” A plunging wonderful time! “
Not many games have captured my attention quite like this one! Its fun, exhilarating and creative. Hi My name is Phant0m and these are my thoughts on… Telmari!
Visuals!
First thing I’d like to talk about is how gorgeous the visuals of this game are. The artstyle is fun and creative, every area looks stunning even if similar. Furthermore colors pop, the colors range from cool green, to bright oranges, to eerie purple; The only issue I experienced was how little diversity there was in the levels, until you leave certain chapters you’ll be looking at the same thing for quite a while, for example in the first few levels you’ll only be looking at green plains in the background, a floor to walk on, a character to move with, and things to avoid. It’s pretty simple and fails to excite me most of the game.
Gameplay!
What is exciting! The gameplay! Each level is fun to traverse (even if I’m dying most of the time) . It consists of you trying to avoid obstacles or creatures to get to the end with a plunger bow that helps you move around. Although a simple concept they do a lot to make it entertaining like the mentioned animations which are fluid, your movements responsive, and enemies are ruthless. Combine these elements and you have the ingredients to create a good time, but the puzzle design might crash your party; I personally got stuck on levels for over a hundred deaths before figuring out what to do, and at first I blamed myself for being an idiot, but after a few more runs I realized that my creativity hindered my ability to complete levels; This game is designed for you to follow the fox that leads you, and lacks the ability for me to create my own path, most of the levels are blocked by vines or enemies that kill off certain paths, and I could only describe it as irritating. Even more irritating is the fact that there aren’t many rewards besides added items that try to improve traversal but are also limited.
Story/Characters/Music
There isn’t much of a story here, since most of the game is just gameplay, but when there is, its simple, maybe youll see fun dialouge, and cute characters, but thats all i truly saw, and when it comes to music, there is quite literally one track, buuut in its defense its a really good track, i think its awesome and helps the experience feel cool.
Performance
Lastly the performance of the game is great, I ran into 0 issues running the game, I didn’t have to tweak settings, it all worked perfectly right out of the gate and it never crashed. In fact the only issue I experienced was audio being a little too loud but that was quickly adjustable.
Verdict
Anyways if your wondering I do recommend Telmari, it’s a nice small escape into another world that’s beautifully created.I give it a 7.5/10 The negatives are mostly caused by the lack of freedom making the game difficult to recommend to those who don’t like linear puzzle experiences, but for those who do, the small price of this game and the small experience is easy to recommend as someone who has difficulty making time for big triple AAA experiences. Those were my thoughts on Telmari. Thanks for reading! And keep doing great things! Your good at them. Bye 🙂
Side Notes
I think Telmari is a game that could be amazing on mobile, it’s simple style and aesthetic seem perfect for small screens. The controls are also simple if your worried about them being confusing or difficult to work with. The Pc I used is a laptop using a GTX 1650 and an Intel I5 10300H and 16 GB of RAM.
Get the game at: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2468110/Telmari/
