Light is an adventure developed by Just A Pixel Ltd, released 14 July 2014 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Light is
Light is an adventure game developed by Just A Pixel Ltd and released in 2014. It was published by Team17. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Step into a sinister world of corruption, deceit and shadowy organisations! Light casts you in the role of a man with no memory. After waking up in a strange yet familiar location it’s clear that something’s very, very wrong. Who are you? Where are you? Perhaps most of all, what happened to you? As the protagonist in Light you must use stealth and cunning to navigate around a wonderfully minimalistic-looking environment. Can you succeed in your quest and thwart a plan on a global scale? Don’t just avoid detection, use subterfuge as well. Hack computer terminals to disable security cameras, lock and unlock doors and more. Collect data, fragmented e-mails, memos and scientific reports to…
How it plays
Its themes are action and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Light holds a critic score of 42 out of 100. That places it above 5% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 27 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Light launched on 14 July 2014, within three weeks of The Last of Us Remastered, Shovel Knight, Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove and Divinity: Original Sin. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Last of Us Remastered, Shovel Knight, Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, Divinity: Original Sin.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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