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CLeM

Mango Protocol · Feb 6, 2024

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Teen

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Experience a dark adventure full of mystery You awaken in a cold, dimly lit room, your senses slowly adjusting to the surroundings that, oddly, feel familiar. A strange sensation lingers in you, reminding you that something is not quite right. As you find your bearings, your attention is drawn to a peculiar item on the ground. A notebook labeled "CLeM" lies before you. As you delve into its pages, covered with intricate sketches of insects accompanied by vague symbols, you find a note containing a cryptic message: “Bring me BEAUTY.” Lost in deciphering the contents, a voice interrupts your focus. Solve puzzles and find your way Puzzles intertwine with exploration, weaving a unique narrative experience we call “Puzzlevania” with a shadowy story to unravel and countless challenges to overcome. Craft enchanted toys and uncover secrets Craft magic toys to unveil hidden secrets, access unreachable spots, and reclaim items from the past as you uncover new revelations in familiar spaces. Discover a cute and dark world Investigate a seemingly desolate house accompanied only by an obscure voice and a notebook full of annotations and drawings on alchemy, insects, and other creepy crawlies. Embrace your destiny Choose your fate in this dark story of manipulation, pride, forgiveness, and redemption.

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  • VGChartz

    Lee Mehr · Aug 17, 2024

    7.0
    While understandable, Mango Protocol's modest means do present a tangible hurdle to what could've been a grander scope. CLeM's fusion of environmental storytelling and puzzle-solving tackles some engaging concepts, but the finale's payoff feels blunted because a few fundamental building blocks went missing. It loses some bite by both lacking specificities and also bluntly sharing its core themes. Whatever intricacies this story lacks, CLeM's adventuring makes up for it in spades. The context surrounding these puzzles could've been explored further, but the elating a-ha! moments continually remain fulfilling and worthwhile.
  • Xbox Tavern

    Jamie Collyer · Jul 17, 2024

    8.0
    CLeM maintains Mango Protocol’s track record of quirky, inventive, and slightly hampered-in-places gaming, with a great central premise and gameplay mechanics that are only really held back by slow movement and occasionally frustrating moments.
  • TheXboxHub

    Gareth Brierley · Jul 17, 2024

    8.0
    CLeM is an adventure that you should love, pretty much from beginning to end. However, you should be warned that some of the puzzles can be quite hard to fathom out. It’s good then that the ingenuity that has gone into this world and the character that it inhabits is high, very impressive and extremely clever. There is some great storytelling as well, told with minimal language. You should try CLem. Like the voodoo doll you control, it won’t let you down.
  • Pure Nintendo

    Kirk Hiner · Feb 20, 2024

    8.0
    CLeM is a puzzle/adventure game for those who enjoy puzzle/adventures only to a certain point. Its simplification of exploration and inventory management allows the player to focus on the puzzles and the story, both of which hold up well over its short duration.
  • GameSpew

    Kim Snaith · Feb 07, 2024

    8.0
    CLeM isn’t a very long game: you’ll finish it in around three hours, much less if you know what you’re doing with all the puzzles. Short but sinisterly sweet, then, it’s just the right length to fit in a good amount of puzzles without overstaying its welcome. If you’re a fan of Mango Protocol’s other games – or indeed anything with a slightly dark undertone – you’ll love this.
  • God is a Geek

    Lyle Carr · Feb 06, 2024

    7.5
    Clem is an engaging adventure game with some genius puzzles and a whole lot of charm, but the movement will be a little too slow for some.

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