Monument Valley 2

Monument Valley and Monument Valley 2 are not like any other app-based games, and that's a very rare thing these days.  They are a quiet sort of experience where you lead a tiny figure through level after level of spatial illusions clearly inspired by old M.C. Escher designs.  Even the opening screen has a sense of great mystery...

Aside from the little bits of story at the start and end of each level, there are no words, no interfaces to fuss with, just what's on the screen.  You simply tinker a bit to see which paths or towers or blocks might flip or slide or trigger something new.  It never ceases to surprise with odd little twists of reality.  There are walls that flip to become floors, islands with islands inside, a strange pattern of lights waiting to be swirled with your fingers, even a whole town sliding down a hill while you run to try and catch your baby.

   

I can't think of anything to say to add to the experience, or any strategy tips other than to keep trying all the possibilities, and when you get stuck, try things that don't make sense only to find out that the twist was there all along.

 

Just enjoy the journey through the towns and caves and mysteries one quiet night.  A big thumbs up to the developers for coming up with something peaceful and strange and unique, in a world full of flashy clones that are always trying to grab micropayments.