Move between a fantastic 3D world and a mysterious shadowy universe in 2D in the blink of an eye. Delve into a dreamlike and surreal 1920s world, inspired by the performance art world of vaudeville and film noir, and cradled by a smooth and sultry jazz ambiance. In this universe, where the boundaries between showmanship, magic, intrigue and deception are blurred, you play Dawn, the imaginary friend of a young girl named Didi. You have the power to slip from the 3D dreamscape into the parallel 2D shadow world bound to it. Cast light on a shadowy story by manipulating light sources in the 3D world to distort, enlarge or stretch the 2D shadow world. Manipulating and shifting between light and shadow will be the key elements that you will need to use to solve our world of shadow-based puzzles and help progress Didi's story!
Fantastic gameplay, great atmosphere and music. Pity it was short.
I was intrigued by trailers and description of this game, but I'm pretty sure I fell in love with "Contrast" at the moment when I heard main menu music. Charming, velvet woman voice sounded like a promice of something sweet, precious and slightly dangerous... And all of those things create the world of contrasts, in which our heroine, Dawn, helps her friend Didi to find out her family's mysteries.
I really love atmoshpere of "Contrast", dark streets with neon signs, unseen colors which blossoms in the streetlights (when graphics set on "low" worls appears much more colorful; I like darker city better, but I think it's interesting to play with both settings - just to see differences and to decide which world you find suitable for this story). Little things you will find - photos, newspapers, letters, etc. will make you better understand Didi's parents and the whole concept of traveling between 2D and 3D realms.
Puzzles are not very hard, but quite nice and sometimes rather challenging. I love almost all of them (except some parts of shadow theater).
I like that the game has quite opened ending, and I like that there still are some questions left to be aswered by the player themself.
Only one thing I didn't like in this game - I had leave game too soon to my taste. I'd love to spend a few more hours with Dawn and Didi. And I think so will you after playing this great game.