Pilo and the Holobook

This is a very wholesome exploration game as you play as Pilo, a fennec fox apprentice explorer travelling with his beloved Professor. They decide to explore a system called XOP-642 which consists of 4 major planets. These planets have completely different environments from desert, marsh, water and a broken planet with a substance like tar.
The Professor creates a Holobook to get Pilo working. He is usually searching for a hidden cookie jar to raid!!! This Holobook records and details everything Pilo sees through camera like lens, so it creates an encyclopaedia of knowledge about each planet. As Pilo captures an object, it creates a sticker in his Holobook and each planet has a set number of stickers to collect.
Graphics are hand drawn and are very cute and colourful. There is a cartoonish feel to the graphics, but done in a delightful way. Music is subtle but playful.
If I had to dislike anything about this game, it is that it lacks directions. The desert secrets were particularly hard to find. Other reviewers have stated that some hints are needed. I was just going around and round in circles not knowing what to do at one stage, so had to resort to video playthrough to get some guidance.
There is some light puzzling which is pretty easy. You do meet some quirky and delightful characters and you learn the story about what happened to the people of this solar system.
However, having to catalogue every single item on every planet did get tedious for me in the end. Even children may lose interest despite the stickers being very colourful. The Holobook gets upgraded which means that you have to visit each planet multiple times to catalogue missing objects.
There are a few time sensitive achievements to get. You need to round up the electric sheep under 30 seconds and catch the flying fish under 40 seconds. I managed to get them after a few attempts and I'm on keyboard and mouse. You able to go back after completing the game to find missing achievements. I had to chase the sheep!
This is a game that children may enjoy, but with assistance. There is no violence or anything bad, but there are adult themes about the demise of the solar system. There is both sadness and joy in this story.
Most people finished this around the 4 hour mark. I recommend playing the demo to see if you like doing this sort of thing as I haven't seen this style of game before. Recommended. 7.5/10

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Game #32: Pilo and the Holobook (A. K. A. Pilo)
This was a charming, short and sweet game with a beautiful artstyle. It's kind of a collect-a-thon. I'd almost call it a "Hidden Object Adventure" game.
Gameplay starts out a bit simplistic: you just run around and scan objects, mostly plants, machines, and other stage props, turning each one into a sticker for your scrapbook. It starts out seeming a bit brainless, or perhaps a good game for young kids.
Eventually, more complex puzzles and ideas emerge. Some stickers have hints for the locations of other stickers. Some NPCs send you on sidequests for exclusive stickers. Sometimes your book gets updated and lets you scan new things you couldn't scan before. There's an upgrade that helps you find things you forgot to scan. At one point, you have to figure out where to put stickers on a map that will lead you to a treasure spot. At one point, there's a puzzle that requires you to put stickers on top of other stickers. And then, the final puzzle makes you backtrack to several game locations from memory.
Nothing is too complex, though. The ideas are all very simple and reasonable. I beat the game with 100% achievements, without a guide (except for looking at the achievement descriptions), in about 3 hours. And there's kind of a decent bittersweet story in there, too, mostly told through environmental design (although I admit the English localization seems a bit questionable in places). It gets just a little bit dark, too!
While it certainly could have been longer, deeper, and more puzzley, It just as easily could have overstayed its welcome. Overall, it was a pleasant, slow-paced relax-a-thon that left me with some warm and fuzzy feelings, and I'm happy to have played.
5 / 10.

This review is specially made for those who like to get all the achievements in games (minor spoilers ahead).
Pilo and the Holobook is a short, casual exploration game where you play as a fox boy and explore a few different small alien planets, each with its own unique look and biome. As you explore, you’ll need to use your holobook to make stickers of objects and plants, complete other tasks, and solve a few puzzles. The characters are likable, and the story is also interesting, with a subtle environmental message underneath.
The 2D graphics are cartoonish and cute, with vibrant colors and beautiful light effects. Overall, it looks very similar to Hearthstone. The character animations are well made and fluid, but most of the background scenarios and objects are static until you interact with them.
The gameplay is very simple, as you mostly only need to make stickers out of the objects you explore, but I never grew tired of doing it. On two of the planets, there are a few puzzles you need to solve:In the desert, you’ll need to place treasure maps over your map to find a secret location, and afterwards look for another spot near the animal footprints in the middle. On the ruined planet, you need to find the secret code by looking at the shapes missing from the door panel sticker and placing them over that panel.
Another important thing to avoid missing one of the achievements is taking photos of everything as soon as possible, especially the other characters. There are a few timed achievements but that can be repeated if you fail them in your first try, just leave and come back to the planet.
Achievements:
How many: 37 Achievements.
How much time: Around 3 hours, almost without a guide.
Game difficulty: Easy, you just explore and there are no enemies.
Achievements’ Difficulty: Easy, there are no missable achievements if you take the photos as soon as possible.
Overall opinion:
Pilo and the Holobook is a short, casual exploration game that looks very cute, has likeable characters and an interesting story but all you have to do is explore and photograph objects which might not be interesting enough for everyone.
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Cute puzzle game. The sticker placement makes my OCD go into overdrive though. WHY DO THEY KEEP WANTING TO OVERLAP?

Cute little game, perfect to relax and sometimes solve some puzzles. Some are a bit hard but give you "aha!" reaction when you solve it, most are relatively easy, if you are paying attention to details
Not sure i can recommend it for a full price (maybe if the game would be longer and would allow up to teleport back to the ship instead of walking there all the time) but on a discount it's totally worth to play for a few evenings.

An adorable game where you turn everything into stickers.
Good for relaxing at times and trying to make your brain work the other.
The expressions on the fox's face were really something... That and I got stuck near the West and North borders of the desert twice. Lol. The game allowed me to explore that which I shouldn't...
After the AutoSave failed and made me re-do my sticker collection in one part, I made sure to get 99% Achievements only. This way, the Achievement Hunters and Perfectionists can be very, very disappointed in my ways of playing.
The game's alright. It's fine.

What a beautiful game! It was HIGHLY satisfying making stickers out of everything. I had some trouble finding a couple things but overall a great game! Easy to get all achievements.