![]() It walks a nice middle ground between music- and puzzle-based gameplay, and is careful to not alienate fans of either. While the music genre is filled with rhythm-based games, Sonority relies much more on melodies and harmonies and less on quick timing. And while the early puzzles are often simple cases of “put this over there”, the fact that the music gets richer and richer over time ties in well with both the mechanics and the story. Esther starts with a single instrument and note, but you’ll gain access to additional (musical) tools over time – thus also growing the complexity and richness of the puzzles. You’ll gradually bring Sonority to life through gameplay as well, because there’s a nice layering of mechanics as you progress. The art style and music and generally very pleasant as well, and although this game isn’t an audiovisual powerhouse it certainly has character of its own, with unique designs that bring Sonority to life. Sonority is such a game, with a ton of charm coming from both the protagonist and her story as well as the world around her and the other characters you encounter. ![]() We generally enjoy puzzle games, and have a soft spot for story-driven examples in the genre. Finding said melody requires meeting the ‘teachers of music’, and running into tons of musically-infused puzzles along the way. One of your friends is Batama, a bear who’d like you to find a long lost melody that will help cure sickness – which sets Esther off on a quest that quickly becomes far larger than it initially seems. In Sonority, you play as Esther, who is looking to unlock the secrets of music in a magical and harmonious realm called Sonority, which is all about peace between the humans and animals who co-exist here. ![]() Update: a Switch version launched in December of 2022 as well – we played it and loved the ability to take this one of the go, as it looks and performs great even in handheld mode. Now, almost two years later, it’s out for PCs and being published by veteran publisher Application Systems Heidelberg. If you regularly follow our content then Sonority will sound familiar – we did a developer interview on the game back in 2020 when it was part of the first digital edition of Gamescom. We’re also looking at new DLC content for both Furi and WWE 2K22 that was just released. With Sonority, we’re checking out an indie title that we first spotted back in 2020.
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