GodisaGeek: The narrator has a gentle, warm cadence, perfectly in sync with the meditative soundtrack that is a heady brew of mournful piano and strings. There is no jeopardy to speak of other than Zees isolation. The countryside does have other lifeforms; there are conventional fauna like rabbit and deer that dart and scatter in the presence of your footsteps but there are also strange alien beings. Turtle-like beasts amble around peacefully, with their bodies constructed with growing plant life, like miniature versions of Torterra from the Sinnoh region in Pokemon. One of the early sequences introduces a huge, snaking serpent creature that seems hewn from rocks from the ground beneath it. Zee eventually gains the ability to sketch the denizens of Europa in his journal.
Conveying an entire mood is no mean feat in a game. And what artist and designer Helder Pinto has accomplished here may just be the most emotionally impactful game I can remember playing for some time. It mana…
Source: N4G PC Europa review | GodisaGeek