Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time…
Forma.8 is the perfect chill-out game. I played it recently after a heavy stint of graphics card benchmarking and it was the best antidote I could have asked for. Not only does this relaxed 2D explorer look stunning (especially when the camera pulls out to reveal its gorgeous pastel landscapes that look like they’ve been beamed-in straight off a No Man’s Sky poster) but its threat level is also just about low enough that I can happily switch off my brain and not have to worry too much about all the cranky black insects I’ve disturbed who are shooting horrible pollen bombs at me. Instead, I can just deploy my little robot’s protective burst attack and gently bap them away with the touch of a button, allowing me to continue cruising through the strange caverns I seem to have found myself in.