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7.3 Hours played
A beautifully crafted puzzle game with dramatic and atmospheric moments, but the puzzles may be a little easy for enthusiasts.

🎬Gameplay Video🎬
https://youtu.be/DImwfNU_F0c

Invaded by a faceless force, Lana witnesses her best friend being captured and whisked away to a destination unknown. Lana undertakes the perilous journey to rescue her friend and stop the evil from spreading. Along the way she befriends an animal companion that helps her overcome challenges.

🤔Overall Impressions🤔
Planet of Lana is mesmerizing in its approach to storytelling, something that usually lacks in a dialogue free experience. The attention to detail is impressive with a planet environment that feels alive with a strong sense of community. This makes the opening gambit even more powerful as the enemy force invades, in one of the strongest openings I have seen in an indie puzzle adventure.

The game is more rounded than most puzzle games, with a decent story which is thick with atmosphere, but puzzle solutions are relatively easy in the main, and heavily rely on stealth rather than brain power. Overall, it is a game that stands on the shoulders of its competitors.

🕹️Gameplay🕹️
Planet of Lana is a puzzle game in the main, but it does also contain arcade sequences, quick time events, and rather a lot of stealth.

Most of the puzzle solutions I felt I had seen before, with a lot of hiding in bushes trying to evade the glare of the enemy, especially at the start of the adventure. Puzzles did get more varied towards the end, with a more mixed approach to game play, and I particularly enjoyed the relationship between Lana and her pet Mui who work together to solve problems.

Lana can control Mui and command him to stay and approach. She can direct him to certain places where he can use his abilities, like cutting ropes to help Lana climb rock faces, or hypnotizing creatures to aid in puzzle solving. Lana must be close to Mui to direct him, which can act as part of the puzzle, and I did sometimes have a little difficulty controlling the cursor, as it felt very sensitive in its movement, and with certain puzzles requiring quick movements, it occasionally proved frustrating. I’m probably being a bit picky, but I think it is worth mentioning.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2980978388

Puzzles are very logical, which is always welcomed, and I think they were so logical that they almost felt too intuitive and easy to complete. They still required a little thinking, and I did get stuck on one puzzle and had to look up the solution, but mostly you would just do what you would have done if you were Lana. For me, that made the game appear very realistic and just immersed me further into the story.

There are some dramatic sections that require quick maneuvering or quick time events, but they aren’t that difficult, and because checkpoints are very generous, any failures throw you straight back into play, and there are no annoying repetitions.

Planet of Lana feels like an adventure rather than a puzzle game with story elements. I have played countless puzzle games where a story has attempted to join together puzzle sections and felt mediocre at best, but Planet of Lana is an example of how a puzzle game and a decent story can have a fruitful marriage.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2980687975

📺Graphics📺
Beautiful environments, interesting characters and enemies, with camera angles that flatter the scenery and create a luscious landscape that feels alive. Just the way Lana moves are pleasant to watch which elevates game play.

There is quite a variety in landscapes from forest and swamplands, to ancient civilizations, progressing to futuristic looking locales. It all looks stunning, especially for a predominantly based puzzle game.

🎵Sound🎵
Superb special effects sounds immerse you in the drama as it unfolds, especially at the onset which is gripping. There are beautiful orchestral themes playing at poignant moments and scattered throughout the game.

There is no voice acting, but the mimicking of voices is done well and does create emotion especially in combination with the dreamy soundtrack.

🍳Conclusion🍳
Planet of Lana is an impressive piece of work, and as a narrative fan I was delighted that the story and its components were a genuine embellishment to the puzzles.

It’s a good sign when you don’t want to stop playing because you are keen to explore what’s around the next corner, and although the puzzles fell mostly on the easy side, I think this was more to do with the logical nature of them, as they were quite imaginative in their designs.

If you enjoy puzzle games with a genuinely moving story then it is an easy recommend.

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Review Showcase
A clever and intelligent puzzle game with an original premise

Your wife is an odd bird. She enjoys dressing up in various costumes, inventing murder crime scenes and playing dead. The only way to revive her is to work out what she requires and give it to her. If you get it wrong she won't be happy and she will make you do the task again, like when I gave her a bowl of rice instead of egg fried rice!

