Monument Valley 3, the third entry within the indie puzzle sport collection, is out at this time, completely on Netflix Video games.
In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, developer Ustwo spoke about its historical past with cellular platforms and the way introducing live-service components to Monument Valley 3 was a pure transition. Usetwo is planning to launch new content material for Monument Valley 3 with each real-life season, together with new actions and puzzles frequently. Earlier video games within the collection had DLC.
“However for Monument Valley, [we’ve] at all times completed downloadable content material. It is simply much less rhythmic, much less predictable, after they come out,” defined director Jennifer Estaris. “And so for me, it was about. How will we make {that a} wholesome behavior for gamers, the place they will know that one thing is coming they usually get enthusiastic about it? But in addition tied to the themes of the sport about caring for the world, not simply being a one-and-done expertise.”
Ustwo’s different video games have been on Netflix and Apple Arcade earlier than, together with Assemble with Care and Desta: The Reminiscences Between, so the developer is snug engaged on cellular platforms. Monument Valley, in spite of everything, is a collection that began on cellular gadgets earlier than coming to PC.
“Personally, I do not suppose Monument Valley 3 can be a Monument Valley sport if it needed to mould itself to the necessities of a free-to-play mannequin in an effort to survive,” mentioned lead producer Jonathan Lau. “So it may solely have survived on a subscription service, no matter who that was with.”
To this point, Monument Valley 3 is sitting at round a 70 common on Metacritic with three critiques in. Each Monument Valley and its sequel can be found on Netflix as nicely. Provided that additionally they acquired PC variations in a while, it is attainable Monument Valley 3 may too, however as of now, it is unique to Netflix.