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Lingo is a first person word puzzle game with a large, abstract world to explore. With its epiphany-driven gameplay and impossible geometry, Lingo provides a unique and nonlinear experience.
Lingo is a indie, puzzle and first-person game
developed and published by Brenton Wildes.
Released on December 12th 2021 is available in English only on Windows.
It has received 633 reviews of which 596 were positive and 37 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Storage: 53 MB available space
- Additional Notes: Mouse & Keyboard Required
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I LOVE this game. I thought I would never experience the same level of sensation I had playing Antichamber again after trying other games, but now I'm really happy to discover this gem. Despite not being fluent in English I'm totally hooked (on dictionaries). Thank you so much!
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I've now played fully through both Lingo 1 and Lingo 2, having actually started with Lingo 2 rather than Lingo 1. For my money, Lingo 2 is the best puzzle game ever made- Lingo 1 just happens to be a much more flawed version of it. To be clear, I would still recommend Lingo 1 to anybody that is interested in the conceptual idea of a 'Witness-like' that is based around word puzzles. However, I would 10 out of 10 times recommend that you start with Lingo 2, rather than Lingo 1- the games are different enough that they aren't so much building on each other as they are feeling like close siblings. Lingo 2 references Lingo 1 a lot, but because I played them in inverse order it almost felt the other way around. Let's talk about Lingo mechanically, for those who are unfamiliar: The player explores around an open world filled with non-euclidean spaces, coming up with answers for puzzles based on a set of rules that the player themselves must divine rather than having been explicitly told. Generally the game provides you with information in order to help you come to the conclusion as to the nature of the different rules, but figuring out these rules is very much an essential part of the game and not just as-given. This is one area where Lingo 2 is (for my taste) better than Lingo 1: Lingo 2 has iconography for rules, allowing the player to build an association between icon->rule, whereas Lingo has 'color of block the puzzle is on' and 'where the block is placed spacially' (low, middle, high). The former to me is more elegant, whereas I was constantly checking my notes in Lingo 1 to remind myself of what color/positioning meant what. There is a sort of consistency to it, but I prefer Lingo 2's iconography. Lingo 1 and 2 have a heavy emphasis on exploration and discovery with its non-euclidean worlds. Lingo 1 itself has several 'levels', the most prominent being 1 and 2. This is where Lingo 1's biggest flaw, in my opinion, comes in: I find Lingo level 1 kind of frustrating and annoying. Everything is the same color, for the most part, and often looks very similar. Because of the non-euclidean nature of it, this can be very disorienting. On the other hand, level 2 is an absolute joy- I think level 2 in isolation may be a slightly more fun exploration experience than Lingo 2, in actuality. The other levels beyond 1/2 are a bit of a mix, without getting into details- I like a couple of them, less so a couple others. Overall, Lingo 1 is flawed . However, it's still probably the number 2 best puzzle game I've ever played, so... eh? Still strongly recommend. Play Lingo 2 first though.
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This game is a TRASH (bottom black box). Solving the puzzles in this game make you LEAF (top black box) like a genius. I've only played for 4 hours so FART (middle red box), and I've had multiple epiphanies regarding the puzzle rules. Seriously WON (top white box) of the most UNIQUE (white middle box) puzzle games I've played. Buy this game.
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This game is a sprawling mess of endless puzzles, getting more and more insane as you keep going, devouring themselves in their own complexity. It's a less easily approachable, more cryptic version of "The Witness" mixed with "Antichamber". It expects you to know a fair bit about the english language and how it works, as well as having a fantastic sense of direction and how to retrace your steps. But I really want to emphasise that I mean none of this in a negative way. Like, 0% negative... in fact, the longer I play LINGO the more I am increasingly sucked into it's world. The gist of the game is simple: you walk around a huge non-euclidean mansion, there are puzzles on the wall, you solve the puzzles by clicking/pressing enter and typing in a response. You're only ever given 1-3 words to work with for the puzzle's prompt, but environmental clues will also do a huge part of the heavy lifting. What is the room like? How are the puzzles arranged? Is there anything connecting the word(s) and your surroundings? Things like that. At the start you'll struggle to solve even the starting puzzles as the beginning is a lot more harsh against you than something like The Witness, but soon you'll have the ability to enter a room and start rapid fire solving things without thinking twice. It's a game about learning rules, and also learning when to apply said rules. Pretty much everything is a spoiler, and I think figuring out how the game works is actually more rewarding than remembering a three letter synonym for "snitch", so i'll leave the description at that. A common expression of speech is saying something has had the "edges sanded off", becoming more casual and mushy to achieve broader mass appeal. LINGO, to me, is the first time i've played a game where it felt like the creator added edges to something else. This game is like The Witness if it was made for freaks, people who want to dive down a rabbit hole of endless knowledge and get lost in a linguistics version of House of Leaves. I grew up playing web riddle games like Notpr0n or DUMB: The Game, and honestly this reminded me a lot of that. It's a puzzle game that builds upon itself to become increasingly more complex purely based on creating more of it's own rules. Highly recommended for anyone who likes exploring, both physically and mentally! PS: Before you even start a new game, go into the settings, set the framerate to 60, and the graphics mode to "inspired". Makes the game look a million times better and i'm not sure why they're disabled by default
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Great puzzles, interesting spatial mechanics, but really needs more signposting and direction so you're not running in circles looking for one or two puzzles hidden way out of the way
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Lingo is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam.
Lingo is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.75€ on Steam.
Lingo received 596 positive votes out of a total of 633 achieving a rating of 8.78.
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Lingo was developed and published by Brenton Wildes.
Lingo is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Lingo is not playable on MacOS.
Lingo is not playable on Linux.
Lingo is a single-player game.
Lingo does not currently offer any DLC.
Lingo is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.
Lingo does not support Steam Remote Play.
Lingo is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Lingo.
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Online players
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Developer
Brenton Wildes
Publisher
Brenton Wildes
Release
12 Dec 2021
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