Well, like the other negative reviews, i am in the middle with this game, where the art is nice, it tries to be something special, but the dialogue can be long and boring.
This is not a pure point and click adventure game like f.e Monkey Island, it's more a story puzzle game where you get a handful of items and use them at the right time.

I don't know if you can call this a game for kids, the story might be too complicated for them, yet the puzzles are too easy to make it fun for adults.

If you want a simple no brainer game with nice art, go ahead and you get some fine hours, but i would really wait on a sale with this (also because it's a short game).
This is one example of a review where i would say mixed, but i do feel the love made into the game, so i am giving it barely a thumbs up. 6/10.

I absolutely love the art in this game and the story was cute. If you enjoy casual point and click games this will make you smile.

The game was pretty easy to get through without much challenge as the points of interest light up on screen. Making it pretty hard to miss things. There is at least one missable achievements due to needing to click on something before reaching a specific point in Chapter 2. But if you want a quick 100% Hanni has written a guide to zip you through.

The toughest achievement for me turned out to be during the credits to collect the orbs since one section requires timing correctly and if you failed you need to restart and re-watch the end of the last chapter just to try again. It was pretty annoying to me after a handful of tries from either missing the timing, or my mouse click not actually clicking. Just for info, Left mouse click to jump at the orbs and holding left mouse increases height.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2017078282

As far as negatives go, these 3 things irked me.

1. Last achievement. In regards to that last achievement mentioned above, be sure at the end of Chapter 5 you make a manual save to the 2nd slot (or any others 2-9). My first time around I didn't and after failing during the credits and restarting the game, I clicked Start versus Continue thinking I would open the Load game menu, but derp, auto save happened right over it. Alternately if you press Alt+F4 quickly enough your save would be in tact, but why chance it!

2. Voice sounds. I didn't enjoy hearing the voice dialog at all. Thankfully there is a slider in the Settings to lower the voice volume separate from the background and sound effects. So you can adjust everything to be soothing to your own ears.

3. Resolution. When i tried to use Borderless Gaming to window this to 2560x1080 it produced a strange border on both sides that still had 50 (or so) pixel edge behind it to see the game objects that overflowed and black bars. Also disappointingly when I went to manually clip them out, the image wasn't even 1920 which is the highest supported resolution. They were around 1700x1080 instead.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2016972892

There is a light that will never go out...

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1630369563
Kids these days: they don't want to stay up all night preparing for the great ceremony tomorrow! they seem to have forgotten the story of the forest and of the cycle of nature they must celebrate for their own future. Cue a wise-old-lady to recount the fantastical story of the firefly and the forest. An absolute achingly beautiful tale, told well. The story is alive with iconic characters and the scenery is spectacular. it is a funny tale that grows quite dark - however persevere for a wonderous and uplifting ending.

A beautiful touching game and a beautiful emotive story. Absolutely recommended to all!
Pros:
- oh my... breathtaking storytelling!
- incredible artwork
- compelling gameworld
- fantastic, memorable characters
- great array of puzzles and variety
- child-friendly, albeit with some very dark moments
- absolutely worth playing

Cons:
- when you get stuck (and you will) the animation on changing scene will grate
- some of the puzzles do have you re-visting certain locations in an unintuitive way
- Chapter 3 seems the most difficult part, the chapters afterwards are much more fast-paced
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1748253455

https://store.steampowered.com/app/866440

When it comes to She and the Light Bearer, the hand-drawn, storybook-like graphics and fairytale-esque story were the main selling points for me. And visually, it is indeed quite beautiful and captures the storybook vibe perfectly.

However:

• The puzzles completely lacked any real difficulty or variety, leading to an incredibly straightforward (and somewhat boring) gameplay. (I suppose this might make it more attractive for younger audiences, but the following points probably won't.)
  
• The repetitive, drawn-out dialogue felt like quite the chore, artificially padding the game's playtime while detracting from the storyline.
  
• The storyline itself ended up feeling almost hollow; perhaps due to the gameplay and narrative shortcomings, I was not particularly invested in the characters' fate.

Overall, whether you might like this on not largely depends on how much value you place on the beauty and charm of the visuals (as this is the main thing it has going for it); I'd probably skip it.

If this game actually was the way the trailers suggested, I'd love it. It promised to be a soothing little retreat, and the visuals and music are indeed lovely and relaxing. I wouldn't mind that there's little or easy gameplay, and the absence of conflict or tensions that's been criticised was exactly what I was looking for. But then it started out with family members yelling at each other, and the main story seemed to be about a creature who constantly gets upset and makes shrieking sounds in that "cutesy" exagerrated anime-like way every 30 seconds or so, while the text box is shaking. I found it so off-putting that it ruined the whole experience of the beautiful scenery and music. I find it hard to relax when everyone else can't calm the f... down. I don't know if it gets better later in the game, but I really didn't feel like any more of that.
If you came here looking for something short, beautiful and relaxing, I'd recommend these.

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This title has been on my radar for a little while now, it caught my glimpse whilst browsing coming soon games a couple weeks ago and I couldn't help but be enthralled by it. I knew I'd be at the very least picking it up as soon as I could.

