Overall there's really not much bad to say about Iji. That said, there nothing here that will completely blow your mind either. For the most part, the story is intriguing, the gameplay is great, it looks and sounds nice enough and best of all, it's free. Don't let that "indie games suck" attitude steer you away from this one. It's better than some of the commercial games you're likely to play this year.
I (Robin Ek, TGG) just found out that Daniel Remar has released v1.7 of his super awesome action/adventure/platformer "Iji". So give the game a try folks ;) It's 100% free!
Haywire Magazine's Taylor Hidalgo explores why games have the opportunity to tell rich stories that other media can't, and why they often don't.
Reviews of and links to four free games from back before Braid, when most indie games were free; the games are Cave Story, Karoshi, Death Worm, and Iji. Full disclosure: I wrote this post.
