Lucidity (PC) First Impressions

Lucidity is a new non-Star Wars game from Lucas Arts starring a little girl named Sofi with a deep imagination. Sofi dreams up worlds full of exploration and danger as she travels through these platform levels collecting fireflies and receiving postcards from her grandma. As Sofi travels through each level your job is to keep her safe and help her collect as many fireflies as she can until the end of the level. I was interested in this game so I decided to give it a shot and I found it to be quite enjoyable thus far.

Keeping Sofi safe from bugs or spike pits is easy at the start but as the game progresses you have to be on your "A" game to make it through the level. To help keep Sofi safe you are given pieces to place on the level such as a wood plank to make it over gaps or spring shoes for a big jump in the air. More pieces are unlocked later in the game such as a small staircase, slingshot or a fan all of which appear randomly leaving it up to the player to place them strategically to keep Sofi safe.

The problem I've encountered so far is placing these pieces, I'm playing it on the PC so I'm using a mouse but placing these pieces is sort of on a grid so precision can feel off and awkward at times. The game is fun though so far and is quite challenging collecting fireflies on the map and the game also boasts good replay value trying to collect every firefly per level, collecting a certain amount unlocks other levels to play aside from the storyline levels. The art style for the game is stunning and the background visuals in the level are beautiful.

It's an enjoyable game for pick up and play and it's great for only $9.99 and another plus is it's good to see Lucas Arts trying something new other than Star Wars and doing a great job at it.