#QUERN UNDYING THOUGHTS REVIEW SERIES#

It has the same sense of weary isolation, the same unexpected warmth to its grimy copper gizmos, and that feeling of вЂњNormalвЂќ and вЂњAlienвЂќ bashed together in one place. Those huts may represent the most obvious parallel, but the game reeks of CyanвЂ™s mid-вЂ™90s output.

And itвЂ™s incredibly reminiscent of the bleached-white adobe buildings that dotted RivenвЂ™s Jungle Island: ItвЂ™s your main hub and where youвЂ™ll spend a good portion of Quern. ItвЂ™s as close to a Myst game as IвЂ™ve ever seen from another developer. His journal entries lead you from area to area, sometimes giving context, sometimes giving clues, and all apparently part of some plan. The islandвЂ™s previous occupant has left behind directives, notes on the peculiar properties Quern possesses, the secrets heвЂ™s uncovered and what heвЂ™s done with said knowledge.

#QUERN UNDYING THOUGHTS REVIEW SERIES#

Puzzles involving gears and simple mechanical contraptions, puzzles involving audio cues, puzzles involving some lightweight botany, and puzzles involving a whole series of crystals each of which has its own unique properties.ДЄlong the way youвЂ™ll delve into the origins of the titular island, Quern. ThereвЂ™s a way off the island though, approximately 50 locked doors and dozens of puzzles in your future. In this case youвЂ™ve been teleported to an island by way of a massive gateway which promptly self-destructs upon your arrival. Like Myst of old, you arrive in an area with no idea how you got there or what you should be doing. I recently delved into QuernвЂ™s world though-nothing like those slow Januarys for catching up on your backlog-and itвЂ™s excellent.

Quern undying thoughts review