Surprising and touching.
I happened to go through the original Trine company back in 2010.
When assessing the final result of any action or product, I always rely on simple mathematics.
Variable X is my expectations. Y is the reality of perception.
If X < Y, то я удивлен и восхищен. В обратном случае, расстроен.
By that time, I received the game completely randomly, and I simply couldn’t expect anything from an action puzzle game.
So my surprise at the then new genre and the execution of the idea by the developers knew no bounds.
If you ask me to describe this toy now in a few words, I will say the following: simple, reliable, and very beautiful.
The only thing that is really missing is difficulties. During the whole game I never broke my brain. The puzzle genre still imposes some responsibilities on the authors.
At the time of playthrough, I was ready to give the toy 9.5/10
Now I’ll stop at 8.4/10
Enormous advantages: unusualness of the genre, elaboration of the world and all graphic components, simple and convenient controls that even a complete cretin can handle and a chic tie. No, really, launch it just to listen to the commentator’s voice!
Cons: not that easy... I would say not difficult. This is really annoying, especially towards the end, when you pass the last, most difficult level the first time.