Mini Review: The Last Campfire - Cosy Puzzles from Hello Games

Marshmallow mania.

If No Man's Sky is the ambitious, boisterous member of the Hello Games family, The Last Campfire is the subdued, charming one. Released to very little fanfare, this simplistic puzzler does enough to provide a weekend's worth of enjoyment. Just don't expect anything too impressive from those two days of fun.

The hazy fairy tale puts you in the shoes of Ember -- a lost soul tasked with helping Forlorns regain consciousness by completing different types of brain teasers. You will rummage through each and every colourful environment in search of them, overcoming simple obstacles and talking to lovable creatures as you go. The puzzles themselves aren't all that original though, mostly revolving around pushing boulders in the correct sequence and sliding jigsaw tests ripped straight out of Resident Evil 4. A device introduced a few hours into the game allows you to control objects and platforms from afar, but it too hardly pushes the boat out in terms of both complexity and originality.

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