Forget about people, animals, extraterrestrials or any fantasy creation in Double Fine’s GuardianYou play as a lighthouse – a living, walking lighthouse. A puzzle adventure atmospheric GuardianCreated by Lee Petty and Double Fine Productions, it is one of the strangest games presented during Gamescom. Open Live Night.
While artistic visualizations could intrigue you, the trailer creates more questions than he says. Why is the lighthouse wake up? Where is it going? And more importantly, what challenges he encounters? After the preview in Gamescom, I can answer … well Some these questions.
Here is the heart: Bird lands on the lighthouse, the lighthouse grows a few legs, and together the birds and the building enters the strange world full of strange creatures and occasional living trees. Basically Guardian It entails.
At the beginning of the preview, I was worried that this concept could be a bit lifeless. I saw the lighthouse falling, following the linear path, shiny lightweight on creatures to scare them away, and illuminating overgrown trees to remove the roots, but the game seemed a bit tame.
Then, however, the lighthouse began to collect objects, solve puzzles, and even manipulate sometimes, turning your companion a bird into an egg. At this point, things have already become quite condemned, but then the lighthouse entered the magnificent, lightweight gray valley full of pink fluffy fog, unlocking the ability to jump and float like a springy cotton wool. Oh, and there was also a flying whale.
Although certainly not without life, he stands out the most in Keper, there is a lack of people. Inspired by the Covid-19 pandemic, Lee Petty developer, he has nothing to do except wandering in nature, he dreamed the world without people. No people mean any words, which leads us to the second thing that stands out: Guardian He feels terrible composed. If you want to know what’s going on in this strange kingdom, you’ll have to watch carefully.
This means that the narrative is not on the face like more time-honored games with dialogue.
Tim Schafer, founder of Double Fine Productions, confirms: “History is open to interpretation,” he said. “He focuses around the bond between the lighthouse and the bird and the way this character is developed.” It will certainly remain some secret, such as the sudden life of the lighthouse.
In counting GuardianSuccess and whether you should keep him on your radar depends on whether his atmospheric design resonates with you. Having said that, I am 100% sold on the lighthouse as a hero – watching how he jumped with a birds buddy is simply too charming.
Guardian It is October 17 on Windows PC and Xbox Series X. It will be available via Game Pass.
