{"id":676,"date":"2023-07-21T19:25:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T17:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anokturnus.review\/?p=676"},"modified":"2025-06-18T18:14:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T16:14:18","slug":"mind-path-to-thalamus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anokturnus.review\/index.php\/2023\/07\/21\/mind-path-to-thalamus\/","title":{"rendered":"MIND: Path to Thalamus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"min-height:150px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-677\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/anokturnus.review\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/library_600x900_2x-28.jpg\" style=\"object-position:56% 80%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"56% 80%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anokturnus.review\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/library_600x900_2x-28.jpg 600w, https:\/\/anokturnus.review\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/library_600x900_2x-28-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Difficulty : 0\/5 (Extremely Easy)<br>Global : 0.5\/5 (Bad)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The major problem with walking sim puzzle games is that the puzzles are really slow, tedious and often not interesting. A walking sim is by definition slow and that&#8217;s fine, but adding puzzles based on just walking and carrying things is not fun. Even if the puzzles had been interesting, they probably would&#8217;ve been ruined by the gameplay anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So yes, the mechanic of this game is to carry balls and put them in certain places to change the environment. Except for a very few puzzles, you don&#8217;t have to think because there usually is just one thing to do. But you can still be stuck because you missed a ball, a hidden path or you&#8217;re lost in the fog&#8230; and that&#8217;s not things you want to see in a puzzle game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The story is&#8230; there I guess. It&#8217;s about a guy in a coma who lost his sister and his daughter. I understand this is a journey in his mind exploring his struggles but there&#8217;s not much else to say. This is badly done and I didn&#8217;t really care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Took me a bit more than 2 hours to finish it, that&#8217;s far too short.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At least the visuals are very nice, but that&#8217;s pretty much the only good aspect of this game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);background-color:#caced9;color:#caced9\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Developers: Pantumaca Barcelona, @CarlosGameDev, Dani Navarro, Luka Nieto<br>Publisher: Talking About Media<br>Platforms: <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/296070\/MIND_Path_to_Thalamus_Enhanced_Edition\/\">Steam<\/a> &#8211; Windows\/Linux\/macOS, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch<br>Release Date: August 5, 2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The major problem with walking sim puzzle games is that the puzzles are really slow, tedious and often not interesting. 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