Reaching for Petals

Blue Entropy Studios' masterpiece "Reaching for Petals" is getting a full release; it's a majestic adventure game that will fully captivate from start to finish, with stunning visuals and an endearing storyline.

You can get through Reaching For Petals in about an hour and a half. It has great writing, narration and a wonderful soundtrack, but it’s dragged down by its handling of character development and its memory sequences that, at least to me, felt strangely impersonal. It didn’t leave me completely impassive to what was going on – it does appeal to sensibility – but, at the same time, it lacks cohesion and isn’t particularly memorable either. Not on the whole, at least.

Ultimately, because of Reaching for Petals‘ short running time, it feels more like a tech demo than an actual, fully-formed video game experience. It’s more of a showcase of “just look what the Unreal Engine can do!” than anything else. I guess, being Blue Entropy Studios’ first game, in some ways it is a tech demo. The team has demonstrated their incredible ability, and it leaves me excited for what may come next with a little more experience under their belt. But while Reaching for Petals may be impressive visually, there’s just not enough there to make it truly worthwhile.

Reaching for Petals is lovely, but there are a few issues that kept it from blooming to its fullest potentials.

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