Sharp eyes and a readiness to explore are required for success, as each level has at least one, if not more than one, hidden object or scene that must be photographed with the in-game camera, a part of something the game refers to as The Process, producing a curious polaroid that serves as the key to obtaining the correct paint color required for a level's completion. Some levels play on this in fun ways, such as tearing away a piece of the card and leaving players entirely on their own to find certain objects tucked away behind secondary puzzles or in places they might least expect to find them. In each level, there's often a card posted on a wall with locations as to where players can find the necessary paint can, paint brush, and canvas needed to complete the level's puzzle, leaving the task of finding these items otherwise up to them. Though not a hidden object game, I still couldn't help but be reminded of my many hours with old favorites, such as later entries in the Mystery Case Files series. Players familiar with their simple click-to-move control schemes will feel right at home movement in The Search's elegantly designed three-dimensional space is easy to navigate as each puzzle room is relatively small, which prevents the player from ever getting lost. Are you listening?Īs a puzzle game, The Search shines as a wonderfully conceptual homage to other first-person puzzler greats, such as Myst and Riven. ![]() Utilizing a canvas, paint, and a paintbrush, along with a curious, old-fashioned camera and lighter, it's up to you to solve the puzzles in each location, taking heed of The Invisible's advice to help you along each step of the way. ![]() At its core, The Search is a treatise on art and the self, both of which, it asserts, can be easily lost to a sort of modern listlessness it calls The Wasteland. An unseen guide, identifying itself as only The Invisible, leaves mysterious letters for you to find and use in your quest to complete a series of puzzles that linger on the introspective and ask players to confront the deepest parts of themselves. Strange ticket machines act as portals to new places: a charming, European-esque side street, a misty, quiet forest on a hill, the sprawling interior of a grand manor, a strange, pitch-black otherworld. In it, you, a painter voiced by the delightful and well-beloved Cissy Jones of Life is Strange and Firewatch fame, are transported to a world betwixt, lingering somewhere in the liminality between the conscious and subconscious after somehow losing your way with your craft. The Search is a first-person, point-and-click puzzle and adventure game created entirely by the one-man team of Jason Godbey, a 3D artist.
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