The Gardens Between is the opposite of BaD

On 02/11/2019 at 06:54 PM by mothman

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13 BaD days remain

I've played this for a bit now and I love it.

The Gardens

It's a puzzle game and a wordless story of the friendship between a boy and a girl. The boy can forward or rewind the different islands so that objects on the island tilt or move to different positions.

The girl carries around a glowing orb that she drops off and picks up at contraptions like the one you see beside her on the giant couch. the presence of absence of the orb in a certain place cause different things to happen.

I can't tell you what because that would be a spoiler.

The goal is to get the glowing orb to the top of the island.

Once you've figured out the island a sort of constellation appears and you view a past memory from their lives and move on to the next island. I'm stuck right now but I've had a few good hours with this game.

No panda for you! Come back tomorrow, maybe.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

02/11/2019 at 07:07 PM

I think I’ve heard of this. Is it on Switch?

mothman

02/11/2019 at 07:13 PM

Of course. :)

Joaquim Mira Media Manager

02/11/2019 at 08:35 PM

I was mildly interested in this one when it caught my attention some time ago. I guess I will have to give it a try at some point in the future.

Nick DiMola Director

02/11/2019 at 10:02 PM

I passed on a review copy of this and now I have regrets! I'll have to keep an eye out for it in a future sale.

02/11/2019 at 10:10 PM

It's well worth it if you like puzzle games, and I know you like puzzle games. :)

Super Step Contributing Writer

02/11/2019 at 10:25 PM

No panda? Boooooo!

Cary Woodham

02/11/2019 at 11:23 PM

I think I passed on a review copy of this, too, because I had too many other things going on at the time. Oh well, can't play 'em all!

KnightDriver

02/12/2019 at 12:34 AM

Seems a neat game. I'll keep an eye out for it on Xbox. Seems it's out for just about everything.

daftman

02/12/2019 at 12:58 PM

That's such an interesting art style!

Nicoleb1989

02/12/2019 at 04:12 PM

Ive been wanting to get this one. It looked good in the trailer I saw.

No Panda? How could you....

02/12/2019 at 04:36 PM

Thats impanda-ossible!

goaztecs

02/13/2019 at 12:59 PM

This sounds and looks like a fun game and it's available on different platforms. I might give this a spin on Steam.

PixlBit