Solo: Islands of the Heart
Release Date: April 26, 2018
A unusual adventure with some logic elements, which discusses the feeling of love. The players assume the role of a person searching for their significant other. In order to find them, they have to travel the world and solve various problems.
Solo was created by independent Team Gotham – the fathers of The Guest published in 2016 on PC. Solo had a successful Fig campaign during which the creators managed to gather 70,000 dollars.
Solo is a game about love. During gameplay, we take control of a sailor who sets off on a journey in order to find the significant other. At the beginning, you pick the hero’s sex, as well as the sex of the person you are searching for. Additionally, the game asks a few questions concerning the current and past relationships. Depending on the answers, the title adjusts the method of narration, which is based on the three states of love (solo, in a relationship, and heart-broken).
This is an adventure with logic elements. Gameplay consists in visiting a number of various islands. The players need to solve certain logic puzzles there in order to wake a sleeping totem. Once it is awake, it asks different questions, depending on the state of the hero’s relationship. On the basis of the answers, the game generates letters from your loved one or – if you are heart-broken – your ex.
Solo is intended to make us contemplate. Therefore, gameplay is peaceful and contemplative. You can stop solving puzzles at any moment and simply sit on a bench, start playing with animals inhabiting the islands, or plant crops.
Gameplay, the sound, and the visuals are mainly responsible for the atmosphere of Solo. This is a 3D production with a rather simple, cartoon style, which goes well with other game’s elements.
Platforms:
PC Windows April 26, 2018
PlayStation 4 July 31, 2019
Xbox One July 31, 2019
Nintendo Switch August 1, 2019
Developer: Team Gotham
Publisher: Merge Games
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System Requirements for Solo Video Game:
PC / Windows
Minimum System Requirements:
Intel Core i3-2100 3.1 GHz, 4 GB RAM, graphic card 1 GB GeForce GTX 650 or better, 2 GB HDD, Windows 7.
Game Ratings for Solo Video Game.
FingerGuns: 5 / 10 by Paul Collett
Solo should have been two separate games really, one a standard cutesy platformer that you can throw on PSN and let people who enjoy puzzle platformers if that’s their bag and the other should have been a more meaningful journey where you do find out stuff about your past or present love or even if you’re suffering heartbreak. Being asked a question about sex and having such a personal question add nothing to the game is a bit of a bitter pill to swallow.
Digitally Downloaded: 4.5 / 5
Perhaps it's not the most exciting or enjoyable of games, but I'm sure Solo will find a core audience which will appreciate it for what it does best.
SA Gamer: 8 / 10 by Garth Holden
An introspective puzzle game that teaches you about love, travelling, the importance of self-love and challenges some of those hyperbolic statements we make about how far we would go for our loved one. Team Gotham has a right treat here.
Average score from votes.
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