Lunnye Devitsy
- July 1, 2009
- Boss Baddie
- 2h median play time
Get on Steam"Lunnye Devitsy" is a unique and enchanting puzzle-adventure game set in a beautifully hand-drawn world. Players control the Moon Spirit, solving puzzles and collecting magical artifacts to bring back the light to a world cast in shadow. With its whimsical charm and challenging gameplay, "Lunnye Devitsy" offers a captivating experience for players of all ages.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- Lunnye Devitsy features a charming art style and a relaxing atmosphere, making it enjoyable for casual exploration.
- The game offers a unique experience with multiple ways to achieve the goal of returning to the moon, encouraging creativity and exploration.
- The soundtrack is pleasant and complements the game's ambiance, enhancing the overall experience.
- The lack of clear instructions and guidance can lead to confusion and frustration, making it difficult for players to understand objectives.
- Performance issues, such as lag and poor optimization, detract from the gameplay experience, making it feel sluggish and unresponsive.
- The level design can be overly maze-like and tedious, with many dead ends and repetitive tasks that may bore players over time.
- music22 mentions
- 73 % positive mentions
- 14 % neutral mentions
- 14 % negative mentions
The music in the game is widely praised for its calming and beautiful qualities, contributing significantly to the overall atmosphere, despite some critiques about it feeling out of place or repetitive over time. While the soundtrack enhances the exploration experience, some players noted that sound design elements, like certain sound effects, detracted from the enjoyment. Overall, the music stands out as a redeeming feature in an otherwise mediocre platformer.
“Super chill soundtrack and a play at your own pace kind of setup.”
“It's got a cozy atmosphere, great soundtrack and the visuals were very pleasing to me, though I don't think the game in itself is in any way extraordinary.”
“A little exploration and platforming game with a superb atmosphere and an astounding soundtrack that makes you acquire inner peace.”
“While that song playing in the background as you jump around isn't necessarily bad, you will eventually grow tired of hearing it, and after the four or five hours you'll spend with the game if you're into getting all the achievements for returning to the moon seven times, you will be glad it's over.”
“Additionally, it seems the final level, which is the only thing you can do once you've gotten the first six win conditions, covers up the decent soundtrack with a terrible 'rain' sound effect, making it unpleasant to listen to.”
“The wind and water effects and sounds are very cool, though a little too loud for the rest of the soundtrack.”
- atmosphere22 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 36 % neutral mentions
- 14 % negative mentions
The atmosphere of the game is widely praised for its peaceful, mysterious qualities and beautiful visuals, creating an immersive experience for exploration. However, some reviewers note that while the atmosphere is strong, it can feel empty or repetitive due to bland level design and lack of engaging gameplay mechanics. Overall, the game is recognized for its atmospheric storytelling and soundtrack, though it may not hold players' interest for long.
“It's all about exploration, finding all hidden trinkets and all the endings, as well as letting the peaceful, mysterious atmosphere sink in.”
“It's got a cozy atmosphere, great soundtrack and the visuals were very pleasing to me, though I don't think the game in itself is in any way extraordinary.”
“A little exploration and platforming game with a superb atmosphere and an astounding soundtrack that makes you acquire inner peace.”
“The environment is overly large and featureless in a way that feels more like empty padding than lonely atmosphere, and an overabundance of fake walls force you to ram your face into every surface along the way.”
“It's like Limbo but without the atmosphere, sound effects, or puzzles.”
“The music was really enjoyable, although it didn't quite play into the atmosphere of the game.”
- gameplay18 mentions
- 17 % positive mentions
- 67 % neutral mentions
- 17 % negative mentions
The gameplay of the game is characterized by a mix of frustrating mechanics and simplistic design, leading to a lack of challenge and enjoyment. Players encounter issues with controls, such as broken cannon mechanics and inconsistent double jump functionality, which turn exploration into a game of luck rather than skill. While the game features a visually appealing world and a relaxing atmosphere, the overall experience is marred by tedious level design, hidden gameplay tips, and a lack of clear objectives, making it difficult to engage with the game meaningfully.
“Solid controls and mechanics.”
“Very simple in gameplay, but quite fun.”
“Relaxing and melancholic gameplay with pleasant colors of the game's world.”
“Guesswork and backtracking are abundant in this poorly controlled game where the only thing more obtuse than the gameplay is how to pronounce the game's name.”
“The frequent dead ends combined with glitched collisions result in inconsistent gameplay.”
“In order to get back to the moon the seventh time, you must collect all the coins scattered around the map, some of them in almost unreachable areas. The cannon shooting mechanic is completely broken, sending you way off track from where you're supposed to be and in different directions each time, making reaching those hard areas a game of luck rather than skill.”
