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No hay duda. Candle: The Power of Flame es uno de los indies más bonitos que vas a poder disfrutar este año en Xbox One. Ya no sólo por su excelente apartado visual que habla por sí sólo, sino por la historia que envuelve a Teku, sus mecánicas de puzles con trazas de aventura gráfica y por ese interés que despierta en el jugador de seguir avanzando en la trama. Un juego desafiante, que nos hará meditar las situaciones en más de una ocasión, y que requerirá de nuestra paciencia en según que tramos. Si conseguimos pillar el “tempo” de Candle: The Power of Flame, disfrutaremos de su propuesta de principio a fin.

Resumiéndolo en pocas palabras, Candle: The Power of the Flame es precioso, magnifico, sencillo y a la vez difícil, una obra de arte convertida en videojuego que hará las delicias de aquellos que disfrutaron siendo jóvenes de las aventuras de Abe, o Flashback. No dudéis en ningún momento en haceros con él, que pese a lo corto y a los 23,49€ que vale es uno juegos que vale cada céntimo que cuesta.

Candle: The Power of the Flame delivers a gorgeously detailed and thoroughly well executed puzzle adventure. From start to finish, the game does an excellent job at keeping the player engaged through its clever functionalities and environmental mechanics. There’s some issues with slow, sluggish movement, but in the face of everything that Candle gets right, this one problem is easy to overlook.

Per quanto concerne, invece, il comparto tecnico va fatta un’importante precisazione: la versione da noi testata, e vale a dire quella Xbox One, non è esente da alcuni bug. Niente di clamoroso, ma ci è capitato di imbatterci in alcuni fastidiosi problemi che, si spera, verranno risolti in futuro. Ci sentiamo di segnalare, in particolare, le dimensioni dei sottotitoli, veramente al limite della leggibilità anche se si è seduti a 50cm dal televisore (abbiamo provato il gioco su un 40″ 4K/HDR) ed un fastidiosissimo bug, ad inizio gioco, che ci ha costretti a ricominciare del tutto l’avventura: dopo il caricamento, Teku non veniva correttamente visualizzato, e finiva col morire annegato.

Los usuarios de consolas han de sentirse muy afortunados de poder gozar al fin de la obra de Teku Studios. Obra que aúna lo mejor de las aventuras gráficas clásicas de los noventa con aventuras más de acción y toques más contemporáneos de estudios como Playdead o Amanita Design. Una auténtica joya de las que no abundan y en la que perderse en estos días de verano.

Despite the couple of hiccups, Candle: The Power of the Flame is well worth the time to play, and personally, I don't feel that I wasted my time. At the end of the day, it's a fantastic, beautifully painted and well thought out piece of art that I would recommend to anyone. Buy this, sit down and prepare to have a good time, because this flame isn't going out anytime soon! 

Overall there is much to love in this amazing little game. The visual tone, soundtrack, and narration of Candle: The Power of Flame, as well as the inclusion of great puzzle elements see it coming across as something with brilliant invention. The downsides are that some of the game mechanics feel a bit off, and a tad annoying, but it isn’t enough to dampen the spirits or ruin the enjoyment of this stunning candle adventure.

Candle: The Power of the Flame took a while to come to consoles but it was definitely worth the wait. The game's beautiful art style and storybook narration perfectly balance the calm gameplay offered by the puzzle platformer. The challenging puzzles offer a distinct sense of satisfaction when they're solved, even if some of the clues are a little too well hidden. On the downside, character movement is clunky and the platforming is the worst part of the game, but the puzzles are so plentiful that this doesn't feel like a major detraction. Those who thrive on brainteasers will love Candle.

Candle: The Power of the Flame es un título que parece bastante discreto, pero cuando te pones a disfrutar de él te percatas de que tiene muchas más profundidad de la que en un principio parecía. En primer lugar destaca su apartado gráfico, pero sus puzles también hay que mirarlos con lupa, ya que algunos de ellos te ofrecen situaciones para las que hay que meditar posibles soluciones. En caso de no haberlo podido jugar en PC en su día te recomendamos hacerlo en cualquiera de las consolas para las que ahora ha salido a la venta.

Finalmente, como es habitual, es preciso valorar si la compra merece la pena. Para Xbox, su precio en el bazar español es de 23,5 euros. Quizas es una cantidad algo elevada para tratarse de un indie, pero tratandse de un juego patrio seguro que se pagan más gustosamente. Si aún así nos parece que el precio sigue siendo excesivo tenemos la posibilidad de comprarlo en Turquia por 9,1 euros, precio por el que merece muchísimo la pena.

Candle: The Power of the Flame is as much a failure as it is a success. There is something wonderful and lovely in it, but it is repeatedly let down by the things that paradoxically make it great. A good puzzle game communicates its solutions to the player through a variety of means, often audio and mostly visual and Candle does do this sometimes, but more often than not it simply doesn’t. The complexity of some of the solutions hidden within incredibly detailed scenes are bound together by the exceptional work of the voice actor as the narrator that does make the frustrations more bearable. However, if you have patience and a keen eye for detail there is much to enjoy with Candle, if you don’t, or you have trouble holding lots of seemingly disconnected bits of information together then you may struggle to enjoy what Teku’s adventure has to offer.

Candle: The Power of the Flame is a beautiful game with a charming and emotionally resonant story. That may not be enough for players who don’t want to spend a good deal of time on challenging puzzles and helplessly wandering the play area for a long time, searching every nook and cranny. The overall design is good most of the time, but at times when it doesn’t translate to the player, it quickly crosses into frustration.