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OpenCritic - 84


GamesRader+ - 4.5/5 - "A beautiful adventure full of mystery, suspense, and charm"
God is a Geek - 9/10 - "Planet of Lana is a wonderful puzzler with visuals that will leave you in awe, along with a stunning soundtrack and plenty of challenges."
Press Start - 8.5/10 - "Planet of Lana is a profoundly moving title that couples its clever, companion-driven puzzle-solving with an irresistibly gorgeous presentation to create what is, so far, the year’s prettiest, heartrending indie."
Game Informer - 7.8/10 - "While I would have liked gameplay to have more bite and variety, Planet of Lana is still an enjoyable and beautiful romp."


Sounds like a big win for the debut title from Wishfully Studios. Day one on Game Pass as well. Out tomorrow!

 

[GnomeChimpsky]

Good, I reaaly enjoyed the demo.

 

[Bartski]

sweet

 

[reksveks]

Hmm, when to play this? Maybe Saturday.

 

[splattered]

Hasn't been on my radar at all, need to check it out

 

[Roberts]

Completed Benedict Fox just in time to move on to this. Can’t wait.

 

[PanzerCute]

Nice! Really look forward to playing this.

 

[RagnarokIV]

That title.

 

[analog_future]

That title.

What about it?

 

[reksveks]

What about it?

Don't know if he is going down a specific rhoades

PS NSFW.

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

I know nothing about this, but guessing it's an emotionally impactful indie game with a lot of walking, built on Unreal?

 

[analog_future]

I know nothing about this, but guessing it's an emotionally impactful indie game with a lot of walking, built on Unreal?

From the official website:

"Planet of Lana is a cinematic puzzle adventure framed by an epic sci-fi saga that stretches across centuries and galaxies."

 

[LordCBH]

The art style is lovely. I may very well try this.

 

[SmokedMeat]

Looks good.

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

From the official website:

"Planet of Lana is a cinematic

puzzle adventure

framed by an epic sci-fi saga that stretches across centuries and galaxies.

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

Looks nice.

Might take a look one of those days.

 

[analog_future]

Sounds like it's a simultaneous worldwide release for this one, 10AM EST on Tuesday.

 

[Bartski]

 

[Vasto]

 

[analog_future]

Installing now on my Series X!

 

[touchfuzzy]

Looks good - I will put it on my list to check out down the road, Zelda just consuming my gaming life right now.

 

[thatJohann]

Planet of Lana Del Rey, I’m here for it.

 

[Roberts]

Played for an hour. It might be developers’ first game but it is so damn confident - music (sountrack of the year?), visuals, sound, puzzles and the overall presentation is top class. Gameplay is familiar to anyone who has played Inside, Little Nightmares, etc so don’t expect anything groundbreaking, but that’s not a bad thing. Love it so far.

 

[Games of Today]

I like the little cat monkey haha.

 

[near]

I don't really want to read any reviews, so I'll ask here if anyone knows. How long is this game? Is this akin to Inside/Limbo in terms of puzzles and narrative presentation?

 

[Luipadre]

Played for an hour. It might be developers’ first game but it is so damn confident - music (sountrack of the year?), visuals, sound, puzzles and the overall presentation is top class. Gameplay is familiar to anyone who has played Inside, Little Nightmares, etc so don’t expect anything groundbreaking, but that’s not a bad thing. Love it so far.

how are the puzzles? I hope its light puzzles and not some 5Head shit Game looks great, might gonna play it

 

[reksveks]

I don't really want to read any reviews, so I'll ask here if anyone knows. How long is this game? Is this akin to Inside/Limbo in terms of puzzles and narrative presentation?

4-6, there is some collectibles and yeah like those two but maybe slightly less complex.

 

[nikos]

Played for 15-20 minutes and it's off to a great start. Looks great at 5760x2400 ultrawide. I may try it on my super ultrawide later.

 

[Bartski]

4-6, there is some collectibles and yeah like those two but maybe slightly less complex.

so one sitting type of deal, perfect

 

[Roberts]

how are the puzzles? I hope its light puzzles and not some 5Head shit Game looks great, might gonna play it

Easy puzzles. Not easy because dumb or for kids but easy because super intuitive if you observe the surroundings.

 

[THE DUCK]

Wait I thought they said all games on gamepass are bad? I mean developers, the second they decide to put a game on gamepass throw in the towel, right? How can this be????

 

[Gambit2483]

Wait I thought they said all games on gamepass are bad? I mean developers, the second they decide to put a game on gamepass throw in the towel, right? How can this be????

I don't think anyone ever said that...
I mean everyone agrees Hi-fi Rush is a good-great game.

The game has a very beautiful artstyle though. Will definitely be playing this at some point

 

[Little Chicken]

It's up on Game Pass now, anyone tried it yet?

 

[adamsapple]

It's up on Game Pass now, anyone tried it yet?

Not yet but the high reviews are definitely gonna make me download this in the AM tomorrow.

 

[Little Chicken]

Had a chance to play just a little bit, it's gorgeous.

 

[Bartski]

Done.

Surprisingly good execution of the idea and manages to tell a story with such means of expression that doesn't need ambiguity to be interesting.
May not be reaching Playdead levels of excellence but comes together really well with beautiful art and audio.
Great get for game pass definitely worth checking.

 

[adamsapple]

Had a chance to play just a little bit, it's gorgeous.

Yep, looks like the kind of game you make wallpapers from.

 

[analog_future]

About an hour into the game. It's pretty special.


Nice mix of Ori vibes, Journey vibes, and Studio Ghibli vibes.

 

[bender]

I'm two achievements in. Initial impressions is that is Limbo/Inside with a different art direction.

 

[Heisenberg007]

Nice! I was looking forward to it.

Question: Does this game have combat? I'm going in blind so I haven't and don't want to watch any reviews. Just need to know this, however.

 

[DenchDeckard]

I want my rog ally so I can play stuff like this in bed.

Another game pass banger.

 

[analog_future]

Nice! I was looking forward to it.

Question: Does this game have combat? I'm going in blind so I haven't and don't want to watch any reviews. Just need to know this, however.

As I said above, I'm about an hour in and there hasn't been any combat thus far. Not sure about the rest of the game as I'm going in mostly blind as well.

 

[Bartski]

Question: Does this game have combat?

nope. But it has oldschool QTEs

 

[Heisenberg007]

nope. But it has oldschool QTEs

Thanks. A little disappointing as I rarely enjoy games without combat. But I'll probably still give it a try.

 

[reksveks]

Just started and the colours are very poppy and pretty.

 

[SmokedMeat]

Indies continue to deliver

 

[THE DUCK]

I don't think anyone ever said that...
I mean everyone agrees Hi-fi Rush is a good-great game.

The game has a very beautiful artstyle though. Will definitely be playing this at some point

Unfortunately there is a whole group of annoying people running around saying all kinds of crap in that regard, despite the absence of any kind of rear data to support the theory.

 

[nemiroff]

Haven't even heard about this game before.. Guess I have to go download it now.

 

[Vyse]

Looks good - I will put it on my list to check out down the road, Zelda just consuming my gaming life right now.

Was coming to post the exact comment. Great minds.

 

[mckmas8808]

This game looks amazing!