The “puzzles” in this game boil down to “hey, why don’t you go talk to this other person”. The navigation is extremely awkward; the click points have to be swiped over to see and I often end up moving to new locations rather than inspecting a potential point of interest. The loading time between scenes at least a second so this gets frustrating quickly. I get that this is a phone interface issue but if you know that’ll be a handicap, then why even bother making a game that will be a pale frustrating imitation of what one can do on a computer. There are so many point and click games for pc and they don’t tend to need a good pc; any laptop will run them and they’re all (even ones from thr 1990s) better than this. Even if this were good, I don’t see why one would spend much time playing a point and click game not optimized for a phone screen. I played through the free chapter but I was not impressed enough to purchase the rest.

I liked this game — gorgeous hand-drawn scenes of early 20th century rural Russia, with simple but interesting puzzles. However, the English dialogue and descriptions sounded strange sometimes, and that was often a distraction for me. In a future update, the developer should really consider having the game’s text revised by someone who speaks English natively. Sometimes I could pick up puzzle items before I knew I would need them. It felt a little artificial. I was also disappointed that I could not interact with the game’s scenery more. I really wanted to know what a propaganda poster said, for instance, or what the chickens would do if I tapped on them. These questions remain mysteries to me. I look forward to seeing what other games this developer might make.

I saw the numerous positive ratings for this game so I was excited to play. The game itself looks nice but I was not very impressed with the story or gameplay. The controls can be very awkward. When you’re on a screen tapping to find items, if you click anywhere on the lower half, you will move back to the previous screen. Most point and click adventures have an actual back button so it was hard to get used to and I found myself always clicking back to the previous screen. Also, the lack of puzzles was disappointing. The only puzzles where trying to talk to the right person to help you complete your objective. The game wasn’t bad but was not memorable or it doesn’t have any replay ability.

I have to say that at first I was a little confused about how to get around and navigate small details of the game in the beginning. At one point I thought I was stuck when trying to find a particular character who had the vehicle part I needed. However, as the game went on, the story became more interesting and the characters were interesting as well and not the usual cliche ones I have seen for this genre. The ending was not what I expected either and I hope the developers continue this story or one similar in the next chapter? Hint hint. Great game.