- story15 mentions
- 27 % positive mentions
- 53 % neutral mentions
- 20 % negative mentions
The story in "Lunnye Devitsy" is minimal and largely revolves around a tiny alien who repeatedly falls from the moon to a mountainside, seeking to return. While the game features beautiful visuals and immersive music, many players find the narrative lacking depth, with little character progression or clear objectives, leading to feelings of boredom and frustration. Overall, the game emphasizes exploration over a structured storyline, leaving players to piece together the experience without much guidance.
“It's a one mission or one level story that is beautiful, immersive, challenging, and at some points frustrating, but in the end will leave you stress-free and complete.”
“Lunnye Devitsy wants to tell us the story of an alien that inexplicably falls from the moon onto a huge mountainside on the planet below each time you make him fall, only to then spend the next few minutes finding a way back up.”
“Incredibly pretty, very calm, and the plot is subtle yet pleasant.”
“It's not hard to sink a few hours into this one trying to divine its secrets, but without any sort of character progression, collectibles, or story, it's also not hard to get bored quickly.”
“The problem is: there is no story, the only known thing about the alien is the fact that he needs to return to the moon, and yet each time he does he will fall again only to do the same thing all over again.”
“Lunnye devitsy is a bad idea with a worse execution, and that's the kind way to say it; the story or the purpose of the game makes no sense, the bugs and technical issues will sometimes make the game impossible to play and on top of that most of the players won't even know what to do without a guide since there are no indications whatsoever.”
- graphics12 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 25 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game are described as having an interesting art style with a cozy atmosphere, featuring unique visuals and a pleasing aesthetic. However, some players noted issues such as blurry graphics, excessive bloom effects, and a resemblance to flash games, which detracted from the overall experience. While the graphics are generally appreciated for their charm, they can also be overwhelming and frustrating in certain contexts.
“Interesting stages and a neat art style.”
“It's got a cozy atmosphere, great soundtrack and the visuals were very pleasing to me, though I don't think the game in itself is in any way extraordinary.”
“An intriguing platformer maintained in a very interesting graphical style.”
“Honestly, this seems like a flash game port just by the graphics and short playthrough.”
“Graphics were blurry and there was too much bloom effect on the lighting that gave me a headache about 3 minutes in.”
“This, combined with a labyrinthine world to explore, can make early progress frustrating if you aren't very good at picking out different paths through the overwhelming particle effects and sometimes washed-out graphics.”
- grinding5 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The grinding aspect of Lunnye Devitsy is criticized for its tedious gameplay and excessive backtracking through large, confusing environments, leading to a monotonous experience. Players find the lack of engaging mechanics and unclear objectives contributes to a sense of frustration, making exploration feel like a mind-numbing chore rather than an enjoyable adventure.
“Once I booted up a second machine to play it in a functioning state, it was still a mind-numbing tedious slog, even as far as atmospheric platformers go.”
“However, after perhaps half an hour of playing, the game becomes a tedious slog through overly-large labyrinthine environments designed to pad out the game as long as possible.”
“Perhaps too simple, as it soon becomes a tedious task of collecting knickknacks and repetitive platforming back and forth through the same areas, all while trying to explore completely unexplained goals and unclear interactions.”
- optimization4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game's optimization is severely lacking, resulting in frustratingly low frame rates and sluggish performance, even on capable machines. Basic settings are hidden in a config file, and the game often struggles to run smoothly despite its minimalistic design, leading to an overall poor experience.
“Tldr: broken game with terrible 5 fps performance, no fullscreen.”
“Like Wake, the game is poorly optimized, and for all of its minimalism, feels very sluggish.”
“Embarrassingly poorly optimized for as little as is going on (hope you like random blur filters on everything!), buries basic settings inside an obscure config file instead of exposing them, and will randomly decide it has a vendetta against your machine's configuration and bogs down to near unplayability even if your machine is normally pretty fast.”
- replayability2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- -100 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Overall, the game offers an enjoyable initial play-through, but many users express doubts about its long-term replayability, suggesting that once all challenges are completed, there may be little incentive to revisit the game.
“It is worth a playthrough, but I'm uncertain whether or not it would actually have some replay value.”
“[b][u]Replayable[/u]:[/b] Not likely after completing all of the challenges, but certainly fun the first time through.”
“It is worth a playthrough, but I'm uncertain whether or not it actually has any replay value.”
“Replayable: not likely after completing all of the challenges, but certainly fun the first time through.”
