Night Lights is a puzzle platformer with a beautiful simplistic art style. You use light and darkness to manipulate the world to help you negotiate the map/obstacles to progress through to the next level. The mechanics are very simple – you just have the ability to move left and right with the addition of a jump. You also have switches and wheels to interact with so you can move/manipulate the lights to help you negotiate past obstacles on the map.
I really enjoyed this different style of game from publisher Ratalaika Games S.L. Developer Meridian4 did a fantastic job of picking a simple concept and turning it into a head-scratcher of a puzzle game. The only negatives I could say about the game would be that the audio is pretty boring, and sometimes heading back to previous levels to reach other parts of the map can be tedious. Otherwise, this is a pretty decent game that’s worth checking out.
Conclusion
Fans of simpler puzzle/platformers would do well to check out Night Lights. It may lack a bit in the audio department, and some sections feel overly long thanks to padding back tracking, but overall I had a good time with the game and would definitely recommend other check it out.
This game was reviewed based on Xbox One review code, using an Xbox Series S|X console. All of the opinions and insights here are subject to that version. Game provided by publisher.
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