One of the best things about Samorost 3 is the way in which it engages with the strange and unfamiliar, and transforms them into a vehicle for not only learning and exploration, but also one that should be taken seriously.
You speak in muffled, alien vernacular, a rare phonic substance in a largely visual world Symbols and words don’t belong here, they’re as foreign as a sailor is without his ocean. Having played neither Samorostor Samorost 2, I approach this series as something of a foreigner myself, and if you’re in the same boat, nothing can quite prepare you for the incredible world of fantasy that awaits in Samorost 3, a breathtaking graphic adventure by Amanita Design.Ī leafy, straw hat-wearing scarecrow man needs your help to solve a card puzzle It’s a place where outside, star blossoms decorate trees, and when you pluck them they bypass the laws of germination and instantly sprout again, breathing and existing through interstellar photosynthesis. It’s a spacious triple story unit with a telescopic view of the cosmos. For you, home is a gigantic rusted fire hydrant with the circular windows of a veteran ship. They nibble peacefully at invisible crumbs hidden beneath soft, intricately woven grass, and you let them be, ready to return home. You tuck it away, satisfied, and observe the tiny rabbits nearby as gentle wind caresses your body.
Curiosity overwhelms you, so you emerge, a humanoid creature dressed in plain ivory, and retrieve what appears to be a primitive flute. A person who does not adhere to social conventions an eccentricĪs the stars twinkle against the jet black canvas of space, a dog sniffs impatiently at the object buried in the ground. (Czech) A piece of wood that resembles a creature 2.
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