#WORLD FOR TWO GAME REVIEW TRIAL#

However, the slow extracting DNA process seems to kill that enjoyment. The feeling of wanting to mix the genes into a new species intrigued me at the beginning. I wish that I could get the DNA right away without the timer, even if I have to finish a puzzle at the first extraction every time. The waiting time can be very long, especially since you need to do it several times. However, you can only do this once per species, and once you completed the puzzle, you are left with having to wait for a few seconds to extract the DNA 3 times, killing the species in the process. You need to match a DNA strain with the right color – red with blue, yellow with green, and vice versa – to extract its DNA. One thing that I liked about this is how you need to finish a puzzle to extract DNA for the first time. You can check how many variations a species can evolve to and predict its possible evolution by looking at the in-game chart. For example, there are several types of birds in the world, and the bird classifications can help you guess whether you need to use a mammal gene, sea gene, or other genes to combine it with. Having a certain knowledge about animals is also needed to predict the “evolution” since you need to guess what animal that the current one can evolve into with the available genes.

#WORLD FOR TWO GAME REVIEW TRIAL#

This reduces the trial and error needed to create the species to some extent, which really helps since there are ~16 genes that you can use to combine. You’ll be able to predict the genes that you need to use as you create a more developed species. It’s hard to predict which species you can evolve it to, after all. This turns the game into trial and error, especially at the beginning since you’ll start with amoeba, an organism that is considered very basic. Some species can evolve into more than one species, although you need the right gene to combine it with. More areas will be unlocked as you progress which serves as a place to contain new animals in that habitat. This helps to unlock new species since some species can only be unlocked from these genes.

A new area will be opened after you unlocked enough evolutions, allowing you to farm new materials to create new genes. You’ll get more gene variations to combine as you play. Luckily, combining 2 of the same DNAs can also help to recreate the same species, giving you a surplus of 1 DNA to combine into other species. Since you can only extract 3 DNAs before a living creature dies, recreating the same species are needed to keep the supply steady. The “elements” in this game are represented by DNA and genes, where you can get DNAs from living beings and genes from a machine in the lab. World for Two plays out like alchemy games where you need to mix 2 elements to get a new one. The same music might help to set the atmosphere near the ending, but the story is way too predictable to me. Imagine that an alarm beeping with a piece of relaxing music playing in the background – there is no sense of urgency at all. While I appreciate the relaxing music that helps to set the atmosphere, the lack of SFX bugs me to no end. The game tries to give more context on the ending through the bonus chapter, but even that is lacking. You get another story to watch at the end, but since I didn’t get too attached to anything, I feel nothing from the emotional scene. All conversation that follows afterward is either small talk or tutorials to help you finish the game. You are a robot, tasked by a human to create new lifeforms on a dying planet. The visuals, along with the relaxing music, helps to get by the repetitiveness of the game and lets you get immersed with the story that is told after you finished the game. Backgrounds are made in such great detail with tons of layers to give a sense of depth, turning the scene into a beautiful work of art. Four explorable regions with a sight to behold awaits you to be explored. The visuals are one of the best things that the game has to offer.

World for two game review