"The Prism" is an ambiguous game... | The Prism

"The Prism" is an ambiguous game. Platformer, with meditative gameplay, which "focuses on art, music and game play in their vibrant world". Sounds like an application for, at least, an interesting game. But in fact behind the intriguing shell is hidden the most common platformer-timekiller.
Pixel graphics are already starting to get a little boring. More and more games are beginning to use this design of graphics, without using the main advantage - the ability to create their own special visual style without investing much money to implement the 3D engine and effects. Here, unfortunately, there is nothing interesting or new, on the contrary, the design is little bit ugly. A mixture of laziness, lack of budget and pompous minimalism, with a pinch of abstraction. But despite the graphics, there is an interesting level design. Somewhere one must act quickly, somewhere neatly, somewhere to think. The most important thing is that the levels here use the feature with the control of the cubes - you need to help each other, wait, choose the right moments for the action. The environment and the background are meager , but this is a pretense to the graphics design.
Horrible music. A bad attempt to make lyrical and piercing ambient for a relaxed game. Mournful motives, too strong jumps in volume, HORRIBLE SCRIPTURE, which buzzed me already. Annoying and forcing to turn on my own music.
Interesting gameplay that makes you sweat, in a good way. You control for 2 cubes, your goal is to escape from the abstract "prison". Along the way you need to solve various puzzles, mini-games for agility and attentiveness, high-speed runs and so on. Relaxed gameplay, never freaked out while playing it - so it pacifies. Most likely, this is the main function of the game, because there is just a huge cloud of different levels that you still have to try to master (but some of them are just a rethinking of old ones - they will eventually start to bore). An interesting cooperative system - under control give those "cubes", levels can only be passed by two people, because it was difficult for me to manage two cubes alone (or if there is enough mind and coordination to one). Controls is ordinary, addictive happens instantly.
A good platformer with not very beautiful design, but the most calming and soothing gameplay with a bunch of levels for a long game. "The Prism" is a good game in order to kill time or calm down. However, for a very long time you will not play - some monotony and repetition of levels, terrible music and ugly graphics design repels. The game costs 3 packets of milk and one bun with meat :P (150 roubles).  
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