Swan Song
Swan Song
Swan Song, développé par scummbag sur PC (Microsoft Windows) à l'aide du moteur RPG Maker MZ, est sorti le 27 juin 2023. Ce jeu d'aventure se présente comme un fangame traditionnel de Yume Nikki conçu pour le Dream Diary Jam 7. La presse a salué l'œuvre, Gaming Boulevard y voyant un puzzle game composé avec maîtrise et Digital Chumps louant une atmosphère modeste et accueillante servant un récit émotionnel et des énigmes exigeantes, tandis que certains joueurs sur Metacritic ont décrit un puzzle game simple et bien construit, jugeant les interludes et l'histoire peu utiles sans pour autant nuire à l'expérience.
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Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« Swan Song is a masterfully composed puzzle game. The level design, with its fun and engaging mechanics, is a masterclass in game design because the concepts are gradually introduced and made more challenging. These concepts synergise beautifully and never overstay their welcome. The emotional story of grief and loss presented between puzzles brought tears to my eyes. Although it is a difficult subject, the subtle way it is presented through family artefacts and the excellent voice acting will ensure that Swan Song will stick with me for years to come. »
« Swan Song‘s humble and inviting atmosphere creates an environment for an emotional narrative and challenging puzzles. Despite a simple premise, its music box delivery evolves in clever ways to ensure the player has a growing sense of accomplishment. »
« Overall, Swan Song is a fantastic puzzle game that left me wanting a bit more by the end. I happily recommend this one to fans of challenging puzzles! »
« Swan Song is part of a growing trend in the puzzle game genre that combines a unique mechanic with some heartfelt moments. The game nails the idea of using music notes of increasingly complex shapes to control the movement of mechanisms that will allow a swan figurine to traverse a level. It’s eminently accessible and delivers a constant stream of new ideas, some of which will delight, some of which will baffle players. The story is nice, a way to break up the puzzles and to add some emotional heft to the player’s actions. The title’s presentation is relatively simple, but good enough that watching the mechanism activate as the swan moves does not get old. Swan Song delivers a lot of innovative puzzles that evolve organically and remain accessible. »
« The puzzle design is strong, and the visual presentation is beautiful. The story may not dig as deeply as I hoped, but it’s a unique and welcome portrayal of how grief can be soft and swallow you whole at the same time. »
« Swan Song is an adorable and worthwhile cosy puzzle title, offering unique gameplay that fans of the genre will enjoy. What on the surface could appear to offer limited tricks succeeds in finding new mechanics that will keep players mentally engaged from start to finish. »
« Swan Song is a charming game of interlocking narrative vision, puzzle design and presentation. While the former two pieces contain some shortcomings through a lack of difficulty, abstraction and too much familiarity, this is still a touching and neatly designed ludic exploration of death, grief and what we might leave behind in both our final moments and throughout life itself. »
« An emotional blend of story and puzzle, Swan Song is a game that's going to pull at your heartstrings. Its puzzles are well designed too, with only the odd one that's likely to frustrate. »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« A simple and well crafted puzzle game with clear direction and mechanics. I can't say the interstitials and story added much here but did not detract from the experience. »
