Botanicula - CouchCastle.de

The infinity of the firmament stands still, looks at the tips of Hometree many beings down and donates some light 'as the tiny fireflies prancing around the tree crown and bring the leisurely mist a little movement in this still life. In short, it's a glorious night. But the magical atmosphere are deceptive, because the magnificent tree is dying. Spidery parasites have infected him, and now the hope of the tree is a single seed that falls on his flight to the head of the small Physalis lantern and revealed to him his destiny: Together with his friends he shall plant the seeds!

Five friends go on the trip. Yay!

Quickly the Physalis Lantern rattles on and is calling for their friends who rush too quickly caused their comrades from all corners: A mushroom, a poppy capsule, a branch and a spring seed form with the Physalis Lantern a botanical as charming hero group a likable Point-and-click adventure inaugural, which leads directly into the heart of the player.

But wait! Even a sixth friend joins the funny guy on: I! Because I have this slant quintet fond after a few clicks, was happy with them, when they celebrate their achievements with a euphoric 'Yay' and put a smile on my lips. Remarkably, such bizarre fantasy creatures seem so alive - their souls they got definitely breathed through her humorous individuality, which they put next to her clumsy missteps while solving some puzzles to the test. And even the most basic question I have always asked myself answered, 'Botanicula': What wishes for example a fungus more than anything else when it encounters a Jinni? And this would be just one of many golden moments that remain in memory.

The cute characters are one of the great strengths of 'Botanicula', which applies not only to the hilarious clique, no, because the group is also true of many sympathetic neighbors who, without saying a single word, their own stories Images detention in balloons tell.

A fabulous Fantasy

The quaint patchwork style, because the lengths of the tree and the many figures are cobbled together with photographs and hand-painted pictures, invites any time for feasting and leaves the parasitic threat always forgotten. Nevertheless, the appearance is expected to fall in the category of taste. One could see childish and deceived by appearances that you could imitate with little work, the other is how I go into raptures' which primarily because of the fact that the different areas full of creative ideas and interactions stuck that necessarily have a deeper meaning. There are off the red thread Knobel much to discover. Nice!

The atmosphere of 'Botanicula' is unique, which is partly due to the highly unique soundscape. The musical accompaniment is with her part quirky nature always very appropriate. For pure music enjoyment, away from the game, to be recommended only as song. And that many noises were generated only with the mouth, gives the game its own unique charm anyway.

Simple puzzle board: part traditional, garnished with a pinch of minigame

The classic point and click player is willy-nilly on its desired 'nehme'-,' drück'- or do without 'benutze' buttons. Even here, objects must be found and used in the appropriate place, but much more is the contact with the environment in the foreground, which often degenerates into simple trial and error, thus the player but always surprised in a positive sense. Several mini-games to loosen the gameplay also, as among other things, a variant of the 'hot wire', in which an object under pressure from a nested labyrinth must be out Siert book, while a worm attempts to prevent this. Fun mini-games make the all but something more classic puzzle fare well I would have liked 'my only gripe, but no one is perfect. Oh, and the game only takes about 3-4 hours, in view of the low price to get over, especially in the Short and infected and 'Botanicula' with various surprises at the end of the game comes up that you can not guarantee the first train discovered and stimulate new games.

Conclusion

According to saying a man must accomplish three things in his life: build a house, a son testify and plant a tree. The latter I have done virtually and I can only recommend you to do the same to me. I have seldom played such a beautiful game that quite unexpectedly found its way to my PC 'the Indie Humble Bundle thank. Again and again the euphoria of the brave little has jumped on me, because I like to forget the lack of classic puzzle food. I had always plenty of fun with the interactive environment and varied mini-games and moreover it's not as if not be geknobelt '.