Duet Android Review

There are duets that remain legendary. Other more than others. Laurel and Hardy film. Mitterand and Chirac in politics. Zidane and Materazzi for football. Chico and Roberta for dance. Stone and Charden for music. What big names for duets hell that marked forever, the environments in which they lived with an extraordinary talent! Or not! In fact, it's a game, we must recognize those who have truly given their small world. And since I do not get what is commonly called someone nice, there will be no clues. And no gift either. Anyway, everyone will invest in the many areas of uncertainty his own experience. Well, this sentence clearly makes me think of a few phrases, a bit philosophical, found in Duet, the last game of the Australian studio Kumobius.

I can already see leaving the meeting, shocked by the term "philosophical". Come back, crévindu! We talked about Kumobius, best known for releasing a nice little platform game: Bean's Quest. I do not think for a moment that the studio is so keen on existentialism and "know thyself" Cartesian, although their latest work, a bit of philosophy remains. I speak, of course, some of this will provide a simple game concept with a simple design and simple fun, like a lot of games released lately. Sufficient to perfect pleasure / longevity duo triptych?

A duo from hell

In fact, Duet clearly riding on the wave of so-called minimalist games abound on the Playstore right now, like Twin Runners tested recently. A kind of game that makes a lot of followers. Nevertheless, Duet stands out on a lot of points. Briefly Nevermind screenwriting side of the beast, because there is none. We only know that two vessels (one blue and one red), one related to the other equidistant, will face a world filled with obstacles to be without.

The colors of the objects show that O how your failures were numerous

A simple principle if any, but it remains much more complex than it seems. You lie down and turn your are doing two ships at the same time, an inch to the right to the right, one on the left for the left. Obstacles, much like a Tetris, you fall over, from the top, as you come across it, from the top actually, because at the bottom, it would fall on them ... Anyway ... You'll have to avoid your dexterity, since every time one of your ships will come crashing down on them, you'll be good to start over. Fortunately, the difficulty wants to be very progressive, and although the handling of your ships, in circular fashion, is a bit confusing for the first 2-3 levels, it becomes, eventually, very intuitive.

A strength of the game lies in its perfect balance between difficulty and called this ability to surprise by offering a challenge constantly renewed. To our delight. And even if at times we want to throw their mobile device through the window, not having, in the moment, physical and reflective skills to achieve a pass rather difficult level, you'll never have the impression you feel stuck, thanks to zen overflowing the game.

A winning combination?

Duet is not a zen game. He has nothing of a Zen game as can be the Garden of Shu, but it gives a Zen atmosphere on a lot of levels, including the achievement. The latter, without eyeful, is very nice. It gives the class or even classy. Anyway, there is not to say but it's always the combination of colors that are not black and white that makes recipe. Well, it is true that some colors, especially those vessels, remain, but ultimately they are just stooges of simplicity. Simplicity that flatters the retina, as well as the ears.

This is not true! @ Perceval

In fact, the soundtrack is simply breathtaking. Anchored on an electro-cool base, she learned in you as a good glass of wine. Composed entirely by a Tim Shiel, unknown in the Australian battalion of my mind before I got to his successful search on Youtube, it is one with the rest of the game, making it completely hypnotic, and fails to take off eyes your screen. 

Through its minimalism in the implementation and its minimalism in gameplay, Duet manages to maximize your enjoyment. It forms an inseparable and it was very difficult not to get a game. But even without that you remember, it pushes you to challenge yourself. In short, although Duet form a winning combination in a single entity, and that's no small feat.

Free, but interspersed with a few ads or a full version for $ 2 euros, Duet surfs well in the wave of the current games, as previously said. With an ease worthy of Kelly Slater in great shape. It's simple: there is nothing to throw. Everything has been done and thought for our pleasure so we can only congratulate the Australian Studio Kumobius, which continues to offer very good softs. With them, it's in the bag as I amuse myself to say. And yet offer a game of such a grade was not easy because ally spell, fun and demand was a challenge. Of course, the least durable of you will find the game a little difficult sometimes. It is true that the challenge is daunting with 8 chapters and 25 levels, you have time to see it coming. Come what? Happiness in its most minimalist dress like a Audrey Hepburn in a black dress.