creepy
reminds me of myst. Its creepy and transports you into a diffrent world...great work
Reviews for "Looming"
Took roughly 2 hours
I'm a bit of a completion-ist. Once I get started, I need to be sorely pissed off to stop. I nearly did in my search for the final Lorem tablet. But I searched via a grid system and found everything in the game- all 9 endings, included. The simple origins of the game's idea are confounding in nature- but no more confounding then when I envisioned an entire novel's plot in the process of eating some noodles.
Getting past my prior ramblings, this game is a rare and... shall I say, "obscure" piece. It's intricate, detailed, philosophic, hypothetical, theoretical, psychological, sociological, and surreal. It reminds me intimately of the town Silent Hill- not so much the games as strictly the town. Dark, dismal, empty, yet so full of detail.
In a way, this game is kind of a hell, but in some ways it is no less than a Shangri-La. And reading those notes... it's deeply satisfying. An actual prize for totality, as opposed to the simple "100% completion" that gives little to no reward.
It was a fairly simple piece, and it was definitely a source of eye strain, but two hours later, I can go to sleep peacefully and consider this a piece of art and a piece of entertainment- an increasingly rare statement in an increasingly dull and unoriginal world.
Huge a** puzzle
For the same reason I like Myst.. I like this.
Its strange
Its Big
Its a big puzzle
and its something you dont see that often.
I like it allot :D
Wow, pretty fantastical. Tickled my innards.
What got me on this was the outworldy, yet so familiar psychological grasp of cultures & society. This game can go far. Has so much potential. Keep up the brilliant work.
Interesting
I really enjoyed playing this game--the "plot" got your point across, I think...pointing out two sides of thought, and playing it out through the signposts and dialogue between January and September.
However, as people before have said, the map is waaay too big--it does give a feel of a different world, but when the artifacts are slightly larger than the rest of the specks, it becomes an eyesore and can get irritating. Also, I had trouble with the signposts...though that might have been my mistake.
Overall though, good idea =) I enjoyed it. Thank you.