Iris Fall – A Short Disappointing Bizarre Adventure (PS4 Review)

<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;store&period;steampowered&period;com&sol;app&sol;907470&sol;IrisFall&sol;">Iris Fall<&sol;a> has everything that should make me absolutely fall in love with it&period; The game is stylized&comma; the imagery is surreal&comma; there&&num;8217&semi;s plenty of puzzles&comma; and the narrative is conveyed with visuals alone&period;  Yet&comma; after completing Iris Fall&&num;8217&semi;s two-hour campaign&semi; I felt hollow and unsatisfied&period; The story feels incomplete&comma; unclear&comma; and way too short&period; Sure&comma; the puzzles are fun and the stylization is neat&comma; but that doesn&&num;8217&semi;t excuse the lack of content and clarity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-167265" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;01&sol;14165659&sol;Iris-fall&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"1080" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The game has you control a young girl that is lured by a cat to a strange castle&period; Entering the castle reveals she&&num;8217&semi;s trapped in Alice in Wonderland type scenario&period; The only way out is to solve a plethora of light and shadows based puzzles&comma; but venturing further will reveal the sinister plot within&period; However&comma; that will probably be the only thing you will glean from this&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I did understand other aspects of Iris Fall&&num;8217&semi;s narrative&comma; but other&&num;8217&semi;s were unclear and confusing&period; Sadly&comma; I can&&num;8217&semi;t discuss it because that is towards the end of the game and this isn&&num;8217&semi;t a spoiler review&period; I did try scavaging the internet for answers&comma; but nothing came up&period; So&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;m stuck with a game that&&num;8217&semi;s more focused on bewildering the players with stylized bizarre imagery&comma; than providing a concrete story&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Pros<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>Decent music<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Has a nice style<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>The world is interesting to view<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>The puzzles are fun &lpar;most of them&rpar;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<h3>Cons<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>The story is unclear and short<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>No interesting characters<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>No replay value<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Some areas lack polish<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p><strong>Rating&colon; <&sol;strong>5&sol;10<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Check out our other content&excl; Including previous <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;podcasts&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">podcast episodes<&sol;a> and the latest <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;reviews&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">game reviews<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong><em>This review is based on a review key provided by the developers<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;