Also On: PS4, PS3
Publisher: Grip Games
Developer: Grip Games/Talawa Games/Teotl Studios
Medium: Digital
Players: 1
Online: No
ESRB: E
It feels like the term โgood little gameโ was created with Unmechanical: Extended in mind. After all, itโs short, itโs cute, and itโsโฆwell, itโs good.
Does that lack of description bother you? It bothers me, too, but honestly, itโs not like this is the sort of game that you can really go on at length about. Itโs an enjoyable little puzzle game in which youโre trying to guide a small flying robot to freedom. Thereโs not really a story beyond the fact that heโs trapped, and you only have to guide him through five levels to get him out. If youโre particularly motivated and puzzle-minded, you could probably start this game after lunch one day and finish it long before dinner.
I should emphasize I donโt mean that in any kind of malicious way. Rather, itโs a statement of fact. Iโll also emphasize that rushing through Unmechanical: Extended probably doesnโt do it justice. While the five levels may not be huge, theyโre still meant to be explored, and the gameโs unnamed main character moves so slowly, it seems likely that the developers meant for you to move unhurriedly through each level as you take in the atmosphere and feel out solutions for the various puzzles they contain.
This isnโt entirely a good thing, though. Itโs great that the developers want you to find your way through the game, but it still offers a distinct lack of hand-holding. As in: it offers zero help to anyone who needs it. I mean, itโs not a massive problem, since everything here is so straightforward and basic that youโll figure everything out pretty quickly, but bells and whistles in the form of, say, a control map and maybe a โrestart from last checkpointโ menu option still wouldโve been nice.
Thereโs no point dwelling on that too much, though, since it seems like it would be silly to get annoyed at a game as straightforward (and I have to say, adorable to the extent robots can be adorable) as this. Unmechanical: Extended wonโt blow too many people away, but I donโt think anyone can doubt its heart is in the right place.