8th January 2025 - Chants of Sennaar
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I spent Sunday playing and completing Chants Of Sennaar. It is an 
adventure game which is mostly about solving puzzles. You awake from a 
stone slab as a mysterious person in a robe. You wonder around until 
you reach a door. You look at the door and spot mysterious writing. 
Looks a bit like it could mean 'open' and 'close'. You go through the 
door and see valves in various states. A sign suggests what state the 
valves need to be in but all in this mysterious language. What do you 
do with this?

You progress through puzzles and find yourself in love with this 
strange world. The characters are charming and drawn in an art style 
which draws you in. You soon learn that this is just one level in a 
tower of different groups. Each group has a different style and 
different languages. Your aim is to keep going up the tower while 
learning each language. There are sometimes objects which say the 
same message in 2 languages. Otherwise, you end up trying to find 
clues by reading any sign and talking to any possible person.

The puzzles are interesting and occasionally challenging. However, the 
level of challenge never feels excessive. While you are doing the same 
sort of thing with each new group, it does not feel repetitive. The 
most annoying part is the stealth parts. They are dependent on timing 
and I did suffer a fair few deaths due to being off by what felt like 
half a second. Annoying but I may be a bit pants at stealth games. 

If you are after a chill game which has plenty of puzzles and places 
to explore, go play this game! Absolute delight.