Manifold Garden

 PlayStation 4
User Score
7.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 11
  3. Negative: 2 out of 11

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  1. RatchetClank111
    Jun 26, 2021
    7
    I'm still working through finishing the game. I can definitely say I've never played any game like this before and it's very interesting. It's pretty much a puzzle game, but also includes exploration and it's somewhat hard to describe but you have to alter your environment and fall within the repeated section/areas to get to where you need to go.

    Pros -music/sounds fit the atmosphere    I'm still working through finishing the game. I can definitely say I've never played any game like this before and it's very interesting. It's pretty much a puzzle game, but also includes exploration and it's somewhat hard to describe but you have to alter your environment and fall within the repeated section/areas to get to where you need to go.

    Pros
    -music/sounds fit the atmosphere
    -various difficulty of puzzles
    -an unique experience
    -game even has a photo mode that really can create some abstract art
    -the activity cards for the ps5 really help.
    -great colors

    cons
    -can get repetitive at times
    -some of the puzzles are somewhat unclear or hard to figure out where u need to go exactly.

    Overall, it's worth the playthrough. Some may find this amazing, others will find this to be somewhat boring after a few minutes. This is one of those games where if you could play a demo for like 30minutes it would greatly help people decide if they want the game. But the price point that it's at is worth it.

    I think a 7/10 is still a good score.    … Expand

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Metascore
81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. DarkStation
    Oct 26, 2020
    100
    Stunningly beautiful as it can be, Manifold Garden can also be mentally exhausting after long stretches. As much as I never wanted to put the controller down, there were moments I had to take a break whenever I felt it difficult to concentrate on the growing complexity of what I needed to accomplish. Manifold Garden is complex, gorgeous, intelligent, and without any doubt, one of the best puzzle experiences you can have on the PlayStation 4.
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  2. Gaming Age
    Sep 16, 2020
    75
    While some of the early puzzles are pretty easy to solve, the further in you get, the more you need to be able to think in terms of 3D space, since you can shift gravity to get a different perspective on everything. As someone who’s terrible at spatial reasoning puzzles, I’m not going to lie: there were times when I felt like my brain was pushed to the breaking point. Even so, it still felt like there was a pretty sizable discrepancy between what Manifold Garden achieves artistically, and what it achieves as a game. The latter is pretty forgettable, whereas the former occasionally borders on breathtaking. I leave it up to you how much weight you place on those two halves, but for me, it added up to a somewhat uneven whole.
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  3. New Game Network
    Sep 3, 2020
    80
    Manifold Garden's unique aesthetic and creative puzzles result in a memorable journey that is well worth the price of admission.
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