Think Outside The Box In ‘Yamada Box Legend’, Play For Free Now

An ambitious student project, Yamada Box Legend is a third person adventure/puzzler that is remarkably unique, well-crafted and consistently surprising. Its biggest delight is that it has been released on to the web and is completely free of charge; this is definitely one for a spare half hour.

The premise of Yamada Box Legend is one that follows the Inception-style journey of a young boy who disappears inside a magic box. The world he finds is akin to Wonderland; talking animal cutouts and repressed darker areas lie within. It’s a simple game but with lashings of style and radiates with a rarely-found joy. Each environment and new box you jump into contains a surprise in both content and surreality. One of the puzzles actually involves playing a Game Boy inside the game – I won’t say any more though in fear of spoiling the game.

The developers admit there are some bugs, one of which I came across that meant I couldn’t progress, but they are forgiveable in a game that deserves so much attention. I would happily play through the game again and again.

Please take the time to enjoy Yamada Box Legend – if you think it already looks fantastic then you will be delighted the more you delve into the game.

You can play Yamada Box Legend on Kongregrate for free, no download required. Be sure to come back here and give us your thoughts!