Semblance Reviews
Nevertheless, even four years later, Semblance is a really good time, and the world-shaping gimmick is a whole ton of fun to mess around with. I only just wish it hadn’t taken me this long to finally get to shaping this delightful experience.
Unique puzzle platformer with some great ideas. Just without certain story and adequate ending.
Review in Slovak | Read full review
Semblance is a different type of puzzle/platformer that brings something new to the table. I had a lot of fun playing the game on Nintendo Switch on my TV and on the console's screen, finding the right way to bend platforms to do my will as I grabbed all spheres in my path. The game can be completed in around four hours or so, but your mileage may vary depending on your experience with games in the genre.
The puzzles involve a host of mechanics, slowly introduced over the course of the game, mainly centering around terrain being reshaped, much like Play-Doh. The character’s dash ability allows the player to mold the environment to a certain extent in a bid to access previously inaccessible areas.
A slight but smart adventure it's hard not to be charmed by.
Semblance's haunting atmosphere and clever gameplay mechanics make it a memorable and satisfying puzzle platformer.
Although the blob looks friendly and soft in Semblance, the puzzles are sometimes tough.
Review in German | Read full review
Semblance is fun game that nails the fundamentals, but the limited scope and brevity don't allow it the opportunity to really shine. Puzzle-platform fans will enjoy what is on offer here but will be left wanting for more.
By letting you morph the environment, Semblance is a new twist on the puzzler, asking you to creatively solve its challenges. New mechanics keep things fresh throughout, but also highlight what could have been if the game were longer and its ideas developed further.
"Familiar-looking platformer, flexible physics engine."
Review in Finnish | Read full review
Gameplay is king and it shows in this title. The game oozes fun and lightheartedness, but beneath that is a powerful story told through some of the best environmental storytelling I've seen since Gone Home or RiME. Semblance was made by a group of students as their final university project. But in my opinion, it should be taught to design classes for its expert execution. Semblance is a masterpiece.
Semblance is a decent puzzle game that could've been a lot better with a more varied gameplay and a lenghtier campaign.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Two-hour logic platformer with an interesting idea of deforming environment, but there is nothing for creative players. You will not do anything what was not planned by the developer.
Review in Polish | Read full review
I love that Semblance is challenging, and its presentation is lovely as well. It has a unique look, full of organic shapes and eye-catching colors. Though it's light on story, it's worth dying a few dozen times to experience.
Even the areas that can be bent in significant ways have serious and sometimes baffling limits that force you into one or two envisioned solutions by entirely sabotaging other approaches. There’s nothing inherently wrong with that, of course, as many excellent puzzle games have specific solutions, but where Semblance fails (and does so big time) is that it gives you the impression that you’re being afforded the freedom to come up with your own approach, only to consistently snatch it away from you while the controls undermine you and the simplistic two-tone visuals give you a migraine.
A fun puzzler platformer that may be too easy to become a real milestone for the genre.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Semblance goes beyond the puzzle genre and adds their own special take on platform games.
Semblance is a clever, intriguing world of likable, entertaining challenges.
Fans of puzzle-platformers will find plenty to love in this adorable indie.
Nyamakop has successfully completed the requirements for a good puzzle-platformer : a charming art direction, with part of the world made of playdough, and a creative gameplay experience that allows the player to shape the environnement. A little too short, Semblance is definitely a worthwhile game for the Nintendo Switch.
Review in French | Read full review