A soothing story driven fetch quest.
Skaramazuzu is a rather interesting project. The premise is rather basic , you wake up with no recollection of who or where you are. The art style even though quite simple is very clear, from the character you can interact with to all the objects in the over all world that can be used or picked up. Following in the footsteps of its art direction , the gameplay is also very simple. The games mechanics only require you to walk and talk to various character who are in possession of some item that you will need, and since they never have the need for said item themselves you are free to grab it off them. For a price. The entire game is you finding out more about the situation you found yourself in by chatting away to certain creatures in this ‘limbo’, and then fetching something for them so that they may give you an item that you were tasked to fetch for someone else.
Other than these characters and creatures you will also find yourself interacting with items, keyholes and rotating mechanisms in order to find 4 orbs spread around the games world in order to finally learn exactly what and who you are.
I will not mention anything about the story as the game is rather short, I have completed it within 3 hours or so. it is definitely a nice experience if this is the sort of game you are into. To me the walking back and forth and talking with the same no voice acted characters to see if there’s something I missed was tedious, but definitely rewarding when my brain finally clicked and I solved the puzzle / riddle. The game is sitting at $10.59 which in my opinion isn’t worth it for a 3 hour experience with no replay-ability factor but that may be due to me not being a fan of such games. With that in mind I still commend the game for what it is. A story focused puzzle experience, and this it does pretty well.
