Release Date: August 31, 2018
A logic game with arcade elements, which lets you play with some virtual clay. You play from a perspective of a child, spending time in his or her room on viewing an amazing book. Each of its pages is a new world built entirely of clay. In-game levels offer a variety of action/logic challenges, most of which are based on the physics of objects – the engine mimics the movement of clay objects quite realistically.
Claybook for PC, PS4 and XONE is a logic game enriched with arcade elements, developed by an independent Finnish studio Second Order. The game is the team's debut project.
The players take on the roles of kids, who get familiar with the unique, titular book. In practice, the book is on the table in a typical kids' room. While turning the pages of the book, colorful levels made of clay reveal themselves to the characters whose goal will be to solve numerous puzzles.
Similar to elements of the environment, objects used in the game are also made of clay. The player solves subsequent puzzles (environmental as well) through forming specific shapes from clay. Each shape has its unique advantages and disadvantages, and some of them have special powers.
The advanced, Clayfield physics engine governs the experience, making sure that interactions between particular objects go smoothly. Thanks to this engine, the in-game environment is highly modifiable. Cubes can form a bridge or crash through walls with their sharp edges; smaller elements get attached to a ball when it rolls over them.
Claybook for PC, PS4 and XONE can be played in the singleplayer, but also in company of three other players. The cooperation-based multiplayer component gives an opportunity to experience the game in the split-screen mode. Apart from that, the game offers a level creation system, which allows the player to design their own puzzles.
Claybook stands out with its high-quality visuals filled with lively colors. The experience is complemented by a pleasant soundtrack.
Platforms:
PC Windows August 31, 2018
PlayStation 4 August 31, 2018
Xbox One August 31, 2018
Nintendo Switch March 12, 2019
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System Requirements for Claybook Video Game:
PC / Windows
Minimum System Requirements:
Intel Core i3 2.0 GHz, 4 GB RAM, graphic card 1 GB GeForce GTX 750 / Radeon R7 260 or better, 3 GB HDD, Windows 7/8/10 64-bit.
Game Ratings for Claybook Video Game.
PS4Blog.net: 6.5 / 10
Developer Second Order have come up with something that's really impressive for an in-house developed technology for the physics handling of the clay. This game might feel more like an extended tech demo to some, but for a couple of bucks, it'll be worth playing. And hopefully, the future will give us a more complete game that makes use of that technology, which could surely provide a whole lot of fun.
Nintendojo: by Robert Marrujo
All in all, Claybook has its faults, but there’s a lot to love that makes any blemishes worth tolerating.
Nintendo Times: 7 / 10 by Jordan Brewer
GOOD - Claybook lives up to the creative freedom that it promises, but lacks some polish that it really needed. The creative mode goes above and beyond what you expect from it, with the well-needed community feature. However, the mixed visual quality, lack of music variety, and other small issues should be well noted before you delve into its artistic world.
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