With the autumn equinox proper on the doorstep, I’m nonetheless daydreaming about mendacity down below the intense solar of The Sojourn. The floor’s not very secure and there are some questions concerning the nature of actuality itself happening, however I’ll make it work. You can also think about a stunning catnap whereas ignoring every little thing else happening within the trailer beneath.
Okay, okay, clearly there are issues to be completed past dozing within the sunshine. In truth, that sunshine is only one a part of the equation, balanced out by the shadows that you simply’ll be making an attempt to eradicate as you’re employed your method by way of its puzzly narrative.
Alice Bee played some of it at Gamescom, describing its spatial, statue-based headscratchers like so:
“The statues and sculptures do different things, so you have to get them in the right place. And you yourself are one of the pieces, which adds a whole other layer of ‘Oh, wait, no, I did that wrong…’ to proceedings.”
Stepping into the darkened model of the world is important to disclose hidden issues and work out the interactions with the sunlit one. As is the best way with this stuff, totally different puzzle items like pads and gates and magic harps layer as much as make issues extra difficult as you go alongside.
Of course, all of this solely counts for those who can cease gawping at its very fairly structure and tumbling waterfalls and spindly timber, which you’d be fairly forgiven for being distracted by.
The Sojourn is offered now on the Epic Games Store for £20.
