Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match 3 to is a surprisingly deep puzzle game

It is strange that a match-3 game has put me so much in my feelings that I am considering adding games to my profession to cover them. But that is exactly what happened after my delicious moment with Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 A.

It is a bite of a name, but damn whether the game does not do exactly what it says in the can. There are small block-shaped spirits, and you change them so that they coincide with three (or more) while the lovely and soothing rhythms of Lo-Fi leave your speakers. It reminds me of the recent trend in the anime where The titles of the shows are hyperscriptive To the point of hilarity, and like these programs, there are much more than a simple match-3 game with a cold soundtrack. And I love it.

In Spirit exchange, You play like Samar, a witch with a lovely technicolor wardrobe that protects the material plane of mischievous but benign spirits that occasionally cross and hurt things. Throughout the game, Samar meets his group of friends and speaks them through their innumerable problems when challenging them to spirit exchange competitions, think Dr. Robotnik's bad bean machine with a pinch of informal conversation therapy.

The exchange is generally simple, but it has some interesting game turns. Spirits can only be changed horizontally, which means that it must work harder to effectively exchange. The game becomes even more difficult with the addition of powerful spiritual cleanliness spells that are unleashed by organizing spirits in specific patterns. If you still find it too simple, the game has more difficult difficulties and an endless way once you have ended with the criminally Short story mode.

While the game scratches my bush-3 itch, what I enjoy most Spirit Swap They are the characters and their interactions. All are sumptuously designed with a lot of body forms, colors and gender expressions. More than that, they are all of the voice, and when Samar and the characters talk to each other, they actually sound like real humans that have real conversations. When Samar comforts her friend Mo for her recent rupture, the way they talk to each other sounds exactly as something she would say and how she would say it.

And for what seems like a relatively cheerful match of Match-3, developers have filled Spirit Swap with social situations that are surprisingly identifiable. A character regrets that, due to his natural generosity, his group of friends constantly relies on them in search of help and never asks if they need help. Another is perceived as calm and separate, but reveals that it is surprisingly deep. (When Samar asks where that depth comes from, they essentially answer: “No one really asked me.” What, damn it, felt it in my spirit). Even things that are not immediately identifiable are still fun to experiment. Yo love That every time a game desires, they congratulate you with the Arab affection “Habibi!”

All these details joined to make me feel good, not just about playing Spirit Swap But about games in general. It is short, fun, sweet, artistic, personal and fun. And it is the type of game that makes me want to play myself.

_{Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To it is now available in Steam and Xbox.}