Lume

TLDR: GOOD, BUT ONLY BUY THIS ON SALE!

This is a fine little point-and-click puzzler with a beautiful art style and puzzles that are mostly satisfying. It is the first chapter of the game 'Lumino City', which means there is a mystery and story that goes unresolved in this game. The drawbacks are that this seems to have been made for mobile. The gameplay window is tiny and means you might click on things you intend to investigate and miss the target. It is also a very short game, and frankly should have been included for free in Lumino City. Still, its a charming little game and worth a buck or two, but not worth it at it's current price unless you are a huge fan of it's much better sequel.

A very short point-and-click which more-or-less serves as a demo for the expanded title Lumino City. Art style here is unique, but there isn't enough substance for this to operate as a standalone title.

Lume Review

Lume suffers from the "what the f*ck do I do" problem that every point + click game has. You have to pick up the tiniest little details that any normal, thinking human being wouldn't because why the hell would you. Scribbles in notebooks, mathematical solutions, number guessing, all the frustrations of point and click games, it's all here. Much of this the game gives you no clue whatsoever and you're left on your own, stuck forever until you lookup a guide. My patience ran thin very early on and I used a guide all the way through with no regret.

This is a shame, since the presentation of Lume is charming and visually appealing. The one song that's on loop forever does get old quick though. Story is serviceable - your house runs out of power, and your grandfather has left elsewhere for the time being to find a solution. However he's kind of a villain also, because he literally locks you out of the house until you can solve a puzzle that he apparently came up with during this period of time. But whatever.

People complain that this game was too short, and while that is usually a valid complaint, especially given the price tag for this, I'm glad that this ended sooner than later. The gameplay devolved into nothing more than tabbing out and checking the guide for every little thing. The only somewhat enjoyable part was the solar panel puzzle, because it actually functions like a puzzle and doesn't require assigning salience to insignificant, cryptic bullsh*t.

It's... well, it's a game; a short one at that. The aesthetic is great, I loved the handcrafted art. The one song in the game is catchy, but... there's one song in the game. The puzzles are mostly well thought-out and engaging.

Basically: The premise works, the length does not. I'm hoping the sequel fares better in that department.

Terrible puzzle game. One puzzle has incorrect English grammar leading to misinterpretation, and another is so obscure you will be searching the net for the walk-through solution. It's very haphazard and not satisfying.

Lume is a game that a lot of people would probably find hard to recommend in 2021. It is basically a point and click puzzle game where you are trying to generate power by building a wind turbine for your grandpa (there is a power outage), which is kind of a fun little premise. You have to explore your grandpa's house and complete a series of puzzles to collect the things you need to complete the task.

Some of the puzzles are pretty challenging, but I enjoyed them, even as somebody who doesn't normally like playing puzzle games. I firmly disagree with anyone that suggests the puzzles didn't have a logical basis EXCEPT for the one where you have to input three codes into a lock. That one is dumb, but I think the rest are all pretty well designed. You just have to take a few moments and try to approach things in a couple of different ways.

I really like the atmosphere this game gives off - I've been playing a lot of games with really heavy and dark themes lately, and this was a really great change of pace. The music is very chill and soothing and the art style is this gorgeous mix of a background set made of paper and cardboard and the characters animated over top of it. Unfortunately, Lume's graphics don't hold up super well in the current day - you'll either have to play it in a very small window or deal with things being blown up (read: blurry) way more than the developers would've intended.

The other major issue I think most people will have with this game is its length. On HLTB it seems to indicate that beating Lume will take you about an hour, but that seems on the high end - I beat this game in under half an hour, and some of that was idle time. If you have trouble with the puzzles that might stretch out to be a bit longer, but either way I don't think $6.49CAD for about an hour of gameplay is great value to most people.

TL;DR if you want to sit down and play a cute little point and click game that you can beat in one short session, Lume is worth looking into, but probably only on a significant sale. I enjoyed it despite its short length and small issues, so I'm giving it the thumbs up.

I love this aesthetics. It is very fun to play and the game is soooo beautiful to look at.

A game likes this lives and dies on its puzzles, since that's the only gameplay there is.
Unfortunately, some of the puzzles don't make much sense. Even to a puzzlehead like me, the logic of what I was being presented, and the solution that I eventually had to Google... they just don't make sense some of the time.

If you already have the game, it is worth playing - a short, point-and-click puzzle game with beautiful graphics. And indeed, it is very short - there are about 6 rooms in total in this game.

If you don't already have the game, I would not recommend buying it, and instead to play Lumino City instead. At the end of the game, it says that it is Part 1, and that more will come shortly, but when I look at the website, I only see mention of Lumino City, no Lume part 2. So I assume that game is the continuation.

Go for Lumino City if you want the full game experience. Lume if you want a teaser of a puzzle game that will last no more than 2 hours.

Lume is a cute little fun game to play. I felt it was like the demo for Lumino's City since it was so short, although I think that was actually this cute little game that sources to Lumino's and I'm glad for that cuz that's one of my favorite games of all time.

