Papo & Yo is a 3D puzzle platformer that has great art, great concept and a moving story but suffers from clunky controls, lack of invention in the puzzles and some minor glitches.
7/10

The game tells a story of a troubled boy through a fantasy setting in a Brazilian favela. While the idea is great, the potential is not fulfilled since the way the story is presented fails to make you really identify and care for the boy. It has some fantastic moments but it feels like the creator lost some immersion in an effort to avoid making it depressing.
The puzzles are not hard and the resulting animations are great but all of them feel like a variation on the same puzzle. The platforming part is not hard either but the controls are definitely lacking. It is not accurate in movement and in depth causing you to miss simple jumps and redoing the part again.
The art style is really great. The scenes are beautiful and deliver wonderfully the favela feeling, especially the wall drawings. The characters are inventive and well animated and the subtle graphical effects really enhance the magical felling of the game.

I really liked the different direction this game is taking and I would very much like to see another title from this developer - hopefully with more attitude to the story and improvement to the technical side. Took me about 5 hours to complete the game.

Papo & Yo is a 3D puzzle platformer that has great art, great concept and a moving story but suffers from clunky controls, lack of invention in the puzzles and some minor glitches. 7/10 The game tells a story of a troubled boy through a fantasy setting in a Brazilian favela. While the idea is great, the potential is not fulfilled since the way the story is presented fails to make you really identify and care for the boy. It has some fantastic moments but it feels like the creator lost some immersion in an effort to avoid making it depressing. The puzzles are not hard and the resulting animations are great but all of them feel like a variation on the same puzzle. The platforming part is not hard either but the controls are definitely lacking. It is not accurate in movement and in depth causing you to miss simple jumps and redoing the part again. The art style is really great. The scenes are beautiful and deliver wonderfully the favela feeling, especially the wall drawings. The characters are inventive and well animated and the subtle graphical effects really enhance the magical felling of the game. I really liked the different direction this game is taking and I would very much like to see another title from this developer - hopefully with more attitude to the story and improvement to the technical side. Took me about 5 hours to complete the game.