Like a writing desk?

Take one good look at Ravenlok and youll see Lewis Carrolls fingerprints embed onto every voxel.

Ravenlok shares more than just surface-level nods to that classic book, though.

Ravenlok castle

On the other hand, though, this quick-cut pace gives Ravenlok its dreamy quality.

It rarely makes sense, but Wonderland was never a sensible place anyway.

Everything lacks elaboration, but that lets Cococucumber throw interesting sights at you without interruption.

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Ive already mentioned the worlds good looks, but its worth emphasising.

Ravenloks audiovisual effort does a lot of heavy lifting to inject the game with personality.

Sure, every environment is littered with Alice iconography, but theres always something a little extra thrown in.

Raevnlok maze

Remember that one mushroom in Alice?

Well, Ravenlook has an entire forest full of luminescent mushrooms - really putting the magic in magic mushrooms.

How about the hedge maze from the Disney film?

Ravenlok mushrooms

When battling regular enemies - through Ravenloks corridor-shaped levels - the cameras fine.

It only becomes problematic in the boss battle arenas when the towering baddies run behind your field of view.

Sadly, thats only one of many frustrations with Ravenloks feather-light combat.

Ravenlok mirror

Despite these options, most one-on-one fights turn into a button-mashing fest.

The main problem is simply the monotony that sets in.

Unfortunately, most of the time though, combat has no learning curve, just some nice flashy effects.

Ravenlok mirror

That sums up most of Ravenlok, I think.

Sword swinging aside, there are a handful of clever puzzles here too.

Ravenlok heart

Ravenlok combat