I don't think, I have ever, played a more beautiful game than Unravel. One Less In The Backlog!

Guys, if you have a heart and love glorious visuals and, have the ability to pay attention to the small minute details, you will love this game.  Unravel is merriment and poignant.



You are Yarny,  a small little creature made from red yarn, whos' journey is to recover the memories of the past.  You use yourself, the yarn, to swing, climb, pull, tie off and proceed though the memories and recover the pieces.

Unravel is a platform puzzler, and its has some great physics puzzles.  There is still the drag this here, and it challenges you to get it there. With Unravel, there's a catch, you can only use you, yarn. The yarn is the tool that you have to complete the puzzles, when there is nothing left of you, you can't continue. Many times you have to stop and figure another approach that allows you the yarn to finish. Checkpoints have wrapped nails/screws/branches of yarn, where you refill, well, yourself.

The visuals are so great! You play in the foreground throughout your adventure and they are astounding. The backgrounds are the best when they come to the forefront without warning and simply make you stop in awe. Unravel is told by it's visuals and it's no wonder they are so great. And, I can not forget how the soundtrack tells the story just as much as the visuals do!

The game play and puzzles are challenging and mostly unique. How do you get here, where to put this, here is the piece I need?  Damn, I am out of yarn, stop back up, reassess. Once, I will admit, I did cheat and YouTube a solution. I had the answer, but the sequence I did it in was wrong. After an hour of diddling with the puzzle, you understand. Some of the puzzles are platformed, timed jumps and quick reactions. These derail my puzzle solving skills and slow the game down. BzzzztBzzzztJumpBzzzzt, CRAP! I missed the jump. Couple of tries and you get back on track. Overall the puzzles are not that complex and the solution can be seen in a few minutes of fiddling with the environment.  I will say, the set pieces where you must do the unexcepted for a wrapped creature of yarn were the most enjoyable moments of the game and I'll say just it at that. ;)

I can't state enough how quietly great this game is, many people see the the platform puzzler as a deterrent for playing all the way through the game. When I finished the game I had gotten a rare achievement, only 6% of playing Unravel got it. 6%.  The silent narrative of this game is the best part, yes, you have to play the puzzles to proceed, but the story is most endearing.  This game is played best with a driven urge to finish, uncover the story, and absorb it with some quiet self reflection.

GOOD INU.

SWS out.