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• gamedeal user

  Jan 23, 2022

  It is certainly a unique platforming game, I just wish they explained the mechanics a bit more. If you're a particularly cerebral person who enjoys puzzles you'll probably get a lot out of it.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 21, 2022

  This game was made in an era where elegance and idiosyncrasy in game design can survive, if not exactly thrive, and Starseed Pilgrim delivers both of these with astounding polish--delivers them with perfection, I dare say. That being said, the average attention span of the modern video game consumer is such that this game can only be experienced as an art piece rather than a proper rogue-like with a lateral metagame progression and campaign finale. I wonder if the best aspects of Starseed Pilgrim can be recreated in modern games, or whether its minimalist perfection is forever a thing of the past...
• gamedeal user

  Sep 30, 2014

  A great example of how to teach incredibly esoteric gameplay mechanics organically, Starseed Pilgrim does a great job of rewarding your curiosity and forcing you to re-evaluate your tactics, all while putting out a slightly foreboding, minimalist atmosphere. I'm a fan of being a digital gardener.
• metanet_raigan

  Dec 2, 2022

  Starseed Pilgrim is hands-down the most amazing puzzle-platformer ever (IMO), and *incredibly* different in type from every other game in that genre. It's also notable in that it's one of the very few special games which expect the player to actively try to learn the rules of the game while they're playing it, which I find really fun. (Cinco Paus does this slightly better, but only because it's turn-based thus much easier to follow -- Starseed Pilgrim can be so hectic that it's easy to miss some stuff, for me anyway). However: if you hate the start of the game, I recommend googling around to spoil it (there are some great blogs which detail all of the rules and behaviours you need to understand), because beyond the initial mystery/learning phase, there is an entire procgen action/puzzle game of sublime beauty where players are forced to improvise using an incredibly fun and streamlined construction mechanic... it's just brilliant! Also the way the stages and hub/meta-progression (I don't want to spoil too much) overlap is just so great... it's a really, really fun experience to explore. Highest possible recommendation! :) (I recommend using joy2key since the arcade-action core shines a bit more on gamepad IMO) (note: I have dozens of hours on the itch version, I only recently got it on Steam)
• gamedeal user

  May 13, 2013

  This game is a simulation of trying to leave the house when you're minutes late for an event you don't want to attend, and realizing after you locked the front door that you've left something important inside. If you like that feeling, you'll like this game.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 22, 2015

  Your typical solid clever-pants puzzle platformer for your typical seeker of new puzzle platforming thrills, though rather esoteric. I've had lots of fun with it because I like exploring for hidden stuff and enjoy farming platforms while running from the merciless inescapable dark void. [h1]Pro-as-little-as-possible-spoiler-tips:[/h1] [spoiler]Figure out how to grow and farm, follow your heart.[/spoiler] [spoiler]Figure out how to explore the outer world, be frugal with your spoils.[/spoiler] [spoiler]Figure out where your end goal is in the inner worlds -- it's sure to stand out, if ever so slightly.[/spoiler] [spoiler]Figure out the secondary properties of the blocks, if you hope to outrun the darkness.[/spoiler] [spoiler]Every inner world is slightly different, but it's all explained if you pay attention.[/spoiler]
• gamedeal user

  Apr 12, 2016

  Starseed Pilgrim manages to be about so many things, and conveys all of that meaning through the simple act of playing, discovering, and exploring. The writing is beautiful, but what really hits me is when I realize the game is about x... and then after a while I realize it's really about y... and then I discover z, which totally changes my previous perception of the game. It's a never-ending process (at least, I haven't reached the end, yet) that manages to be consistently surprising, challenging, and thought-provoking. Highly recommended.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 4, 2017

  Exploration & discovery are major components of this game, so it's very easy to spoil. Because this is such a polarizing game, I can't simply tell you "TRUST ME AND JUST PLAY IT NOW WITHOUT READING ANYTHING ELSE!" That isn't helpful at all, so I'll tell you what I can. It is a platformer. You are taught the controls at the beginning, but it is left up to you to learn the rules of the game's world. This is a game where you have unlimited lives, and you will die many many times, but as you get better at playing the game, your attempts will be spent making progress toward a greater goal, assuming you make it far enough to discover a greater goal. The big downside is that it can take hundreds of deaths before you feel you've made any meaningful progress, and most people won't have the combination of patience, interest, skill, and luck to actually make it that far. By that time, you might not feel that the payoff is worth it. I've gotten impatient several times (and even ragequit on occasions), and I've found that coming back to the game every so often is much better than playing it nonstop to the point of frustration. It's a shame that this game gets so many downvotes. It's reductive and unfair to say that people only dislike the game because they "don't get it". You don't even have to consider what the game is saying (or what you think it [i]might[/i] be saying, if it's saying anything at all). There are people who don't get it, but who more importantly feel that any game that [i]wants[/i] to say something is inherently pretentious and therefore bad. There are people who think that any game that costs more than zero dollars should have endless unique content baked in and they have therefore been cheated. There are people who only want games with instant gratification. There are people who see square tiles and a "puzzle" tag in the digital store and think they're buying a Bejeweled clone. The game looks small, so people expect it to be short and sweet. The assets are fairly minimal, but the game asks you to spend hours playing with the same pieces over and over. If you're the kind of person who cheats at Solitaire because you can't bear the thought of spending a few minutes and not winning the game, then you should probably skip this one. Treasures / 10
• gamedeal user

  Nov 28, 2019

  Johnathan Blow tends to like Zen type games. This not that though, while presentation and music might suggest so in the beginning the game play becomes a endurance test of frustration. First the game doesn't tutorialize anything. You get the basic controls arrow keys and planting seeds with space. The game doesn't tell you anything else. Some might argue that the discovery of what the f*** you are actually supposed to do is the game. But I say f*** that. I played the witness. The witness has that joy of discovery and seeing what you can do. But that game actually tells you what to do. In abstract ways perhaps and not in the same place where you first encouner the puzzles but it does eventually. I don't need to open a guide after 5 min just to progress. So this game is pretentious BS.
• gamedeal user

  Sep 20, 2013

  Remember the first time when you picked up a game and didn't know what's going on and what to do. Well simply put Starseed Pilgrim will make you feel this again. The genius gameplay that it has with it's core mechanics and atmospheric soundtrack will relive the memories of why you like playing games. Just remember not to read any article or spoilers about it, because it will shatter the unique experience that this games creates.