Review: Expand (PlayStation 4)
A world set in five stages, Expand offers an atmospheric experience of exploration, discovery and introspection through gameplay and compelling soundtrack designed to immerse you deeply into its allegorical themes.
Pros:
- Good graphics.
- Three save slots.
- Brief tutorial.
- Chilled soundtrack.
- 223.4MB Download size.
- Puzzle game set within a sphere that is changes to create puzzles as you travel around it.
- Instant restarts.
- Constant checkpoints.
- Amazing to watch levels evolve and unwind as you play.
- Game flows really well.
- Simple controls.
- Supports analog and d pad control.
- Clever puzzle design.
- 10 trophies.
- Puzzles can be part of rooms and doing something in one room will change the previous rooms and open up different routes.
- New mechanics unlock as you progress.
- Simple yet fun.
- Five worlds to explore and solve.
Cons:
- Menu is slow and fiddly as they incorporate the core gameplay into it.
- OST is so chilled it almost puts you to sleep.
- Cannot change options in game.
- Few tedious sections.
- Short.
- Little replay value.
The Numbers:
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Graphics - 7/107/10
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Sound - 6/106/10
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Accessability - 8/108/10
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Length - 7/107/10
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Fun Factor - 7/107/10
7/10
Summary
Whilst Expand has some really cool features like the level creation stuff, It is in many places far too simple and over far too quick. Its the kind of game you pick up and play through in one maybe two sittings, You will enjoy your time with it but once finished you will uninstall and forget all about it. Its cheap enough that this is not really a bad thing that its short. I would love to see more games like this.
