NAIAD

Appreciating Naiad for its fabulous aesthetics and the magnificent sounds of the river and its inhabitants would be all too easy. However, we are faced with a gaming experience that never manages to delve deep into the player’s heart, who initially believes they are in front of a relaxing video game, only to discover they must pay attention to every tiny corner of the river to understand the correct order to touch the water lilies and progress to the next phase. HiWarp demonstrates full artistic maturity but fails to hit the mark in terms of game design; paradoxically, things would have gone much better if the experience had been confined to simple swimming and spontaneous interaction with the animals and other elements of the environment. A banal moralism, which fails to provide a meaningful perspective on the environmental themes addressed, doesn’t help.