I don't recommend this game for it started price tho (sorry but its too short for 6$). If you're a fan of Lumino's City you must play this one, if you're not but you enjoy click and point / puzzle games go for it anyway, on sale is totally worth it!

Disappointed. Overall this game is not bad, but the puzzles are extremely difficult and the gameplay is entirely too short for the $7 they are charging. I purchased this game on sale for $3, and I still don't think that amount of money was worth it. If this game were $1 or less, I would be writing a much more positive review. If you love point and clicks with great artwork like I do, then you'll find this game to be just ok. Instead of this game, I would recommend the game "Tiny Bang Story". I got that game on sale for 80 cents and have played it through 3 times. It's similar to this game, except way better.

First off: this is a game about the aesthetic. The hand-made set and camera moves makes this game among the prettiest I've ever played. It's also super short, serving as a taster for the upcoming Lumino City, made in the same handcrafted way - I personally can't wait to explore a bigger world that's this beautiful.

Niggles:
- It sucks that the resolution is so low. It takes away from the awesomeness of the visuals, which is what the game's about in the first place.
- The puzzles aren't that clever or anything. But it's a point and click, so what can one expect.

It's cheap. It's beautiful. Buy it.

It pains me to say it, but as charming as Lume is, it doesn’t offer much else to back it up.

Looking back, it probably didn’t help that I played it just after Machinarium, For one, apart from one particularly obscure solution, Lume’s puzzles are rather simple.

But I think what really ruins it is how short it is. I finished it in an hour, and that’s because I played around a bit. I can certainly tolerate short games, but Lume doesn’t really have much going for it to compensate being so short. Even weirder is that it’s supposed to be episode 1 of a series, which not only was never released, but makes you wonder why they chose to make it episodic in the first place.

Now, the game has pretty visuals, really pretty indeed, and if you want to see that yourself, wait for a sale. But really, if you’re just looking for an adventure game to play, pick another one, Lume is light on content and will probably disappoint you.

I bought this at 70% off, and I still feel ripped off.

It's cute. The graphics are pretty and charming. It makes a nice set-up to a bigger story. That's pretty much everything positive I have to say about it.

Half the puzzles I liked, but the triple combination lock stuck out as too illogically-placed - the clue to solve it is buried elsewhere in the house, and didn't occur to me that they were connected for a long time. The story was abrupt - you solve a number of puzzles to turn on the power in your house...and that's it. The trailer suggested to me that it's longer or more mysterious...but it's not.

I'll admit that the graphics and getting the game to run are difficult, and that's something I admire. But for something you can complete in under an hour, it isn't worth the value.

A short and sweet puzzle adventure game.

I enjoyed the unique looking visuals combined with cute music and confounding puzzles.
If you like similar games it won't disappoint, but since it's very (very, very) short I'd only buy it again if it was on sale.

A charming, beautiful game. It's extremely short, but while it lasts it's an excellent experience that reminds us how many unique aesthetics remain to be explored by videogames.

An adorable little puzzle game (the cardboard and paper backgrounds are amazing!) that is fun, with easy controls. The puzzles range from simple to relatively challenging, so your brain will not be lacking mental excercise once you're finished with it.

Lume is a small point-and-click adventure where your task is to restore power to your grandfather's home.

The game is light and fun. If you like games like Machinarium and Botanicula, you'll like this.

The only downfall of the game is it's length. It's incredibly short. I think I completed this game within an hour, which, for a game with no replayability and a cost of £4.99, is a little disappointing.

However, that doesn't mean the game isn't good. It is, it's enjoyable with some unique puzzling. But, I would say, if you're looking to get the game, wait til it's on sale.

-Nilesy

Saying that I recommend this game is somewhat misleading; I recommend you play it if you happen to pick it up with one of the Indie Bundles out there, but I wouldn't go forking out the money they ask for this otherwise. Worth £5 this is not.

Very pretty game, yes. Has some potential in the realm of puzzlers, but the solutions to a couple of them are annoyingly obscure, to the point where it's out of sheer luck you figure them out. Game lasts up to an hour, but most of that is down to slow walking speed of the main character and going back and forth trying to work out what on earth you missed.

The single-track soundtrack starts to get tiresome after a while, nice as it is.

This was one of the first games I bought here, and I don't regret it. This game is very short - only a Part 1 in what I assume is an impending series - but a fun point-and-click adventure with some pleasing riddles and puzzles to solve. Not to mention that "gorgeous" doesn't describe the way the game's set looks; I'm likely to replay it just to watch the camerawork, motion and scenery in action.

As mentioned above, it is definitely a Part 1; the game is extremely short, and that should be taken under consideration upon purchase. However it's sequel, Lumino City, is out now. I look forward to grabbing it and adding my review to this one.

Nice little puzzle game. Cute graphics as well. On the short side though, and because of that not really worth the current asking price. Should it drop to $1 or $2.50 go get it.

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