The House Of Da Vinci
Critic Reviews for The House Of Da Vinci
The House of Da Vinci successfully translates its puzzle formula into VR, offering an engaging experience. However, some of the same issues from the original game have carried over, preventing it from reaching the genre's full potential.
The visuals in The House of Da Vinci are beautiful and striking, dark corners and moody lighting all add to the atmosphere of the game, it really is a class looking game. The music and sound effect are on par with the graphics, as you manipulate a puzzle there are various clunk and clank sounds from the machines. Again, all this adds to the atmosphere and complements the gameplay. As for the control’s, The house of Da Vinci can be played using the Joycon’s or the touchscreen. Neither system is 100% perfect, the touchscreen does work but there are times when it can be sluggish and other times it can be overly sensitive and can overlap with other areas when your trying to focus on one particular place. The style of writing in Leonardo’s notes is reminiscent of the era the game is set in, however I found that the font the notes are written in make it slightly harder to read and decipher on the Nintendo Switch screen. There is no getting away from the fact that The House of Da Vinci is very similar to The Room. The story is a bit flimsy and at times some of the puzzling does feel like a direct copy of The Room. That’s not to say it’s not an enjoyable game as it is and if you enjoy playing this genre of game, why not give The House of Da Vinci a try.
Time has proven The House Of Davinci right. It has two more sequels (in Bundle with the first one on Xbox) and a spin off in progress. And it is that this game is nice to pass it. It does not last too long and is not very complicated, the linearity of its puzzles makes the story flow depending on our ability to solve the puzzles. Perhaps too linear with almost no puzzles crossed with another that involves a challenge or Eureka effect that are so sought after in these games. It's like going to an escape room very well set. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
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