If Only I could Go Home Early is a clever puzzle game with a premise I have never seen before. It can be quite challenging, especially towards the latter of the twenty levels, and I did have to look up answers on a few occasions.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2976773784

There's a nice tutorial to inch you into the game play, which is point and click based, with very basic controls and little mini games scattered here and there. There are some really obscure and often bizarre puzzles to solve, but always very imaginative and fresh. Some are observational, like watching out for number combinations to unlock a safe, and others require interacting with objects, like cooking rice in a rice cooker, or opening the fridge. There are items scattered around which stay in your inventory until you use them. Items are never combined, but you will need to use every item, so they always have a purpose.

Each level has its own story and is often introduced with a nice pixel art cut scene. I loved the look of the game and enjoyed each story. They're not long stories at all, more suggestions of their life together and as you progress you get to know more about them, but it's certainly not a narrative experience. It was just done in a charming and likeable fashion.

Take a look at the game play for more of an idea.
🎬Gameplay Video🎬
https://youtu.be/rOkKkH8LPaU

🍳Conclusion🍳
If Only I Could Go Home Early is a charming and novel experience and stands out from most puzzle games I have played. It's difficult to fit in an original concept among the barrage of puzzle games out there, but this certainly feels new and innovative, with bizarre and amusing puzzle solutions, which can be very difficult.

For the price it is an easy recommendation.

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** THE LAST DREAM**
** 9 CLUES THE SECRET OF SERPENT CREEK**
** DETECTIVE GRIMOIRE**
** TIMEFRAME**
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** TOTALLY UNBALANCED **
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** CITY OF FOOLS **
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** TESLA'S BEST FRIEND **
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** THE LORDS OF THE EARTH FLAME **
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** MY NAME IS YOU **
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** TEMPLE ESCAPE **
** FORGOTTEN LAND **
** LONE WARRIOR **
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** ECCHI SKETCH **
** A SUMMER PROMISE TO FOREVER **
** THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN **
** MAKE A WORD! **
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** EXTREME REAL REALITY HD REMIX **
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** MY LOVED HEART **
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** MAZ! **
** TRIVIA VAULT: VIDEO GAME **
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** WEED **
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** KONA **
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** STICKMAN JETPACK **
** HANGOVER **
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** FAIRY OF THE TREASURES **
** ROBO ENCRYPTION **
** LUVOCIUS **
** FIDGET SPINNER IN SPACE **
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** DAB TWERK AND DANCE **
** BLOK DROP NEO **
** STICKMAN KILLER OF APPLES **
** CYBERPUNK ARENA **
** APPLESNAKE 2 **
** ASCII GAME SERIES: BEGINNING **
** ASCII GAME SERIES: BLOCKS **
** BANG BANG FRUIT **
** JQ: COUNTRIES **
** VIKKI SPOTTER THE FARM **
** CRIMSON GRAY **
** ONLY YOU **
** ZNKL - 177 **
** DEEP GACHIGASM **
** QUADRANT M4 **
** THE SCARECROW **
** SUMETRICK **
** LIVE **
** WORLD INSIDE OUT **
** YASHIK **
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** PLATI NALOG **
** SIMPLE STORY - ALEX **
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** THE GHOST OF JOE PAPP **
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** XORPLE **
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** VAULT OF HONOR **
** PLANUM **
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** CHARLIE'S ADVENTURE **
** DIGIT DAZE **
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** MATH PROBLEM CHALLENGE **
** KICKING KITTENS PUTIN SAVES THE WORLD **
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** THE MASTER **
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** YI AND THE THOUSAND MOONS **
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** GENESIS NOIR **
** A PAINTER'S TALE **
** THE WILD CASE **
** TELL ME WHY **
** THE WILD AT HEART **
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** 100 HIDDEN MICE **
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** 100 HIDDEN CATS **
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** LIFE IS STRANGE TRUE COLORS **
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** IF ON A WINTER'S NIGHT, FOUR TRAVELERS **
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** LOOKING FOR ALIENS **
** 100 HIDDEN FROGS **
** THE FROG DETECTIVE PART ONE **
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** FLORENCE **
** SUPER SOCCER BLAST AMERICA VS EUROPE **
** BROTHERS: A TALE OF TWO SONS **
** LOST NOVA **
** THE INHERITANCE OF CRIMSON MANNER **
** MILO AND THE MAGPIES **
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