We first caught a glimpse of William Chyr?s Manifold Garden game at E3 2015, back when it was known as Willy Chyr?s Relativity. This was mostly one man?s creation, featuring puzzles where gravity could be shifted on-demand by the player, set amongst MC Escher-like structures in a world that repeats infinitely. It was almost immediately nominated for one of our ?Best of? awards for the convention that year?remember conventions" Anyway, almost six years later, the game has landed on the PlayStation 5 after myriad other platforms, but does it deliver a mind-bending experience that won?t soon be forgotten" Find out in our Manifold Garden PS5 review.
Manifold Garden PS5 Review ? Changed Perspectives
The layout of each level in Manifold Garden is mind-bending. MC Escher comparisons will no doubt be made, as the world exists as a white, infinite space, and the levels are orderly collections of endless staircases, squared off segments, and occasional windows that let you glimpse at the outside, repeating world. Any time you are close to and face a surface, the cursor lights up a particular color. Pressing R2 causes gravity to shift, and the surface you were looking at will become the floor as the world orients to reflect this new reality. Most of the game?s puzzles involve moving colored blocks, or plucking them out of trees (which can also respawn those blocks should you lose one into the infinite abyss or on a ledge you can no longer reach), and placing them on sensors...