Having gained some renown, or perhaps infamy, with his dadaist La La Land series, Matt Aldridge (aka biggt) has unleashed a significantly more ambitious follow-up.
Compared to the La La Land series, Uin is rather more conventionally structured, if no less evocative. There is an inventory, and exploration, and in place of the sheer dream dump of La La Land, play involves a certain amount of skill or problem solving. There are even a couple of forced-scrolling shooter stages. Yet Aldridge still wraps it up in his typically baffling logic and atmosphere. As he describes it:
wander a strange land in search of your brother. why? because you’re stuck and have no choice.
if you’re lost sometimes you need to think outside the box. however other times things just don’t make sense so too bad so sad, keep trying. i believe in you!
Then, as he reflects in his own comments:
rubbish 1/10 i’d give it 0 if i could
Tut tut.
You can download the game here. The compression format is a little odd; it requires Winzip to extract. Expect a more comprehensive review later this week.
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