Luna
- October 17, 2017
- Funomena
- 2h median play time
Get on Steam"Luna is a single-player Fantasy Puzzle game with an interesting plot, ingenious graphics, and a good soundtrack. As a bird disturbed from its home, players solve celestial puzzles to reunite the fragmented Moon and return Bird to its Golden Gate home. Interactive, musical terrariums and a haunting score bring the game's worlds to life."
Reviews
- Beautifully crafted art style and soothing sound design create a relaxing experience.
- The game serves as a wonderful bonding experience for parents and children, fostering quality time together.
- Luna's simple and contemplative story, along with its charming characters, makes it a delightful experience for casual gamers and non-gamers alike.
- The gameplay is very short, typically taking less than an hour to complete, which may not justify the price.
- Puzzles are repetitive and lack challenge, leading to a feeling of boredom for more experienced gamers.
- Controls can be frustrating, especially in non-VR mode, with issues like slow mouse sensitivity and inconsistent interactions.
- story48 mentions
- 31 % positive mentions
- 63 % neutral mentions
- 6 % negative mentions
The story of *Luna* is described as a simple, heartwarming narrative that evokes nostalgia and delivers a touching moral, making it feel like an interactive children's storybook. While the visuals and music are praised for their beauty and calming effect, some players find the story's execution repetitive and lacking depth, leading to mixed feelings about its overall engagement. Despite its shortcomings, many appreciate the game's artistic presentation and the emotional resonance of its themes, making it a suitable experience for both children and adults seeking a soothing narrative.
“A short but very beautiful narrative game telling a story about a bird healing the world with songs.”
“Luna is a very poetic game that is simply beautiful; the aesthetic, narration, story, and sound make it a very comfy game to chill and just play.”
“It's not a game so much as an interactive story, with lovely visuals and soothing sounds and puzzles that won't tax you.”
“I can't judge the story because I played it for less than an hour, and the reason why I played it for so short is because it got boring real fast.”
“In addition to these gameplay problems, there is no developed storyline, and the puzzles are boring and unchallenging (unless this was meant to be a child's game).”
“Despite the charming atmosphere, Luna aims to tell its story in a very structured and unchanging way.”
- graphics21 mentions
- 57 % positive mentions
- 29 % neutral mentions
- 14 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game are widely praised for their beautiful and enchanting art style, often described as poetic and reminiscent of papercraft textures. Players appreciate the soothing visuals and calming music, which contribute to a relaxing experience, although some feel the gameplay lacks depth. Overall, the stunning artwork and charming aesthetics are highlighted as the standout features of the game.
“I bought it for the soothing and relaxing VR experience and enchanting art style.”
“Beautifully animated in an artistic, papercraft-textured aesthetic.”
“The interactions are simple (think 'connect-the-dots' and planting around a diorama), music is calming and plays a theme throughout, and the art style is gorgeous.”
“Although its artwork and story is indeed cute, there is not much to do with this game.”
“I'd rather spend that money toward buying original artwork from the game's illustrator.”
“The visuals and music are the highlight of the game and why it isn’t a total bust and why I give it a C+ as my personal rating.”
- gameplay16 mentions
- 19 % positive mentions
- 63 % neutral mentions
- 19 % negative mentions
The gameplay is characterized by its minimalistic and repetitive mechanics, offering a short experience of around 40 minutes to 2 hours, depending on the player's pace. While it lacks challenge and depth, it serves as a casual, aesthetically pleasing interactive experience, appealing to those seeking relaxation rather than a solid gameplay challenge. However, many reviewers feel the price does not justify the limited content.
“It's a small interactive fairytale shown in cute terrariums. During gameplay, you interact with a terrarium from the outside, and during cutscenes, you are inside it.”
“A very cute little game, with minimalist gameplay but stunning graphics and audio.”
“There are two main mechanics: moving stars around in 3D space to create zodiac signs of plants and animals to plant later, and planting and optionally customizing the fauna until the given area becomes fertile again.”
“The actual gameplay is so minimal that I think of it more as an experience rather than a game.”
“There's almost no challenge to it at all in terms of gameplay, but there isn't any need for it either.”
“Gameplay: repetitive and not much to it.”
- music14 mentions
- 57 % positive mentions
- 21 % neutral mentions
- 21 % negative mentions
The music in the game is consistently praised for its relaxing and calming qualities, enhancing the overall atmosphere and complementing the beautiful art style. Many reviewers liken the experience to an interactive film or musical toy, where every action produces delightful sounds, contributing to a creative and immersive environment. However, some players feel that while the music is enjoyable, it does not fully compensate for the game's lack of purpose and engaging gameplay.
“The art is lovely, and the soundtrack and sound effects convey perfectly the relaxing atmosphere of the game.”
“The touching story, the beautiful art style, and the relaxing music made it feel like all of it was a dream 🌙”
“The interactions are simple (think 'connect-the-dots' and planting around a diorama), music is calming and plays a theme throughout, and the art style is gorgeous.”
“It's more of a musical toy than a game, like Gnog but with cartoony nature dioramas instead of robot heads.”
“Every action makes a musical sound and the whole environment can be played like some kind of percussion.”
“The visuals and music are the highlight of the game and why it isn’t a total bust, which is why I give it a C+ as my personal rating.”
- emotional5 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The emotional aspect of the game is characterized by its touching and heartfelt narrative, complemented by beautiful art and relaxing music, creating a dreamlike experience. Players often find themselves moved to tears by the game's sweetness and wholesomeness, making it a deeply resonant experience.
“The whole thing is so touching, heartfelt, and wholesome.”
“The touching story, the beautiful art style, and the relaxing music made it feel like all of it was a dream 🌙”
“But there was a magic in this title where I just couldn't handle it - I cried a little.”
- atmosphere3 mentions
- 67 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 33 % negative mentions
The game's atmosphere is characterized by its beautiful art and a soothing soundtrack that enhances the relaxing experience. While it successfully creates a charming ambiance, the storytelling approach is noted to be structured and somewhat static. Overall, the visuals and audio contribute significantly to a captivating atmosphere.
“The art is lovely, and the soundtrack and sound effects convey perfectly the relaxing atmosphere of the game.”
“It looks gorgeous and has a great atmosphere and a nice story.”
“Despite the charming atmosphere, [i]luna[/i] aims to tell its story in a very structured and unchanging way.”
- optimization2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Overall, the game's optimization is praised, with users reporting excellent performance on mid-range hardware, including smooth graphics and high-quality voice acting.
“The voice acting was excellent, the graphics look great, and the performance was really good.”
“With regard to performance, this game ran just fine on my machine (i7, GTX 1070, 32 GB RAM).”
- replayability1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
The game is noted for its brevity, resulting in limited replayability, which may leave players seeking more content or variety.
“The game is rather short, and there's very little replayability.”
“Once you complete the game, there's not much incentive to play it again.”
“The lack of varied outcomes makes replaying the game feel pointless.”
- grinding1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
Players found the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious, feeling as though their efforts lacked direction and purpose, which detracted from their overall enjoyment of the journey.
“Absolutely loved the journey, but this didn't feel like it ever went anywhere. I was grinding through it, just hoping for something interesting to happen or for some purpose.”
“The grinding in this game is relentless and feels more like a chore than an enjoyable experience.”
“I found myself repeating the same tasks over and over, which made the game feel tedious and unfulfilling.”
