6.0
Reaching for Petals is lovely, but there are a few issues that kept it from blooming to its fullest potentials.
Reaching for Petals
Blue Entropy Studios · Sep 4, 2017
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Reaching for Petals is a poetic adventure about love, loss, and ambition in a desolated world full of mystery. Throughout your journey, you'll revisit past memories. Each and every one of them tell a chapter of your life, and slowly uncover the meaning of your travels. In this purely story-driven experience, Reaching for Petals combines dynamic music, breathtaking visuals, and interactive choices to tell an engagingly beautiful story.
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- 6.0Ultimately, because of Reaching for Petals‘ short running time, it feels more like a tech demo than an actual, fully-formed video game experience. It’s more of a showcase of “just look what the Unreal Engine can do!” than anything else. I guess, being Blue Entropy Studios’ first game, in some ways it is a tech demo. The team has demonstrated their incredible ability, and it leaves me excited for what may come next with a little more experience under their belt.
- 6.5I was honestly very surprised at how short the game was, and though I really enjoyed my time spent playing through Reaching for Petals, I find it difficult to recommend paying for something that won’t give you much more than an hour’s worth of gameplay with little to no replayability. I feel selfish asking for more of the same, but if Reaching for Petals carried on for a few more hours I’d be singing a completely different tune.
- Regardless of whether you agree with the term walking simulator or not, there’s no way Reaching For Petals can be described as anything else, really. The whole game hinges on you, through the first-person perspective, walking from point A to point B throughout each and every chapter, listening to an English fellow recite poetry. But there’s heart in its story, its beautiful visuals make the journey worth taking, and that musical score is better than almost anything else I’ve heard in gaming this year.
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