Oh my... what an amazing and unique piece of art. The rather short game itself is pleasantly entertaining and the puzzles are all quite solvable without any frustrating moments. But in my eyes, the real masterpiece is the art behind the game. Everything you can see on the screen has been handcrafted using paper, cardboard, motors and miniature lights. The entire city was made as one large, connected model. The gameplay was captured with cameras using stop-motion technology and great use of depth of field. All together it took three years to create the game. I am so very impressed and recommend watching the corresponding documentary on YT after playing the game.

Lumino City is a beautiful game to look at but suffers a little with its execution as a puzzle game, so overall I was left feeling more glad to have finished it rather than enjoying the experience of it.

I felt that some clickable areas are obvious, but it can be difficult to spot others and you can just end up clicking on everything in the hope you can interact with it. Other areas are highlighted when they need to be clicked at a certain time.

Some puzzles suggest they require you find items when you already have them (and they are not in your bag) after previous puzzles require you to find items and add them to your bag, which is misleading.

A lot of the puzzles are 'switch toggle' or trial and error which are more time consuming than fun to solve.

On the plus side, one really good feature is that there is a manual of solutions, but there are mini puzzles in the contents to allow you to quickly find the correct pages, which is a nice compromise if you get stuck.