The first game in the Garten of Banban series was released on January 6, 2023 for PC and twenty days later for mobile, and in 2024 for consoles.
I reviewed the first part of this game about a year ago and gave it a score of 2, and this version has 10 million downloads on the Google Play Store.
Now more than a year has passed since the experience of the first part, and I experienced Garten of Banban 7, which is actually the sixth game in this series. This version was released in May 2024 for mobile and PC, and was released for consoles in December 2024, and has 10 thousand downloads on the Google Play Store.
I have not played the four games before this version, but I tried to read their stories and in this review I compare this game with the first game.
STORY
The first game was just a prologue without a voice actor that only told you that you play the role of a parent looking for their lost child in a daycare and didn’t tell you anything else.
But the next games introduced different characters and the story gained depth and became much more than a piece of paper.
In this part of the story, you go to the lowest part of this facility, which you have found out before that it is actually a laboratory and not a daycare, and you continue to search for your lost child.
The most important character in this version is Syringeon. He is a very intelligent mutant surgeon and he is also the mayor of Cityngeon, a city that was built in this same laboratory and its citizens, who are named case 4b, are also made by Syringeon in the laboratory and he is constantly making new citizens for his city.
This part is dark in terms of story and offers you a good story but the story is very simple and it is just good and nothing more.
Ultimately, many questions remain unanswered in this version after 6 games, and it creates even more questions, and it can be said that the main story does not reach a conclusion.
It takes approximately an hour and a half to complete the story, which is very short.
GAMEPLAY
The first game was just a 2$ tutorial with simple and not entertaining puzzles.
In Garten of Banban 7 the gameplay hasn’t changed much and the controls are still not smooth and are annoying, especially using the drone is very annoying.
The puzzles are way better and not repetitive and the this is very good. A new mechanic has also been added to the game that allows you to control the drone more.
Overall, the gameplay issues are still present, but the new mechanics and much better puzzles provide much better gameplay.
SOUND DESIGN
The sound design is good and creates a sense of fear. Of course, it’s not high quality, but it’s scary and helps create a scary atmosphere.
The voice actors are excellent and I think they are the best part of the game. Syringeon’s voice acting is especially lovely and I loved listening to him.
VISUALS
Visually, it is not acceptable at all and it is exactly the same as the mobile version and I did not see any changes to it. While this game was made with Unreal Engine 5 and could have performed much, much better, it is weak in this area, like the first game.
However, the atmosphere of the game is good and it has managed to create a sense of fear.
CONCLUSION
Garten of Banban 7 is definitely better than Garten of Banban 1, but it’s still a mediocre game with nothing special about it. The story is dark and doesn’t answer many questions while raising new ones.
The gameplay hasn’t improved and the controls can still be annoying. The puzzles are much better.
The voice acting is very nice and I think it’s the strongest part of the game. The visuals are very bad and not acceptable at all.
