The Long Gate really needs a demo to help you discover if you’re up for the challenge. If not, it won’t be engaging enough to justify the frustration and sense of futility.
The Long Gate
David Shaw · Sep 21, 2020
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The Long Gate is a challenging and beautiful single-player, first-person, puzzle game. You will explore ancient caverns filled with mysterious devices and traverse relaxing oases of nature while learning to solve the three primary types of puzzles that wind through them. Find out what created this place and what happened to them since. Most of the puzzles can be completed in any order and many have more than a single possible solution for you to discover, and mastering a circuit type will provide keys to new areas and secrets. If you ever get stuck on a puzzle you can explore somewhere else, then come back later, or you can open the settings menu and turn on hints.
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- Objectively speaking, The Long Gate isn’t bad as a puzzle game, but it requires a certain compatibility with the player, and that’s probably the biggest challenge the game itself will face with finding its audience.
- It's unfortunate as there doesn’t appear to be any reason the Switch version should run this badly. The Switch is an excellent platform for this type of game; unfortunately, the same engineering effort that went into the puzzle design doesn’t appear to have made it to the port itself.
- The Long Gate offers a unique and beautiful way to learn electronics, and it’s still evolving, but in its current state it’s likely to be a confusing slog for many.
- The Long Gate succeeds in providing the most challenging – and often satisfying – puzzle experience I’ve played on the Switch, but that comes at the cost of accessibility for those of us who aren’t geniuses.
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