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Golem the goat

So damn good

Wait a couple weeks before buying. Performance is less than desirable and got a crash in the first 20 minutes of the game that froze my pc for a few minutes. Most of my playtime is spent compiling shaders. Damn shame about the quality of this port.

I first played Forever Lost: Episode 1 back in 2013 on IOS.
Back then i was 13 and fell in love with the game while also being terrified of it.

The game(s) recently came out on Steam and i felt obliged to get them in order to relieve the great game.
Forever Lost: Episode 1 is still one of the best puzzle games that i´ve played, and i am not a fan of puzzle games at all.
You wake up in a room with only one objective, to get out. The puzzles are entertaining, the enviroment is incredible and atmospheric and the story is interesting and i am excited to jump back into it in Episode 2 and 3.

The game is quite short, took me almost 1.5 hours to complete it, but i did enjoy it all the way through.
8/10

Even better than the first
Makes great use of the previously established mechanics and expands upon it.

Spoiler: Requires friends

Took 3 hours to get 100 %. Really great experience and super spooky at times. Bought the second to support the devs and hopefully have another cool time
10/10

Don´t buy it. Save your social life

I first played this game way back in the day on the Playstation 2 before i could even understand english (It´s my second language). However that didn´t stop me from fully enjoying the game, it´s very simplistic and someone that don´t even play video games on a regular basis can play this game with no problems.

The Story:

This story takes place in Australia and you play as a Tasmanian tiger called Ty. Ty´s family has been trapped in the spirit world by the evil Boss Cass (The Main Villain of the story). It is now up to Ty to save his family and friends from Boss Cass who wants power from the ancient Talismans that trapped Ty´s family in the spirit world. You will be travelling across multiple different enviroments of Australia to find them including the forests, the outback and the great barrier reef. Along the way you will be facing Boss Cass´ goons that include kangaroos, frill lizards and blue tongue lizards as well as mini bosses like a bull, a cyborg shark and a massive mountain monster.

The Gameplay:

The gameplay isn´t too advanced. Combat consists of you throwing boomerangs and techno boomerangs at foes as well as biting them. You will also be gliding, swiming and jumping a lot since the game is a 3D platformer after all. In each level there are different tasks that include finding and saving your friends, collecting all opals and collecting all golden cogs that will unlock technorangs. Each level all have a main quest that can be something like escorting someone to safety, finding lost children or finding someone of interest.

The characters:

Ty: Ty is the main character and he is the typical hero and doesn´t really have to much to say but still have a rich personality and is very "Australian"

Maurie: Maurie is your guide throughout the game. He tells a lot of jokes and introduces you to each level and gives you a general idea of what you´ll be facing in the levels.

Julius: Julius is a tech genius and is the character that allows you to travel to different levels and gives you the technorangs if you collect enough golden cogs.

Boss Cass: Boss Cass is the antagonist of the game and uses his minions to fight you. He doesn´t have a lot of depth besides that he wants the talismans to elliminate the tasmanian tigers.


The design:

This game has incredible design. The atmosphere is incredible and you feel like you´re in Australia and the music only solidifies this. The graphics have a special charm that you will find in other games from that time as well. I had no performance issues with the game and it ran smoothly. I also did not encounter any bugs or glitches so kudos to Krome Studios.


Generally this is the game that i remember from my childhood and i am so thankful that they managed to bring the magic of the game over to PC from Consoles.

Amazing game, mods make it even better

8/10