75
With all its puzzling adventures, out-of-the-box thinking, and stunning hand drawn visuals, it’s a memorable game in its genre. Solving the puzzles offers such gratification that one looks forward to continuing climbing the tower and solving the next. But with a lack of a meaningful story, it lacks complete immersion from the player.
75
LUNA The Shadow Dust’s amazingly-integrated package of wordless storytelling, clear gameplay and unique visual style would be even more powerful if not for the clichéd finale. Even so, it’s a wonderful experience well worth anyone’s time.
75
In the end, I felt that Luna: The Shadow Dust ebbed and flowed more like a beautifully soundtracked picture book than an actual video game, which is admittedly a refreshing change of direction for this genre. If you're looking for something a little more out of the box than a typical point-and-click experience, then Luna: The Shadow Dust might be the game for you.
0
Real bad on every level. Weak animation, a story that is somehow both overwrought and nonexistent, and above all else, flat, clunky, unimaginative gameplay. This is SHRUG, the game.
10
Very nice, well written game. Gorgeous animation and character design. The puzzles are very entertaining.
0
1990 called and they want their boring, melodramatic, underwritten and overwrought attempts at games back. Also, they say that even their puzzles didn't **** this bad.
LUNA The Shadow Dust
Released On:
Feb 13, 2020
Metascore
Generally Favorable
75
User score
Mixed or Average
6.7
My Score
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
65% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
35% Mixed
8 Reviews
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0% Negative
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Feb 27, 2020
90
From the start, its beautiful hand-drawn visuals, dreamlike puzzles, and mysterious story line — which unfolds without a word of dialogue — drew me in and held my interest until the credits.
Feb 21, 2020
80
LUNA’s design creates the feeling that we are watching a lovely European animation of a simple yet affectionate fairy tale. The slightly easy riddles keep the momentum forward in order to experience it as a one-shot 3-4 hours gaming session.
User score
Mixed or Average
58% Positive
32 Ratings
32 Ratings
18% Mixed
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
24% Negative
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
Apr 7, 2021
10
Very nice, well written game. Gorgeous animation and character design. The puzzles are very entertaining.
Sep 11, 2020
10
magnifique. 75 characters? come on guys! there are no words for this game, if you like grapghic adventures and symbols, good storie...... fck you metacritic. simply great game
Feb 13, 2020
80
Luna: The Shadow Dust is a lovely fable dressed up as a classic point and click adventure. The art direction, the visual style and the soundtrack are simply beautiful, while the gameplay mechanics convey in a solid way the path to the consciousness of the main character. The puzzles are gentle and interesting, but sometimes the game plays it too safely and it feels a little bit too light. Anyway, Luna: The Shadow Dust lets the players live a handful of heartwarming hours.
Apr 30, 2020
75
With all its puzzling adventures, out-of-the-box thinking, and stunning hand drawn visuals, it’s a memorable game in its genre. Solving the puzzles offers such gratification that one looks forward to continuing climbing the tower and solving the next. But with a lack of a meaningful story, it lacks complete immersion from the player.
Feb 14, 2020
72
An enchanting adventure that boasts some magical hand-drawn animation, but will inevitably leave some players perplexed.
Feb 19, 2020
70
There’s no question that LUNA: The Shadow Dust has been a passion project for Lantern Studio. The care and attention that’s gone into even the smallest details is plain and clear to see. While its puzzles can be quite obtuse at times, any video game enthusiast will be happy to turn a blind eye to experience what this game has to offer. It isn’t perfect, and it isn’t for everyone, but it’s a true accomplishment – of that I have no doubt.
Feb 12, 2020
50
Its point-and-click adventure elements eventually feel alternately rudimentary and more than a little tedious.
Mar 3, 2020
10
This was the first video game to make me cry. I don't mind admitting it. This game is really special. The graphics are beautiful, the music is perfect, the puzzles have just the right difficulty, and the cut scenes really tug at the heart strings in such a sincere way.
Feb 25, 2020
10
Overall, This is a good game that gives me Ghibli nostalgia and does not overstays its welcome. Positives:
1. The art work has a story book quality to them and are amazingly hand drawn. It is a rare breed in todays game industry.
2. The music is excellently composed which is a great asset to any puzzle game.
3. The puzzles are not the most difficult in the world but they are well thought out and avoid pixel finding like some of the other games in the genre does quite often. Negatives:
1. The control does take some time to get used to when the 2nd character is introduced as you will need to control both of them separately. Spoiler Bonus: the Main character has 4 fingers. Is that a reference to the famous Mickey Mouse or is it also a cost saving measure? Guess we have to decide ourselves ;)
Feb 24, 2020
4
The art is charming but the game is scattered, clunky, and very unrewarding. This game would have functioned better as a series of non sequiturs because the story seriously does not work on any level.
May 30, 2021
0
Real bad on every level. Weak animation, a story that is somehow both overwrought and nonexistent, and above all else, flat, clunky, unimaginative gameplay. This is SHRUG, the game.
Nov 10, 2020
0
1990 called and they want their boring, melodramatic, underwritten and overwrought attempts at games back. Also, they say that even their puzzles didn't **** this bad.
SummaryLUNA The Shadow Dust is a fully hand-animated Point&Click puzzle adventure, brought to life through wordless storytelling, beautiful cinematics and a breathtaking original soundtrack.
Platforms:
- PC
- Nintendo Switch
- iOS (iPhone/iPad)
Initial Release Date:Feb 13, 2020
Developer:
- Lantern Studio
Publisher:
