A point-and-click puzzler that might make you lose your mind- Delirium Quick Review

PLAY IT OR SKIP IT?

Play it, but only if you can put up with some truly challenging puzzles. Delirium is a point-and-click adventure that offers cool pop culture references, a humorous tone, and most importantly, puzzles that’ll put that noggin to the test. Seriously, I don’t know if I’ve gotten worse at these point-and-click puzzlers, but I found it challenging just getting through the tutorial section! Despite struggling, Delirium was a fun game that managed to keep my attention.

TIME PLAYED

I clocked in around three hours on Delirium on the PS5. This shouldn’t suggest I got very far in the city. As with many puzzlers, your progression depends on how fast you can solve the puzzles, and Delirium kept me on my toes for much of it.

WHAT'S AWESOME

• The setting. Delirium is a wacky world with cool comic book art, strange characters, and...lightsabers. Yeah, the pop culture references are strong in Delirium. Nevertheless, it all contributed to really enjoying exploring my surroundings and interacting with the environment.

• The puzzles. Delirium kept me on my toes with its clever and interactive puzzles that made full use of the control scheme. Each location has objects I could interact with and move, even if they didn't contribute to solving a puzzle that kept me guessing and made each puzzle solve a challenge I felt proud once I accomplished.

WHAT SUCKS

• No hints. I definitely could’ve used hints or an option to fast-forward some of the puzzles to focus on the narrative. Okay, yes, that might be cheating, but there's nothing worse than being legitimately stuck on a puzzle without recourse! I could only stay in a location for so long before I went stir-crazy and started frantically clicking on everything looking for a solution. One might say...I was quite...delirious!

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