- Publisher: Annapurna Interactive
- Release Date: May 16, 2024
- Also On: Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Switch
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May 22, 2024Simogo showcases its characteristic ability to wrap compellingly novel gameplay in a distinctive visual aesthetic, all the while telling a captivating story.
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May 16, 2024Lorelei moves into your brain and gets comfortable. I found myself mentally rifling through my collection of documents with as-yet unsolved riddles in the middle of the day or thinking about a puzzle that stumped me while working on another project. I also expected a letdown in the end. With that level of absorption and hours of narrative setup, it’d be easy to fumble the finale and disappoint expectation, leaving you with little more than the sad feeling you get from seeing unfulfilled potential.
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May 15, 2024The cryptic Lorelei and the Laser Eyes may very well be the greatest puzzle game ever made.
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May 15, 2024As David Lynch expanded Twin Peaks it became something bigger than itself; something wholly meta, to the point where it transcended TV and film. Lorelai borrows so much from Twin Peaks and manages to elevate it further than Lynch could possibly imagine by making the teasing mystery an interactive experience and using that interactivity to push and pull the player into a world of confusion that ultimately becomes one of supreme satisfaction.
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Jun 24, 2024Lorelei and the Lasers Eyes' puzzles are clever, its vibes perfectly eerie, and the desire it evokes to uncover every inch of its intricately interwoven mystery is irresistible.
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Jun 17, 2024Any gamer who’s a fan of puzzle games, brain teasers or adventure games will enjoy Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, especially if they’re not afraid to pull out a notebook and get writing while playing. It’s a fantastic story wrapped in a solid foundation of gameplay, and what few drawbacks there are don’t take away from the experience in any way that matters. Lorelei and the Laser Eyes is a game that’ll challenge and reward you equally, and it’s one of the best overall experiences I’ve had in 2024 so far.
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May 20, 2024It’s all one unexpected thrill after another as you go deeper and deeper into a maze of memories, metaphors, and magic.
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May 18, 2024Although Lorelei and the Laser Eyes caught my attention a long time ago, I did not expect it to be one of the best, if not the best game I have ever played.
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May 17, 2024Lorelei and the Laser Eyes is an aesthetically pleasing, cognitively challenging and narratively stimulating experience of the kind we rarely get to enjoy, and I already miss the obsession of unravelling all its secrets.
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Edge MagazineMay 16, 2024For all its cinematic aspirations and borrowings, though, it's clear the Swedish studio's heart firmly belongs to videogames. [Issue#398, p.104]
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May 15, 2024Lorelei and the Laser Eyes is a wonderfully intricate, amazing piece of game design. It's intimidating and challenging, but it rewards all the effort you put into it. One of the best games of 2024 so far.
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May 15, 2024Lorelei and the Laser Eyes is undoubtedly one of the best puzzle games of this generation. Recommending it to fans of similar works would be extremely banal, which is why we suggest you put aside your prejudices about the genre and give an opportunity to an experience as crazy as it is ingenious for narrative, artistic and metatextual solutions. Although days have passed since our final session, the specter of Lorelei and the Laser Eyes will continue to haunt our thoughts for a long time.
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May 15, 2024Perplexing and often pretentious, yet compelling and wonderfully accomplished, it's safe to say you won't have played anything quite like Lorelei and the Laser Eyes before. Filled with puzzles and mystery at every turn, once you step foot inside the intriguing Hotel Letztes Jahr, you won't be able to pull yourself way.
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May 16, 2024A thrilling mystery that asks players to rise to its challenges, and rewards them when they do.
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May 21, 2024Lorelei and the Laser Eyes is simply Lorelei and the Laser Eyes: it's hard to find other words to describe this video game because it shies away from any common genre or comparison term in favor of its strange identity, which embodies the very essence of Simogo's production. Hotel Letztes Jahr is a labyrinth outside of space and time that houses, beyond its approximately one hundred and fifty puzzles, an investigative thriller, a search akin to Arthurian legend, and a profound reflection on art, all framed in an offbeat aesthetic style able to transform it into a true obsession.
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Jun 27, 2024Lorelei and the Laser Eyes is a rare example of an adventure that grabs attention not with contrived graphics or rivers of blood, but with non-linear structure and well thought-out puzzles.
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May 15, 2024A wonderfully stylish game with puzzles that will have you pondering way beyond the confines of your playtime. The whole mysterious package is nicely wrapped up in a plot that will have you guessing just as much as the varied conundrums.
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May 29, 2024There are glimmers of clever moments caught in a sea of busywork here, but take away the shoddy controls and the obsession with layered math problems, and what are we left with? Someone’s absurdist thriller mystery that is so esoteric that it’s hard to care. Honestly, I can’t recommend Lorelei and the Laser Eyes to anyone other than the most patient and experimentally inclined players in the world. For everyone else, heed my words of warning — sit this one out.
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May 15, 2024Lorelei and the Laser Eyes is an amalgamation of influences living alongside one another in the same way the hotel in which it is set seems to hold so many times at once. It’s a reflection of the game’s biggest questions. What is the point of creating and consuming art? Is it a curse, or a gift? That’s the big mystery at the heart of Lorelia and the Laser Eyes. The answer is up to interpretation, but as it exists within such a carefully crafted maze of twisting puzzles and story beats, I can only assume this kind of gift for creating art is just that, a gift. And we, the players, are its lucky recipients. At least that’s my perception of it, and that’s about as close to the truth as I’ll get.
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May 15, 2024It can be very easy for a puzzle game as complex as Lorelei and the Laser Eyes to get frustrating, and I’ve certainly felt that a bunch. But it’s never pushed me past that point and made me quit. Despite its madness, I know the logic’s there. I’ve just got to find the right perspective. Lorelei and the Laser Eyes may have broken my brain, but somehow, it has then rebuilt my brain into something even stronger.
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