Florence - iOS

Without spoiling the plot, Florence is about how our relationships entwine with our lives.

It's definitely more story than game. Yet Florence boasts some impressive interactive design, with a careful focus not merely on how interactive the story should be but on how each interaction, each minigame, should create the story itself.

Making small talk, for instance, involves building a puzzle, and as the characters gel and become closer, the puzzles become easier. Or, alternatively, the speed a puzzle is completed insinuates the flow of a later argument.

What disappoints is how this astutely unconventional approach is wedded to a narrative that challenges no conventions, leaving Florence with a pleasant but ultimately fleeting appeal.

Summary: A beautifully told, well crafted but somewhat shallow story.

Score: 7/10