Review: Candle: The Power of the Flame (PlayStation 4)
Play as Teku, a young novice on a dangerous journey to rescue his tribe’s shaman from the evil tribe of the Wakcha. But the way is littered with sinister traps and difficult obstacles. To master these challenges, you need to have keen eyes and a good sense for your environment, or your next step may be your last.
Pros:
- Beautiful hand-drawn graphics that look more like a painting than a game.
- 2.12GB Download size.
- Options- Saturation, Brightness, Bloom, Classic controls and subtitles.
- Tutorial pop-ups.
- Platinum trophy.
- Save points in the game, You get 8 save slots.
- Vibrant art used in the cutscenes.
- Decent checkpointing.
- Puzzle platformer gameplay.
- Fast loading times.
- Feels and plays a lot like a point and click adventure.
- Death everywhere! By this I mean it is difficult.
- The game just looks so damn good.
- A lot of clever logical puzzles.
- Solid platforming areas.
- Very immersive.
- Decent soundtrack.
- Satisfying when you figure it out.
Cons:
- Difficult.
- Very little help or guidance.
- Can be hard to make out some parts of the puzzle.
- A lot of small text.
- Few annoying platform bits where it is your lack of reflexes that hinder you.
- A few “I’m stuck” moments.
