Lemma is a first-person platformer game set in a surreal, dream-like universe. The main gameplay revolves around parkour-style free-running similar to Mirror's Edge. Lemma was made over the course of five years by a single developer, Evan Todd. Putting together a game of this scale and technical quality is impressive. One person doing all that work is simply incredible. Lemma is truly an indie labor of love, and for the most part, the love can be felt throughout most aspects in the game, minus the story.
The idea of a videogame game based on the world of free running is not a new one, the idea of course being popularised by Electronic Arts and their Mirror’s Edge franchise. Parkour isn’t a new topic to virtual reality (VR) either; we’ve seen several videogames based on the topic with varying degrees of similarity to the aforementioned EA offering.
GGSP writes: The devs could have done a better job on the level design. There were just a few points where I had to resort to just randomly wandering about and trying things until I stumbled upon the solution. But the core mechanics of Lemma work really well.
With the ever-growing list of games available in the market today it is only becoming harder and harder to find and choose the next title to invest and indulge in. With the countless abundance of titles we are provided there are many that don’t live up to their proud boasts of innovation and creativity.
But there are some that truly exceed expectations and are testaments to the ever evolving state of the gaming world.
So we here at Gearburn want to pay our respect to the following three titles and tell you why they deserve some of your time. Let me assure you, it will most certainly not be time wasted.
Lemma and Monstrum are both really entertaining, unique games. Anyone who enjoyed Mirror's Edge should definitely pick up Lemma.
