Graceful Decay·Released Mar 2, 2021·Single player
MAQUETTE is a first-person recursive puzzle game that takes you into a world where every building, plant, and object are simultaneously tiny and staggeringly huge.
Maquette's strength mostly lies in its beautifully told narrative and wonderfully voice-acted characters, and if this were a review of the story alone, we might give it a higher rating. The gameplay is interesting, however, there's often only one right answer. Plus it's hard to ignore performance issues like stuttering and the dreaded restarts. For us, playing Maquette was a lot like Michael and Kenzie's relationship. It was sometimes wonderful, sometimes frustrating, and, though it's probably not something we'll return to, it was worth our time – even if it didn't last long.
Maquette pairs a novel puzzle-solving apparatus with a plaintive romance saga.
There's an acute kind of horror to being very, very small. A lot of it's in the timing, I think: the time it takes just…
The latest game from indie publisher Annapurna Interactive
Maquette's recursive puzzles make for a gorgeous, mind-tickling evening well spent.
Explore recursive worlds within worlds. Change one thing in a model in front of you to affect the space around you.
Maquette is a fascinating puzzle game with a unique central mechanic. This leads to some super clever puzzles that will really test your grey matter. However, we can't help but feel that the concept's potential isn't quite fulfilled. Similarly, the story is pretty unique among games, but the execution just isn't quite there. Overall, it's an enjoyable experience that puzzle lovers should sample - just don't expect it to change the world.
