I bought this game about a month or so before it was made free. It was a great puzzler that had its share of flaws, but was addicting enough that I finished all the Enclaves and solved over 95% of the random puzzles that spawn in the world. Got a good amount of enjoyment for my purchase, and got good value for my money.

So why leave a negative review? Because you will never get to share the experience that I had.

The game used to have an online mode. On October 1, 2024, online mode shuts down and goes single player only. Now, there wasn't much difference between online and offline mode, other than you could see other players and interact with them through pings and emotes, nothing more. When offline mode was promised, I was excited that the game's issues would be solved by having an offline mode, but that was not what happened. In fact, things are made worse by a flimsy game save system that can eat your save file if the game crashes at the wrong time.

There are also many, many, MANY flaws with the game itself that I put up with, but honestly just aren't acceptable for a game of this scale.

- Zones state that a certain number of puzzles spawn. This is often false, especially for crystal mazes, rolling blocks, flow orbs, and MOST especially sentinel stones. Sentinel stone puzzles, in fact, have some puzzles that literally never spawn... for instance, you will only ever find 43 in Verdant Glen, not the 52 advertised.

- Some puzzles simply will never spawn. In Verdant Glen on the west end of the island, there's a hidden ring that's supposed to spawn in the exact same location as a pillar. That ring never spawns because it's blocked by the pillar.

- There are a few places where you can clip out of bounds. Sadly, it's actually necessary for two puzzles (a matchbox on the Lucent/Autumn border and a pentad behind a rock wall next to a building in Serene)

- Glide Rings are bugged where you can't get mastery from them in future cycles if you get a perfect score on your first try.

- Flow Orbs are bugged where you can only get the mastery reward from bronze, silver, gold, and platinum once ever. The only way to get more mastery is by getting the bonus 1 mastery per 0.01 under the platinum time, which you can only get once per cycle.

There are many more bugs than what's listed here. And yet, less than a year after release, the developer has come out and said they will not be fixing these bugs. How am I supposed to trust this developer with their future games if they can't take care of one that has as much promise as this one?

Besides that, there's the horrible support you get from their publisher, Behaviour. It is very clear that their support is run by AI running large language models. Sorry, Paige, you're not real! This tells me that this publisher should also be avoided.

The decision to turn off online mode so soon after release is enough to convince me to stop playing this game. It was great entertainment while it lasted, but we live in a time when live service games just don't stick around. Imagine what this game would have been if it were offline mode from the start, and they could have focused on improving that rather than patching what they already put out. So much potential wasted.

As of Writing this, Lunarch has decided to Drop support for the MMO Part in it's entirety, and Drop support in it's entirety,
As you can see that's LESS than a Year after launch, As of yet there's No Announcement or specific statement on the future of the ability to play with other people in this game, which can be taken as go take a hike it's likely not going to happen,
Because of this I can't in good conscience Recommend any game made by them, I Do hope I can in the future rescind this statement and that they're going into a more consumer friendly direction,

for the Game itself, It's a very fun Puzzle Experience, with a lot of issues that with some love and care could've been taken care off, as of writing it seems we're not going to get that care and love,
the premise and promise of this game was very interesting, and I'm really saddened that they've decided to drop this before they gotten out the Full potential of what this could've been, in practice it meant that you'd be spending a lot of time trying to get your friend on the same instance as yourself,

overall it seems Lunarch brought up a Brilliant Idea and concept but didn't have what was needed to make it complete,
if you like Puzzles or Parkour You'll enjoy the myriad of puzzles offered, but know it'll be a solo experience now, and any Social aspect would be relegated to Screen Sharing software

Pros
:A wide variety of puzzle types all having the own logic and mechanics to it, and even within those Types there's a wide Variety of ways you approach them,
:A very inviting world that makes you want to explore it and an interesting story to follow
:Lots of ways to customise your character which also doesn't lock you out of changing Everything of your character including switching gender midgame (seriously this is something I was really amazed at that it really doesn't matter How you made your character when you start out as it's All still changeable), also through progressing you get a lot of customisation which also rewards you for playing the game

Cons
: As of Writing the MMO/Social Aspect will be gone from the Game itself, making any Social interaction what you make of it with External programs
: There's still quite a few bugs and issues with the way the Offline works
: After less than a Year all Support gets dropped
: Progress of the Puzzle Islands can be confusing, and often you end up having to search the Entire Island for Something you've missed, Often without knowing What you're looking For, as it only says "55/56 Puzzles"

overall, if it wasn't for the fact that a promising game is being left to rot, I definitely would've recommended it as it's a lot of fun, especially if the issues with it got resolved,

I Really hope that I can change my Review to Positive, and that Lunarch Studios and Behaviour Interactive leaves this game in a Consumer Friendly Way, instead of the way it currently looks they're going to,
If they do continue in the way it currently looks, It'll be a hard sell from both to get my money on future projects, it's a shame because I really love this game and what Lunarch has done with it

很好玩，但主線有bug無法推進，不然我的遊戲時數絕對破百
我其實願意等到哪天修好再玩，就算要重玩也沒關係，但看來是等不到了
官方公布10月底最後一次更新後只支援單機遊戲，沒有線上遊戲模式，所以造型再好看也沒意義
主線bug也沒有要修的意思，講明要投入開發下一個專案
只好留個負評避免有新人入坑了，實在很可惜