Light Fall

The realm of beautiful 2D platformers has yet to reveal all of its secrets but as time passes, they emerge to fascinate. Light Fall is such a game, one that delivers an immersive story and captivating gameplay that’s also challenging. It’s a title in which the main character will be a mystery to you, one that reveals itself as you dive deeper into the world of Numbra.

Light Fall will seem familiar because it bears some shades of resemblance to other games such as Limbo, and even Trine, it’s a cube thing, you’ll see what we mean. Either way, more or less, Light Fall is what you call a beautiful game and not just because of the visual style, but also due to the world design, gameplay mechanics and more.

Another predominant fragment of the game comes together from the soundtrack, narration and audio effects. It’s truly wonderful how the aforementioned three along with everything else manage to create a deeply immersive game. At first, because of the 2D design, and somewhat minimalistic approach, Light Fall might seem like a shallow game, but it’s not, it’s far from it actually.

Apart from the classic jump from platform to platform, avoid that trap or that other thing that can kill you, Light Fall features a unique mechanic that's enjoyable to use. The Shadow cube will be your helper in almost everything you do.

It’s a mystical artefact that your character can summon and use to perform difficult jumps, disable traps or open doors. With it you will find satisfaction in overcoming tricky portions of the game but there will be times when it proves to be a tricky thing to use. Then again, what platformer is truly fun or memorable if it’s not sometimes tough too.

Light Fall is a beautiful game, there’s no questioning that but it’s not perfect. There are a few quirks to sort out with the character animations and at times, it seems like he’ll casually slide off of a platform.

Nonetheless, it’s a game in which the good outweighs the bad by great proportions, and since it’s still in development, there’s room for improvement and fine-tuning. Download the demo, play it and if you get some good vibes about it, pay a visit to the Light Fall Kickstarter page to share your 2 cents or show your support.