Amazing game – Monument Valley Review

Monument Valley is, honestly, a stunning game. I love it for two reasons. One is that the actual puzzles are so unique, and you have to twist your mind to solve the puzzles. I’ve never seen a game like this, and I have a LOT of games (about 27). You have to maneuver Ida through a maze of impossible objects, and while that can sometimes can be challenging, it’s also intriguing and amazing. The graphics and the overall design of the game is beautiful and perfectly captures the idea of a mysterious Valley filled with ethereal monuments. (That came out badly.) In my opinion, anyway. The other reason I love Monument Valley so much is the storyline. From what I have gathered, Ida and her people, long ago, stole the “sacred geometry” from the Valley, and as punishment, were turned into crows and doomed to walk the monuments forever. The game is about how Ida comes back to the monuments and returns the “sacred geometry” to the Valley, and by doing so, frees her people from their terrible fate. With that interpretation, I find the story to be more interesting than it could have been without the story. Without the story, you just see a little girl dancing her way through a bunch of impossible objects and sprinkling tiny shapes around at the end of each level. But with the story, you see the “little girl” is a brave princess, trying to save her people, the “levels” are the monuments she must go through and restore, and when she goes “sprinkling tiny shapes around at the end of each level,” she is restoring that monument to its former glory, and therefore taking step after step toward saving her people. The story gives Monument Valley purpose. All the levels, especially level 9, play into this storyline. I love how the game was designed and the impossible, beautiful content of the levels, but the storyline for me really drove it home.
Review by abadabadale??? on Monument Valley.