She and the Light Bearer has an unusual tone that I don't often see in games of this caliber, everything comes off in a way that seems storytelling in a fantastical way, yet also cartoonish, fully embracing an array of downright hand-drawn emotions, which suits it very well and is mainly the reason it captivated me. At the time of writing this I have a short amount of actual gameplay into it, but it's still managed to strike me in a fancy. Actually I've completed the main game now and my points still stand. She and the Light Bearer doesn't do anything particularly revolutionary with the Point-and-click genre (besides some amazing cutscene events), yet the sheer amount of character, attitude, and utter thought and effort put into every individual animation sets it in a class of its own and makes it clear to me at least that there was an unequivical amount of devotion put into this.

If you're looking for something that will make you smile, then, Light Bearer, add this into your pile! That uh... that was a rhyme by the way.

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Sometimes your feelings fool on you. “She and the Light Bearer” at first seemed rather airy to me, but after a very short time I felt that the game was much more serious. When traveling, the lost firefly, who is looking for her Mother, feels that poetic inspiration mixed with reflections on serious topics (self-knowledge, unity with nature), which gives a very interesting result. The whole game feels like a poem written with sincerity and love.

The magnificent hand-drawing art of the game reminded me a bit of the art from the wonderful adventure “Candle” and the recent game “GRIS”. Great attention is paid to every detail, the graphics are touching and incredibly beautiful, while still carrying the unusual features of Asian national flavor (game developers from this particular region of the world), which gives it additional originality. All the characters are so cute and spontaneous, that they sincerely smile and rejoice with them. The connection with each of them is adjusted very quickly and naturally, the game is very competent in every dialogue and action.

If we talk about what could be better, then we can only talk about the duration of the game. The game is really quite short (which is not such a rarity for indie projects), it took me 2.5 hours to complete my journey, and another hour to get the remaining achievements. Otherwise, it is difficult to find any claims, logical puzzles, a beautiful plot, art and sound at the highest level. Very solid, neat and unusual project that really immerses the player in himself, delighting him to the very last moments of the game.

❤ Audience ❤
☑ Beginner
☑ Casual Gamer
☑ Normal Gamer
☐ Expert

☼ Graphics ☼
☐ Bad
☐ Alright
☐ Good
☑ Beautiful
☐ Fantastic

♬ Music ♬
☐ Bad
☐ Alright
☐ Good
☐ Beautiful
☑ Fantastic

☠ Difficulty ☠
☑ Easy
☐ Average
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Hard
☐ Unfair

§ Bugs §
☐ Bugs destroy the game
☐ Lots of bugs
☐ Few Bugs
☐ You can use them for speedrun
☑ Nothing encountered

☯ Story ☯
☐ There is none
☐ Bad
☐ Alright
☑ Good
☐ Fantastic

⚔ Gameplay ⚔
☐ Frustrating
☐ Sleepy
☐ Boring
☑ Fun
☐ Challenging

۞ Game time / Length ۞
☑ Really short (0 - 3 hours)
☐ Short (4 - 8 hours)
☐ Few hours (10 - 20 hours) [if you focus on the main story]
☐ Long (40-60 hours) [if you complete everything]
☐ Very Long (61-100 hours)
☐ Extremely Long (101+ hours)

$ Price / Quality $
☑ Full price
☐ Wait for Sale
☐ Don't buy
☐ Refund it if you can

The game is an extremely cute point and click with a story based around nature and ancient folk tales. It's very pleasant and the puzzles were all well balanced. It was on the shorter side but for the price, I totally recommend it.

Is this game a poem? A fairy tale? A colorful book? I guess all in one. First I thought it will be a game intended for children but tbh because of the darker elements and quite angry but cute creatures I think it is better for young adults.
It is an easy point-and-click game that you can finish in 2-3 hours. Some achievements can be hard to get, I will write about that in cons.

Pros:
- I adore Mojiken Studio's art style, it is a very unique and this one is a gem amongst their games as it is the most colorful among them. I recommend Raven Monologue and When the past was around too, but artistically this one is the absolute winner. It's like flipping through a colorful fairy tale where you find every single detail so intricate and stunning, you just have to take screenshots everywhere.
- the music is super chill, like a meditation
- cute little creatures, that you have to love. even in the beginning it is just so fun how every children says something to Grandma according to their personality
- the dialogues are funny
- the storytelling about nature, and the Mother of Nature

Cons:
- it kinda annoyed me in the middle that everyone is angry :D cute but really angry. the flowers, the mushroom, the potato. I mean calm down lil creatures, look around and chill in this beautiful forest. :D
- the puzzles are very easy, but we have to visit places we already visited numerous times, that can be quite tiring
- achievements: most of the achievements are easy but there are some that are hard to find without guide. I recommend Hanni's guide, it is really helpful. I had the most trouble with collecting all the fireflies during the credit, I think I had to do it 4 or 5 times as you have to start over if you miss one and it can be a bother even with save as you have to watch the whole chapter intro again in 3-5 minutes. Compared to the other puzzles and tasks this one was way harder as timing of jumps can be very very tricky. I just wanna say: Don't give up! You can do this! <3
- you can't go back at some point so save is very important! Also when you use save, use the 2nd and 3rd slot as the first is auto save and it will be easily overwritten when you go to the save menu. If you don't want to read the guide I recommend a save at chapter 2 and another one in chapter 5 before the credits so you can do the 2 missable achievements without having to play from the start.

All in all I recommend this artistic masterpiece, just SAVE pls to protect your sanity! :D