Sand Door Studios’ Lysfanga: The Time Shift Warrior has the gameplay of an action-adventure with only notional aspirations towards being a puzzler. This dynamic never fully coheres, though the game's method of incorporating prerecorded clones to solve increasingly larger isometric combat encounters is definitely one worth exploring. We’ve seen this concept in games before, and it immediately makes sense here, but Lysfanga loses luster as its arenas grow bogged down with ideas and restrictions, all while main character Imë stays primarily the same. It's a game which feels ultimately stifling, despite some interesting mechanics.
