SOLAS 128

Amicable Animal · Jan 25, 2021

Everyone

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At its heart, SOLAS is a beam deflection game. Rotate and reposition mirrors to connect light sources and unlock adjacent puzzles. Every pulse is moving to the beat at all times, and each puzzle is connected to the next. Explore this strange interconnected space, learn its rules, and discover the surprises that dwell within. Rather than ordinary light beams, however, these pulses can and will collide with each other. Create new colours, deflect them in new directions, and pay attention to their timing to unlock the path to new puzzles.

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PC

Critic 7.5 (1 critics) · Gamer 0.0

Nintendo Switch

Critic 7.6 (5 critics) · No ratings yet

Critic reviews

GameSpew
Dan Lipscombe · Feb 12, 2021
7.0
This is where SOLAS 128 falls down: it doesn’t ever really feel intuitive. It fails to point you in the right direction in the opening moments – a brief explanation of what each button does would go a long way. The vague ‘story’ also lets the whole experience down somewhat; had it been more fleshed out, it would elevate the mechanics.
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TechRaptor
William Worrall · Feb 09, 2021
8.0
Solas 128 doesn't hold your hand, and has some insanely hard puzzles. The pure visual and auditory style alone makes it worth struggling through though.
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Hardcore Gamer
James Cunningham · Jan 25, 2021
7.0
Solas 128 is an intricate sprawling mass of puzzles, slowly building in intricacy from managing a single beam to untangling multiple colors and filters with only a handful of reflectors. The initial “guide the beam to the exit” eventually changes to “guide the color to the place to activate the trigger to get to the area while keeping an eye on three possible exits, all of which will be used eventually but in what order?”
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God is a Geek
Lyle Carr · Jan 25, 2021
8.5
SOLAS 128 is an expertly crafted puzzle game that takes a simple mechanic we’ve all seen before and runs with it. Solving its entwined puzzles is consistently satisfying, and the integrated synth soundtrack helps you through the hard times. It has some control issues, but puzzle fans owe it to themselves to go all in on the mirror puzzles.
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Sector.sk
kordi · Sep 13, 2021
7.5
Ako oddychovka na občasné ponamáhanie si hlavy Solas 128 funguje celkom dobre. Je len na vás, či bude skladať virtuálne puzzle alebo otáčať zrkadlami v Solas 128. Stereotyp nastupujúci pomerne skoro vás prinúti hranie si prezieravo dávkovať. Stokrát videná idea nie je osviežená žiadnym lákavým nápadom. No stále dokáže zabaviť, pretože to funguje rovnako ako skladanie potrubia, otáčanie obrazov a podobne. Fajn, len tá cena je možno trochu prestrelená.
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