Welcome to This Is Not A Review. In these articles we discuss general impressions, ideas and thoughts on any given game, but as the title implies, it’s not a review. Instead, it’s an exercise in offering a quick recommendation (or dismissal) after spending enough time to grasp the ideas and gameplay of a thing without necessarily playing it from A to Z.
The subject of this installment: The Blueness of a Wound, developed and published by ZAPERART.
HIGH Matches are quick and perfect for pickup-and-play.
LOW No online mode or bots for single players.
WTF Pressing start can pause the main menu screen.
You might not think you know Dan Marshall, but odds are good you’ve seen or played his games. The co-founder of BAFTA award-winning indie developer Size Five Games has overseen the creation of everything from sex-ed comedy shoot-’em-ups to 2D stealth/thievery, all the way to LucasArts adventure homages.
HIGH Pixel Neo Noir looks great.
LOW Lackluster and inconsistent combat.
WTF The number of memes.
HIGH Learning what the title refers to.
LOW The jump mechanic is a little sticky.
WTF Tariq’s Bitchtape.
HIGH Great scope, solid puzzles, good sense of humor.
LOW Ghosting through doors was not adequately tutorialized.
WTF The, uh… ‘style’ of Akiro’s portrait art.
HIGH Getting my first A.
LOW Getting my first F.
WTF Please play with a stylus. Trust me.
HIGH Mechanically superb with a surprising story.
LOW The low-light rooms.
WTF What am I using to clone myself?
HIGH A cyberpunk setting mixed with HP Lovecraft.
LOW Simple, boring puzzles.
WTF I’m still not entirely sure what the story was about.
HIGH Petting! All! The! doggos!
LOW Dying of starvation twice in a row, with no hope of collecting food.
WTF Getting the sled stuck in an infinite loop.
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