Abi: A Robot's Tale

At first I didn’t think I would enjoy this game or find it challenging enough. But after playing the first chapter, I became interested in the two main characters, so I stayed with it, and when I reached the conclusion, I was sad to say goodbye to them. They are just robots, but they care about each other, so I came to care about them. The illustrations are lovely and the animations and mechanics function well. I appreciated the free hints, and since the player is offered two alternate endings, I was happy to have the option to replay the last chapter. I have only two criticisms. Objects are quite tiny and at times impossible to discern on a smaller smartphone screen, so if each object could be expanded momentarily or identified with text when a character picks it up, that would help. My second issue is that the dialogue isn’t on the screen long enough, so I often missed the ends of sentences, and sometimes there wasn’t a way to repeat them. I would like to see the dialogue of a character consolidated, perhaps into one paragraph, instead of at times requiring the player to tap after each sentence to continue, and leave the paragraph on the screen until the player taps again. This is a slow and relaxing game that took me several days of short periods to complete. I looked forward to playing it after a stressful day. I can’t wait to get the sequel!

i began playing this game on my tv, and was several hours into it. because of unforeseen circumstances, i had to get a new tv and re-download the game. sadly, none of my gameplay data was saved. i then downloaded the game on my iPad (hoping for a miracle), and — of course — none of my data was restored their either. hopefully, iCloud synchronization will be a feature that is implemented in the next update.

Great game!