Sunday, May 4, 2014

Art fusion at its current best

Child of Light is a work of arts. Yes, plural. An interesting mixture of many forms : poetry, music, photography, image art, all wrap up in a wonderful bundle of simple yet compelling gameplay mechanics that "speak" to all the rest.

Most of the dialog is in rhyme and as far as I could discern, having just started playing, it is mostly an even number rhyme. An even number line in a paragraph rhymes with the even number line above and/or below it.
The art engine Ubisoft uses is amazing ! The backgrounds are lush and loose none of the finesse and color quality of a hand drawn painting. The characters and moving elements present a wonderful cell-shady particularity. Movement is smooth, lighting effects are adequate. In short, for I could write a book about how incredible an effect this games visuals has on me, the UbiArt framework is fucking A. It looked good in Rayman, here.... it SHINES!

What more can i say? GO EXPERIENCE IT!
Child of Light is an instant classic that you have to be completely bonkers not to love. April 30th 2014 will remain a highlight in my gaming life.

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