I actually found it extremely jarring when their personalities resurfaced in the ending scenes after being mostly mute throughout the game. With rare exception, our protagonists don't really have a chance to emote outside of the opening and closing cutscenes, neither with their voices nor their animations, which is a tremendous shame in a game where the art style is such a big selling point. My only complaint is that they didn't do enough with any of them. I like the environments and I've been listening to the OST outside of the game. The music, visuals, and voice acting are good.

There are many bright, attention grabbing buttons that you initially can't push for no immediately obvious reason, but there's fortunately not any pixel hunting here, so it's not all that bad. Outside of a couple of short corridors and buttons, the feature is never used, in spite of the wealth of interesting puzzle possibilities it introduces. The character switching mechanic is underdeveloped and underutilized. It is occasionally frustrating to control, which surprised me. Neverhood had a music puzzle too, but you only had to do it once, and you didn't have to listen to a crying baby. They're all serviceable, but not especially unique or compelling. There are also block pushing puzzles, sliding tile puzzles, and a music minigame that comes complete with the shrill sounds of a crying baby. Mostly you find some symbol or pattern in one room, write it down, and use it in whatever contraption just a couple rooms down the road.

Infrequently do you have to really analyze your environment and think about how things can interact to find a solution. The game's puzzles are largely uninspired. At the risk of repeating myself, it's a tad repetitious.

The game is broken into four sections and you must complete the same basic set of objectives in each. I think puzzle centric games can do short just fine, and I think Armikrong would have driven me crazy if its repetition had gone on for much longer. I don't think it's a problem, personally, except maybe in the context of having spent 25 dollars for about six hours of playtime. I see a lot of people criticizing the length. I don't think it's a problem, personally, It's not terrible, but it's also not Neverhood. It's not terrible, but it's also not Neverhood.

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