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Tohu
Tohu is a classic Point & Click adventure game. It takes place in a small world based on fish-planets, floating in an ether. You will explore it with an unusual little girl who keeps a secret: she can turn into a Cubehead - her alter-ego, who can carry big things and make big deeds.
Details
- Released
- January 27, 2021
- Developer
- Fireart Games, The Irregular Corporation
- Genres
- Point-and-click · Puzzle · Adventure · Indie
- Publisher
- The Irregular Corporation
- Platforms
- PC · PS4 · Xbox One · Switch · Xbox Series X|S
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Tohu Reviews
Professional reviews from gaming critics
One-of-a-kind artwork earns Tohu a strong recommendation.
Tohu is a beautiful and fresh iteration on one of gaming’s old school genres. Cursor-based movement in docked mode, a short playtime, and shallow story aren’t enough to hold back the top-notch art and animations, intelligent puzzles, and incredible soundtrack from creating a memorable experience from beginning to end. For those fans of LucasArts and Double Fine, Tohu is worthy of your time, while probably not changing the minds of those who haven’t discovered the secret of Monkey Island or defeated those dreaded tentacles.
Tohu is a mixed bag. It delivers such beauty and curious treasures, but it loses some of its shine thanks to tediously hard puzzles and a hint system that proves to be a greater hindrance than the actual puzzles. For those who love a challenge, Tohu will tick all the right boxes for you. However, I found it to be lacking in depth for a game that showed such promise; the trailer, imagery, and story all hold the potential to deliver more and it just falls short, or at least it did for me.
Planet fishness.If Tohu was judged only by its artistic merits, it would be a clear game-of-the year contender. Thanks [...]
TOHU is set in a beautiful world begging to be explored, with an adorable protagonist that we should be dying to learn more about. But its frustratingly difficult puzzles and the fact most players are going to have to rely on the built-in hint system quickly sucks any joy out of playing. Unless you’re a hardcore adventure game fan with the patience of a saint, you’re unlikely to enjoy your time with TOHU. The rest of us are better off basking in the beauty of its screenshots like they’re works of art.