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Sunday, February 16, 2025 7:45:31 PM

Firmament Review (tran_fors)

A mostly-great puzzle game with a deeply stupid surprise ending.
Pros:
* Great level design.
* Decent voice actor & ambient sounds.
* Innovative puzzles.
Cons:
* Sometimes it's very difficult to spot interaction points w/o running around and holding right-click.
* Ending is just plain stupid. (see below)
* Show not tell is violated by the very lengthy monologue at the end. (Plus... look, lady, you mind-wiped former-me then angrily rant that you hope I'm upset with what you've done - that was a different person, they're dead.)
Ending spoilers:
* Okay, fine, you're on a space ship where gravity in each "realm" is via centripetal force.
* To achieve the ending, the realms are merged by rotating them into a single lumpy sphere - which means the realms should be thrown into utter chaos as gravity's axis radically shifts.
* Additionally, your "mentor" screwed up a system by effectively killing the (rat-bastard) crew - and then leaving things to lie for a long, long time. Which means that someone should have come to check on the ship, if tech has advanced to the point that you can warp to the destination in ~7 hrs.
TL;DR: Good puzzles, but don't expect a good conclusion to the plotline; if that's cool, 8/10; else, 6/10, or avoid.