TouchGen: I have been to Kairo, Egypt and I would never have gone there if it had been anything like the abstract representations of ancient Egypt found in the game Kairo. At times there are definitely identifiable objects, symbols and architecture from human history. Most of the times the environments feel alien though, and at best it feels like exploring Forerunner technology in the Halo universe and when it is at it´s worst if feels like a pretentious art project beyond my understanding.
Indie Developer Locked Door Puzzle are planning to bring two of their titles to PlayStation Vita. The three-person studio is currently in talks with Sony to create Vita versions of the atmospheric Kairo, and the upcoming Journal.
Its interesting that lately a few indie devs have started looking into PSV development. Hope this keeps upm and hopefully the bigger publishers start looking at releasing some more software for the device.
For some, Myst wasn’t engrossing so much as dull and frustrating. Unfortunately, a great swath of the remainder of the gaming community apparently had their hearts and minds not so much touched as squeezed with extreme force by Myst until more games of its ilk issued forth in a great deluge. One such game is recent first-person indie adventure Kairo.
GP writer Marcus Estrada reviews Kairo on PC.
