Varenje Review: Traveling In A Strange Game World
Game Developer
Varenje is a casual game developed by Ukrainian independent game development team Play Cute and released by JoyBits Ltd., which combines Hidden Object and Puzzle features. It has been sold on Steam at Jul 3, 2018. This review was created by the editor of BD Studio Games. We give it 4 out of 5 stars for this game.
Main Introduction
Overall, Varenje is a game product that combines Hidden Object Games with Puzzle Games and adds a bizarre storyline. The main goal of the game is to find the answer, figure out what happened to the player, and why it came to such a strange world.
The story of the game is not very complete, it feels that the development team has deliberately made a funny style. Most of the time, you are looking for items, using items, and in the process, interspersed with some mini puzzle games. After a chapter is completed, there will be a cut-off animation that will advance the storyline.
The picture below is a typical screenshot of the hidden object scene:
The picture below is a screenshot of a mini puzzle game:
Pros
So, where do the games do better?
- First of all, of course, hand-painted 2d art, the color is very bright, cartoon style, the scene is very imaginative, each scene is beautiful, fascinating, can be used directly for wallpaper.
- Puzzles, there are a lot of mini puzzles, and many of them are very special.
- The content of the game is also very rich. It takes about 6 to 8 hours to finish the whole game, keeps the player's interest and does not make the player feel too tired.
- The game is a casual game for all ages. It is moderately difficult. If you are stuck in the game, you can click the question mark button in the upper left corner to get a hint. Hints need to complete a puzzle to get.
The picture below is a screenshot of a mini puzzle game:
Cons
For me personally, what are the games that feel bad?
- The plot, the plot of the whole game feels very scattered, there is no specific story in it, some weird people or animals, say something weird. I think it is more like a catharsis of the development team? expression? Still a kind of teasing? Because the development team borrowed the characters from the game and said that the current game is garbage, garbage everywhere. In short, the plot only left me with a confused impression.
- The guiding system of the game. Sometimes, when the player moves the mouse to an interactive place, the mouse cursor does not change, which leads to contradictions before and after. There are also some scenes, lack of road signs, such as the screenshot below. I looked for a long time before I found the bottom left of the plate, was able to return to the previous screen.
- The third point is that the sound of the game, including music and sound effects, is not satisfactory. It can't reach the level of the graphics. If they can do it better, that should make the game to a high level.
The Conclusion
In general, Varenje is a game worth buying. If you buy it, you won't feel cheated. But I want to remind the players that there is no clear introduction to the story at the beginning of the game, and maybe feels too hard to a new player, which makes it not very attractive at first.
But this is a slow game. When you adapt to the game's operating habits and expressions, you will gradually find that the game is more and more attractive. So, we give Varenje 4 stars and recommend it to those casual game enthusiast.
You can download the free version of this game now: Varenje Free Download.
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