- Publisher: OPTILLUSION , Optillusion Games
- Release Date: Feb 5, 2025
- Also On: Switch
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Feb 4, 2025While Waiting sports lovely graphics and amazing attention to detail, finding the fun and charm in every day situations. It is a unique concept and tells a touching story, but struggles to make some of its mechanics work with each other.
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Feb 17, 2025Quotation forthcoming.
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Feb 27, 2025Both While Waiting and The Swimmer seem deeply interested in life - what it's made of, how it unfolds, and how easy it is to miss important details. Both are larks, in a way, but difficult, complex, ponderous larks. You know, if such a thing is possible.
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Feb 4, 2025While Waiting turns life's mundane moments into a game, sometimes a wait is exactly that, just a wait. While it offers some interesting reflections on patience and funny moments, it can leave you feeling as if there is no real progression or final pay off. If you're after something meditative, you'll enjoy the charming visual art and minimalist features with some casual puzzle fun.
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Feb 18, 2025For the most part, the minigames are very silly. You have to make sure you remembered to pack underwear for a flight or push through crowds to get a better view of fireworks. One of my favorite stages involved making up constellations to impress a date. It’s all very charming and goofy, often using wonky physics to add some slapstick comedy. Some of the stages can be melancholy as well; one involves simply waiting to grow up. But each one shows that, in those brief moments of idling around that we’re so eager to fill with distractions, something surprising can happen — if only you’re bored enough to pay attention.