Pupil Becomes Master: Albedo – Eyes From Outer Space

There’s a great deal to admire in the trailer for soon-to-be-released pulp sci-fi puzzler Albedo: Eyes From Outer Space [official site]: wobbly flying saucers dangling against the backdrop of lurid skies, toxic death planets, ocular horrors. It’s an odd-looking thing, no doubt about it, and in the best possible way. Is it a horror game? A comedy game? A horror-comedy?

If there’s a disappointing aspect to the trailer it’s found in the player’s actions. There’s a tile-swapping puzzle at 2:44 and a shotgun to solve the alien problem, at least temporarily. A little bit of shooting and a little bit of puzzling then? I can live with that, particularly if the package it’s all contained in is as inventive as the trailer suggests.

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