Four Sided Fantasy Review – Ever-Changing Seasons on a Computer Screen

<p>Puzzle-Platforming has taken on many different forms over the years&period; Games like <em>Braid<&sol;em>&comma; The <em>Oddworld <&sol;em>series&comma; and even <em>Portal<&sol;em> have attempted to expand our minds and change the way we play&period; <em>Four Sided Fantasy <&sol;em>is a game created by LudoLand and published by <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;serenityforge&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">Serenity Forge<&sol;a> with that same goal in mind&period; In <em>Four Sided Fantasy<&sol;em>&comma; screen wrapping is taken to another level&comma; testing the limits of your adaptability to new rules and boundaries of play&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In <em>Four Sided Fantasy<&sol;em>&comma; you discover a man and a woman trying to reach one another throughout the ever-changing seasons&period; The only issue with this is that the boundaries of your computer screen are in their way&period; It is up to you to help them unite and find one another while you explore each challenging level&period; The controls are simple&semi; you move with gamepad or keyboard&comma; jump&comma; and can engage the screen wrapping at any point with the click of a button&period; Using the screen wrapping effectively largely depends on where your character is in relation to where you are trying to reach&period; This adds a layer of puzzle solving to figure out just how you need to set up the screen wrapping to get it to work correctly&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;112523" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-112523" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-112523 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;09&sol;02214300&sol;Four-Sided-Fantasy-Screenshot-7-1024x576&period;png" alt&equals;"Four Sided Fantasy" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-112523" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Four Sided Fantasy<&sol;em>&comma; Serenity Forge&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><em>Four Sided Fantasy<&sol;em> is very minimalistic&comma; with no dialogue&comma; and just gameplay and soft&comma; peaceful music playing throughout the levels&period; There is no real narrative&comma; no explanation of why your characters are there&comma; and yet <em>Four Sided Fantasy <&sol;em>is surprisingly addictive&period; The game changes and evolves as you play&comma; adding things such as barriers that prevent you from utilizing screen wrapping until you find a battery key&period; The environments also evolve and change and&comma; despite the minimalistic design&comma; are very pleasing to the eye&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Four Sided Fantasy<&sol;em> showcases the changing of the seasons by mixing up different Puzzle-Platforming elements in each chapter&period; Winter&comma; for example&comma; showcases background and foreground manipulation&comma; while fall showcases gravity manipulation for puzzle solving&period; This gives the game a refreshing&comma; interesting sort of progression that doesn’t get stale or annoying as you progress&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;112524" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-112524" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-112524 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;09&sol;02214330&sol;Spring-Four-Sided-Fantasy-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Spring Four Sided Fantasy" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-112524" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Four Sided Fantasy<&sol;em>&comma; Serenity Forge&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><em>Four Sided Fantasy<&sol;em> is relatively short if you know what you are doing&period; I completed the review copy provided in about two hours&period; With that in mind&comma; I would say that depending on if you take your time&comma; or play in multiple sittings&comma; you could probably finish it in 2-3 hours&period; The short length of <em>Four Sided Fantasy<&sol;em> actually works in its favor&comma; as it does exactly what it set out to do&period; There are no boring stretches&comma; or annoying segments to grind through&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There are only two problems with <em>Four Sided Fantasy<&sol;em>&period; The first is that the rules of the game change without warning&comma; leaving you to figure out what is going on with very little guidance&period; The other is that despite being mostly polished&comma; there are a few bugs that can disrupt gameplay&period; From moving in ways you shouldn’t be able to&comma; to going outside of the game’s boundary and ending up having to restart the current puzzle&comma; there are a few bugs that are unique to say the least&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Aside from this&comma; <em>Four Sided Fantasy<&sol;em> is an incredibly fun Puzzle-Platformer that showcases beautiful music&comma; enchanting yet minimalistic visuals&comma; and evolving gameplay&period; If you like games like <em>Braid <&sol;em>or <em>Portal <&sol;em>then <em>Four Sided Fantasy<&sol;em> is perfect for you&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>A PC Review Code for<em> Four Sided Fantasy<&sol;em> was provided by Serenity Forge for the purpose of this review<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;