Just like a dream

Another great game by Amanita Design. The new expansion of the Samorost universe is fantastic, with amazing visuals, music and a great narrative.

The game is short, but longer compared to previous installments in the series. It's great casual gameplay, and a treat for anyone who has come to love the work of these folks over the years.

An incredibly beautiful game, not overly long or difficult, but enjoyable. I love Amanita Design and they have certainly lived up to their reputation for creating aesthetically appealing games. I definitely recommend it, with a few caveats:

-Hearing impaired gamers will have serious difficulty with the game, as much of it relies very heavily on sound. There is no spoken language in the game, but if you can't hear differences in tone or match similar (but not identical) sounds, you won't be able to solve some of the puzzles. In games with dialogue, subtitles can make it possible for deaf gamers to play, but in this case, there is no visual alternative to hearing the sounds. As a hearing member of my local deaf community, I was disappointed that my deaf and hard of hearing friends would not be able to play a game which is so visually beautiful, and I feel this is something which should be made clear in the game's description.

-Some elements of the design could have been better. In particular, when one of the cutscene-ish animations begins (usually triggered by talking to someone or playing a sound on your trumpet), you can't cancel or interrupt it. If you accidentally start a long story that you've already seen several times, you still can't do anything but wait. I couldn't find any way to skip them. Similarly, there are some areas where you have to solve a puzzle to get through (I'm thinking of one in particular where you have to use little birds as weights to pull chains to get safely across a gap). Even after you've solved the puzzle, however, every time you go through that area, you have to do the puzzle again. This was really tedious. If you know exactly what you need to do every step of the way to complete the game, you only have to solve the puzzle once, but as the average person will need to backtrack a few times to figure it out, it gets really irritating really fast. This happens several times in the game. Overall, there are a lot of long sequences you have to be patient with going through again and again as you try to figure out your next move. It almost gives the impression that the game wasn't tested by anyone who didn't know exactly how to beat it.

These qualms aside, I do still recommend the game if you enjoy aesthetics and cute stories. However, if you haven't played Machinarium and Botanicula, I recommend playing those first, as I feel they are better overall in terms of design, and also a bit longer and more difficult, with more engaging stories.

Samorost 3 is a wonderful point-and-click adventure game thanks to it's gorgeous worlds, beautiful soundtrack; memorable characters and engaging puzzles.

However, the only complaint that I have with Samorost 3 is that its not that long, although that issue is from my experience common with these types of games.

And the last thing I have to add is that you should play the other two predecessors beforehand; the first one is even free!

A marvelous experience.

As a grand father that has played Machinarium, Botaniucula, Samorost 1 and 2 wtih eight grand kids that love these games I am not disappointed in Samarost 3. I play through the games and then 'read' them on my laptop as 'bed time' stories with the kids. The lack of dialogue encourages the kids to create their own description of the action. It's a treat to listen to them tell what they see as they see it through the eyes of children and not my tired old eyes.

I have STEAM accounts for all three of the kids families so Iwill be buying this game three more times and it's well worth the money.

I solved the four- card game to get the jack knife. That clever puzzle will really entertain the kids.

Amanita Designs is one of my favorite studios so I hope they sell million copies of this game so I can look forward to their next product. And take your time Amanita as the kids love to go through these games numerous times!

Even if you don't have grand kids to share this game with GET IT!

I remember when I was just a little child I stumbled upon this weird game with a small white clothed gnome and his dog. That game captured my imagination and left a very happy stamp in my mind. It was only many years later, when I found out about Machinarium and suddenly I realized it had to be the same developer, that I realized the game was in fact Samorost - that bizzare game I really liked.

One can only imagine how stoked I was when I found out Samorost 3 is coming out. 30 minutes of playing have already taken me back to those places of mystery I frequented as a child. It feels as if I am reliving my earliest years.

Samorost 3 is 7 times more vibrant and beautiful, and mystical, than its incredible predecessors. It's filled with fantastic imagery, beautiful scenes, vibrant soundtrack, peculiar story, and original and unique mechanics.

I just want to thank Amanita Design for their originality and loyalism to such a unique genre, in the ever changing environment - that is the video games scene in general. Thank you for such a creative and thought provoking world, and for such a fantastic, amazingly produced game.

If you liked Machinarium or played Samorost as a child like myself, or hell, just like games that see beyond the horizon, there is no reason you won't like Samorost 3, for it excels in what it does - portray a world the wildest of minds wouldn't be able to think of. I think the price is more than fair considering the amount of love this game got and how carefully and warmly it was handled by its developers. Thank you for a once in a life time experience.

Such a breath of fresh air!
If you're sick of all the violence and fear going on nowadays, I recommend losing yourselves in this beautiful, peaceful game.

If you liked all the other Amanita games you know exactly what you're in for with this one.

It's still beautiful, amazing, and fun.

If you're scoffing at the price, I can promise you it's better than a trip to the theaters to watch batman vs superman.

why do i buy videogames? to get tingles. this one gave me tingles.