Polarity - Ouya review

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From the crisp clinical aesthetic to the P in its name, this physics-based indie puzzler isn't shy about its inspiration. You may not be warping through portals, but the shadow of Valve's critical smash still looms large over this short but sweet tribute act, an Ouya exclusive.
As the title suggests, the mechanism at play here is one of switching between two opposite states - red and blue - in order to navigate pristine obstacle courses and reach the elevator at the end. When in a blue state, you can pass through blue barriers. When in red, the opposite applies. There are even cute little cubes of the same colours, used to activate platforms, doors and ramps, provided you can manoeuvre them past the barriers without letting them disintegrate.
You're not just racing to the exit, however. Each stage contains three data cores to find, and while you can complete a level without finding them all, your cumulative core total is what unlocks the later stages, with the very final level off limits until you've found all 36.
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