{"id":14047,"date":"2024-04-10T15:37:53","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T13:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/10\/botany-manor-review-a-peaceful-period-drama-of-a-puzzle-game\/"},"modified":"2024-04-10T15:37:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T13:37:53","slug":"botany-manor-review-a-peaceful-period-drama-of-a-puzzle-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/10\/botany-manor-review-a-peaceful-period-drama-of-a-puzzle-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Botany Manor review \u2013 a peaceful period drama of a puzzle game"},"content":{"rendered":"

PC, Xbox, Nintendo Switch; Balloon Studios\/Whitethorn Games<\/strong>
Potter around a stately home as a Victorian botanist, figuring out how to get eccentric plants to grow<\/p>\n

From the gatehouse, through the bright gardens and terrace, the winding orchard, the smoggy greenhouse, the warmth of the kitchen and smokehouse and beyond, Botany Manor unfolds like a labyrinth. This is our protagonist\u2019s family home. She is the highly travelled and skilled botanist Arabella Greene, and we walk in her footsteps around the great house and grounds.<\/p>\n

We know she is older \u2013 her walking sticks stand upright in the corners of rooms, there are plenty of chairs to rest on. We stumble upon letters from friends that drip with nostalgia for their shared youth, long gone. We never get too close to Arabella, but the game isn\u2019t really about her: it is about the plants that she loves so much, and the manor itself.<\/p>\n

Botany Manor is out now; \u00a322.49<\/p>\n

Continue reading…<\/a>
\nPC, Xbox, Nintendo Switch; Balloon Studios\/Whitethorn GamesPotter around a stately home as a Victorian botanist, figuring out how to get eccentric plants to grow
\nFrom the gatehouse, through the bright gardens and terrace, the winding orchard, the smoggy greenhouse, the warmth of the kitchen and smokehouse and beyond, Botany Manor unfolds like a labyrinth. This is our protagonist\u2019s family home. She is the highly travelled and skilled botanist Arabella Greene, and we walk in her footsteps around the great house and grounds.
\nWe know she is older \u2013 her walking sticks stand upright in the corners of rooms, there are plenty of chairs to rest on. We stumble upon letters from friends that drip with nostalgia for their shared youth, long gone. We never get too close to Arabella, but the game isn\u2019t really about her: it is about the plants that she loves so much, and the manor itself.
\nBotany Manor is out now; \u00a322.49 Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PC, Xbox, Nintendo Switch; Balloon Studios\/Whitethorn GamesPotter around a stately home as a Victorian botanist, figuring out how to get eccentric plants to grow From the gatehouse, through the bright gardens and terrace, the winding orchard, the smoggy greenhouse, the warmth of the kitchen and smokehouse and beyond, Botany Manor unfolds like a labyrinth. This …<\/p>\n

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