Do you have what it takes to overcome the challenges thrown your way without getting lost in the mist?


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Location: Home

Date Played: May 2024

Team size: 3; recommended 1- 4 players

Duration: 6 - 8 hours

Price: ~S$50 on their website

Premise

Your friend’s mysterious disappearance results in the discovery of an unusual item, leading you to embark on a journey through time and memory. In this narrative puzzle adventure, an intimate coming-of-age story is told through an object that serves as a tarot deck, a puzzle game, and a work of art. You will need to manipulate cards, find hidden messages, and solve logic and word problems in order to uncover the deck’s secrets.

Components

The tarot deck contains 78 cards--56 Minor Arcana and 22 Major Arcana, the latter of which each represent a puzzle. Alongside the deck is a story booklet that will offer you lore and guide you on the puzzles to solve. You have a journal/backpack item that helps you to take down notes and what items you've acquired throughout the game.

Gameplay

Puzzles are solved using sets of Minor Arcana cards and clues from the story booklet and result in solution keywords that lead players to discover new pieces of the narrative. Some story passages grant items which can be later used to unlock extra scenes, and some puzzles have multiple answers, allowing players to unlock more of the story if they find all the solutions.

Packed with gorgeous illustrations, resonant storytelling, and unique puzzles, The Light in the Mist can be played solo or cooperatively in a small group. It’s non-linear structure and varied puzzle difficulty will engage players of all experience levels with over five hours of gameplay.

Puzzles/Thoughts

➕Crazy good art. The art design and illustrations look gorgeous in all the tarot cards, even without the puzzles it'll be a good purchase just for decoration.
 
➕Quite ingenious puzzles. The puzzles are varied and while some were better than others, they were generally pretty fun to solve and fair. There wasn't a puzzle that felt unfair/frustrating to us.

➖Decent story. Our group wasn't interested in the story but it was quite interesting and relevant to the puzzles you solve.

✖️One of the puzzles was confusing. We read the hints & solutions system but we still couldn't figure out how to approach it.

Verdict

The Light in the Mist was a fun game! The puzzles had your classic PostCurious vibes and if you enjoyed their other games, you'll love this too. 

The game is also leans more towards the easier side so it's an easy recommend for beginners. Don't let that fool you though as there are bonus puzzles for the more seasoned gamer to get their kicks.

Rating: 4/5

★★★★✩

You can't buy their game at the moment but you'll be able to when their new kickstarter launches!