/vr/ - Retro Games

UFO: A day in the life is a cute puzzle-adventure developed by the legendary Love-de-Lic, also responsible for MOON: Remix RPG Adventure, and L.O.L. (Lack of Love) on the DreamCast. As per usual, UFO is more about exploring your environment and interacting with virtual characters than it is about any sort of game-y score system or stat growth. You play as a cute little alien sent to Earth to retreat its brethren, which were scattered when a previous mission went awry.

The aliens are invisible to humans, but can still be detected by watching closely when they interact with objects. Each level consists of a small and very detailed 2D area like a room or a street where you must play close attention to patterns and objects to finally pin-point the hiding alien's position and photograph them with a special device. Humans often feature in these stages, walking around as outlandishly-designed cartoons, perhaps to emphasize how weird they must look to the alien protagonist. Though dialogue clues will help you locate the aliens, it can be played easily enough through visual hints and trial-and-error.