Review Jevnation 3/5 · Jan 23, 2023
It almost nailed it
The story of NAIRI starts with this game, based on a fictional world populated by a society of humans and anthropomorphic animals. Nairi's parents get taken away by city guards, so it is up to her to escape from her home city and find the answer behind the secrets of her family. In due time, though, she'll uncover secrets behind …
The story of NAIRI starts with this game, based on a fictional world populated by a society of humans and anthropomorphic animals. Nairi's parents get taken away by city guards, so it is up to her to escape from her home city and find the answer behind the secrets of her family. In due time, though, she'll uncover secrets behind the culture and her own...
Graphically, this point 'n click adventure game is graced with hand-drawn pictures with a penchant for details in the middle-eastern environment that dominates this franchise. The cute factor is true since the characters are drawn in semi-chibi forms.
The puzzles are largely simple, only requiring you to explore and put the dots together in a way seen fit, sometimes in unorthodox ways that the adventure genre stands out so well. My complaint is that the difficulty curve gets suddenly steep towards the end of the game, which I would be fine with if only the logic behind some puzzles would make better sense here instead of being too cryptic. (the only time I resorted to the Steam guide to progress)
I like this game for the graphic style, the accessible puzzles (except at the end) and the cute characters that make up the world of Nairi standing on its own. I can hardly say the same for the story, which doesn't grip me enough to pursue the sequel that has just been released.