9.0
Please, Touch The Artwork is an excellent little experience that cleverly combines intuitive, pensive puzzle mechanics with art history and humour to create an interactive exhibit you really shouldn't miss.
Please, Touch The Artwork
Thomas Waterzooi · Jan 26, 2022
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What happens when you DO touch the artwork? In this cozy puzzler with narrative, you'll break the golden rule of museums and unravel the secret world behind iconic abstract art. Covering over 160 paintings, it's an aesthetic journey to the origins of modern art, set to a soothing jazzy soundtrack.
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- 7.0Please, Touch the Artwork is a collection of lighthearted narrative-driven puzzle games where the story is told through abstract modern-art images painted with a limited palette of primary colors.
- This is a very cool puzzle game that I recommend to anyone who wants to explore artwork in unique, ponderous ways. In lieu of going to a modern art museum or something, maybe just kick back with a glass of wine and bounce around these three puzzle types and soak in some art.
- With its instantly recognizable aesthetics, accessible-but-impossible-to-explain puzzle mechanics, and meaningful narrative, Please, Touch the Artwork feels like a game where the sum is greater than the individual parts. Controls do occasionally feel counterintuitive, on the Switch version at least, but that’s probably the only real gripe we have with the game. It’s easily the most mainstream title in terms of gameplay that we’ve seen released by nakana.io but it also ticks most of the boxes that we’ve come to expect from the publisher.
- The narrative element, as well as offering some depth, also provides an incentive to go back to the game even when you know how to solve all the puzzles. It’s the kind of simple yet moving tale that grips you, despite starring a couple of two-dimensional featureless blocks.
- Please Touch the Artwork is a really enjoyable audiovisual experience that requires your attention and rewards you for it, unlike your average casual mobile outing. This game is clearly not for everyone, and its pretentious atmosphere will put some players off, but I had a good time with it regardless.
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