Carto

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Carto – Previously, the writer thought of making a “board game” where the path can be completely rotated freely through the squares with instructions to “unlock” new paths to the journey’s final destination.

This idea and inspiration come from a board game with a slightly “cheeky” name: Fairy garden!

After a while, on the occasion of accidentally surfing Youtube to see game trailers of indie game makers, the writer kept an eye on a puzzle adventure game called: Carto.

Carto impresses me from the beginning when the game shows that trying to do is so interesting!

Is Carto really good and worth playing with this novel idea?

The time to complete Carto is very short, only about 5-6 hours.

But the journey is extremely cute, “thrilling” with tough puzzles.

The game’s story tells about an event when little Carto was watching, with great interest in seeing the map’s ability to change the world through her grandmother’s instructions.

That night, just out of curiosity, while fiddling with the map, she created a storm to hit the spaceship; the wind was so strong that Carto was thrown out and “landed” on an island small with a map in hand – which the previous storm had damaged.

And this is where the player’s journey begins!

The Carto world is built with many potentials, with background stories about the customs hidden behind the diversity and weirdness.

It could be the custodian of a huge library of books, writing his pages based on world events in the game. Or the custom when “mature,” then … chase children out of the island to find their life motto, etc.

Although the cast of characters has little acting space, the short, close and humorous dialogue also makes Carto more comfortable when playing.

Carto’s storyline is not the best point, but the game’s best and most unique point lies in the “unique” gameplay!

Players will be introduced to new puzzle styles through a 360-degree rotation of square pieces when pressing the map open button to open the way!

It even “unlocks” the lost squares on the map.

After clicking, of course, you have to go back to the world to explore!

Although there is only one solution, the game is enough to create freedom in arranging the squares; as long as the solution is correct, it doesn’t matter where it is placed!

Thanks to this “rotate” gameplay, many situations in Carto force us to brainstorm in different ways and imagine to solve the puzzle posed.

And these situations are shown extremely creatively and diversely according to each world that the game brings.

Maybe you have to rotate and return to the game screen in time to guess the direction of the flight and then have to open the map to rotate in a circle to grill the meat in time.

Or sometimes you even have to find the footprints by installing which piece, the other on the map, etc.

And indeed, there are times when writers “sweat” to deduce whether they have enough imagination to solve puzzles in Carto?

Carto’s journey is truly adorable, with its approachable cast of characters, challenging puzzles, and unique gameplay, rarely seen in today’s game market.

But unfortunately, despite having easy-to-see graphics and easy-to-listen sounds, they don’t have the “WOW” factor!

The writer, after experiencing it, really can’t see a scene worth showing off!

The drawings are not bad, but they are not exactly “bewildered” to the eye.

That isn’t exactly a defect, but it’s not exactly a point of praise either.

The sound of the game is similar, gentle, and not memorable.

But the sound is mainly the pure noise of the environment; the soundtracks are also slow along, not enough to highlight the climax to push the emotional circuit higher.

The plotline has potential, but perhaps because the investment capital is not much and the completion time is relatively short, to be honest, the residual impression of Carto is not much.

Until now, there are very few short-lived indie games that can bring about the ultimate “sublimation” emotions as ABZU or Journey did in the past…

where can you get a Carto online

Carto Standard – Switch [Digital Code]: Buy it now

Carto (Nintendo Switch Physical Edition): Buy it now