Leaving Lyndow tells a simple story of a woman who is set to leave her current life to go on an expedition. You go through the motions of her last day packing your stuff; visiting friends and family; and finally setting off. It’s a walking sim that has just enough to do to keep it interesting. The people seem to be some weird race of humanoid creatures. There isn’t much voice acting butLeaving Lyndow tells a simple story of a woman who is set to leave her current life to go on an expedition. You go through the motions of her last day packing your stuff; visiting friends and family; and finally setting off. It’s a walking sim that has just enough to do to keep it interesting. The people seem to be some weird race of humanoid creatures. There isn’t much voice acting but the bit there is is in some made up or foreign language. This gave Lyndow an interesting setting and I wanted to know more such as what planet this is on; the species; customs; etc. The game doesn’t cover any of that but to be fair it is supposed to be about a single character leaving for a voyage so I’m not criticizing it. If anything the fact the game made me want to know more is a plus. To be honest the real star of the game was Lyndow itself. The town felt really comfy and the people seemed to live a nice life. The graphics in the game were overall well done. The vistas and lighting were superb. The clothing and object detail was decent. It was only the facial detail on characters I found a little lower quality. The music was well done as well. My only real complaint was that there is a puzzle where in order to progress in the game you have to play a chime from hearing the notes. Now to the game’s credit it gives some decent hints for it but the fact it is forced and that I don’t like these puzzles in general I will mention it.
I played Leaving Lyndow on Linux. The Steam store page doesn’t mention it as it isn’t officially supported but there is a Linux version that downloads and installs. It never crashed and I encountered no bugs. There is one graphics setting; an FOV slider that goes from 50-90;two AA settings; and a v-sync toggle. Performance was great overall with the lowest my frame rate hit was a second or two at 66 FPS and the rest of the time was higher. You can manually save at any time but there is only one save slot. The game auto saves at certain points.
Graphics Engine: Unity 5
Disk Space Used: 349 MB
Graphics Settings: Highest; TAA; 90 FOV; v-sync on; 1920x1080
GPU Usage: 36-99 %
VRAM Usage: 1218-1414 MB
CPU Usage: 11-35 %
RAM Usage: 3.2-3.5 GB
Frame Rate: 66-123 FPS
Overall if you’re a walking sim fan I recommend Leaving Lyndow. It doesn’t have the run time to properly explore the game worlds lore but what is there is a peaceful experience that makes you want more. I finished the game in forty two minutes. I paid $0.89 CAD for it and would say even the current price of $4.49 CAD is a steal for the game’s quality.
My Score: 8/10
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