Pillars of Light Reviews

Take a role of light protector and puzzle your way to save the world from darkness.

I'm going to be blunt on this one: this doesn't feel like a proper game, rather like a poorly finished student project. I usually try to find positive things to say about any games I play because I understand the work going into making one but let's be real there isn't much to save here. The music was nice and that's it. Animations where rigid and the platforming is clunky, the control often felt unresponsive. The lighting, which is supposed to be the central theme of the game, is poorly done, especially in the darker level where you can barely see what's going on. Every textures and objects in the game lack polish and it borders on lazy. The screenshot and video preview feels like they've been carefully taken to avoid showing how poorly implemented the game feels. There is no story per say, nothing to unravel and the ending was abrupt. The obvious boss fight you expect, to put every mechanics you've learned to the test, just never comes. I felt empty when the credit rolled. I have played clunky games in the past and I wouldn't have minded if at least the puzzles were enjoyable. To say that they feel unrewarding is an understatement. Every solution is forced on you because everything can be solved by always making the only move available. It's not even puzzle 101 at this point because this type of logic have existed in games for decades at this point. Pillar of Light doesn't bring anything new, or even remotely interesting, to the table. I got it on sale for less than 2€ and it still felt bad.