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+++ title = "I played Storyteller" date = 2025-04-13 tags = ["videogames", "I played"] +++
The first time I played Storyteller two years ago I really liked it, I thought it was a very original game and the ability to create scenes beyond just solving puzzles was quite interesting. Player 2 and I got competitive to see who would finish it first. There comes a point wherek, if you get stuck, instead of thinking about the story being presented you start thinking about all the permutations you can do with the available options; but that’s not necessarily a bad thing since -after all- it is a puzzle game.
It felt fresh and they gave you achievements when you managed to recreate certain scenes beyond just completing the main story solutions.
And why do I say “gave”? Because in September 2023, they released an update with more puzzles but in the process they wiped out all the achievements I just mentioned leaving only a few. When I loaded up my save a few days ago not only had I lost all my achievements, but I’d also lost half of my game progress: many levels I already completed were now marked as incomplete, and I had to replay them again, because you needed to have finished the game to access the new levels that came with the update.
In the end I went for it and in about an hour I replayed everything and unlocked the new "Devil levels". Presentation was ok but I was really disappointed by the overall difficulty. In the end, they just changed the story of 10 levels by adding a new character (the Devil) so there wasn’t much room to change things significantly. I beat nine of the levels straight through without any issues, and one of them did took me a bit longer, but not for a disproportionate amount of time.
Do I recommend it?
Yes, if you like original puzzle games. Just keep in mind that it's a short not very challenguing.
Overall, I have to say that the game still strikes me as very original and I don’t regret playing it but losing my progress and being forced to replay it left a bitter taste and I was real close to not picking it up again. If you don’t own it and you like puzzle games, give it a try — it’s a short (~2-3h) indie game that’s not too expensive and often on sale.
While writting this post I learned that his game is also available on mobile devices though locked only for Netflix subscribers, apparently. It wasn't available when I first played it and I thought that considering how the gameplay is it would be perfect for touch screens.
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- My screenshots (careful, spoilers!): Screenshots
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