inside the game. None of them required to finish or even get the Plat, but they are there for those who want to prod and poke and uncover. I thought i did pretty well uncovering some stuff, but after watching some things on YouTube that people found i was blown away with their efforts to take even the smallest oddity and turn it into a hunt that then actually turned out to be a real puzzle. The developer went bananas with it.