It is with a heavy heart that I leave a negative review. If you love the developers, buy this game! But the price is way to high for gameplay time. I completed my first and final run in 82 minutes, without losing any elephants (I don't know why others found it so hard... seems to be RNG based on the path you "select",) and collecting all the achievements. Thank god the achievements aren't as terrible as Shelter 2, but I think they over-corrected too far.

The motifs of the game are not as fleshed out as the other games. Shelter 1 was the strongest, and Shelter 2 was a solid follow up. This feels like a step in the wrong direction. The play time is padded out by how slow you move. I understand artistically wanting to immerse the player in what the slow life of an elephant is/would be, but I just don't think I'm convinced it made for a fun game. At the end of the day, that's what these are: games. Shelter 1 had lots of gamified moments.

Atmosphere is immaculate as always, enhanced by a perfect musical score.

I think it's time for Might and Delight to hang up the Shelter series. They are a very capable team and I would love to see them widen their horizons to new genres and/or ideas.
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