Chants of Sennaar

Chants of Sennaar is a traversal and translation puzzle where you play a traveller called to reunite the People of the Tower who are unable to communicate with each other. Play involves exploring the cell-shaded world to decipher the glyph-based puzzles and build your knowledge of its language. In this way, it gets you to slowly translate these unfamiliar letters and put them together to understand how to help the people you meet.

CONTENT RATING

Fear,

Mild Violence,

Violence

PLATFORMS

Xbox One

PC

Nintendo Switch

PlayStation 4

POSITIVE GAMEPLAY

Communication

Comprehension

Digital Nutrition

Good Challenge

Interpretation

Language

Non-Violent

Puzzle Solving

PLAY STYLE

Player vs Game World

Divided since the dawn of time, the People of the Tower no longer speak to each other. But it is said that one day, a traveller will find the wisdom to break down the walls and restore balance. Inspired by the story of the Tower of Babel, it's a game about observation, listening, and deciphering ancient languages.

You move around the world and work with the glyphs you find to solve puzzles that let you progress. As you do, you make notes about what you think each letter means. In turn, this opens the door to communicating with the locals who need help - once you can understand what they are asking.

The result is a streamlined challenge where observation and translation are as important as quick thinking or fast reactions. By the end, you have not only travelled the endless steps of the prodigious labyrinth but uncovered an ominous truth about a fascinating universe where ancient languages are both the lock and the key.

GAMEPLAY TRAILER

Good to know

Insights to ensure your child's gaming experience remains safe and enjoyable

Consider time investment

Adventure games often take a long time to finish. Encourage regular breaks to get moving, rest their eyes and balance their time with other activities.

Nurture key skills

Many adventure games incorporate problem solving and critical thinking, important skills for school, work and more offline. Talk to them about their game to see how it supports them and their goals.

Build resilience

Encourage children to take risks with their characters in-game to safely learn potential consequences. Talk about what might happen outside of the game and why it's important to keep those risks in-game only. While playing, encourage them to think about innovative risks their character can take.

Skill level age

Suggested by Family Gaming Database

9+

You need good attention to detail and a systematic approach to problem-solving. Players need to get around the world and make connections between the language and the symbols they find.

Content rating

Rated PEGI 7 for Fear, Mild Violence, Implied Violence. This game contains implied violence to humanoid characters. During certain sections where players must hide or run from guards or monsters, they can get caught. Here, the screen quickly fades to black but it is implied that the protagonist is harmed. Players then re-spawn at an earlier checkpoint. At one point in the game, the player is electrocuted and this is the only time where it is visible how the protagonist is hit. He arches his back when zapped, then the screen goes black and the character is seen lying on the ground. There’s no audible expression of pain, nor is there a visible injury. The game contains some characters, most significantly a monster that frequently chases the player while ominous music plays, that may be scary to young children. There is minor reference to alcohol in this game. Some seemingly drunk characters are seen in the Gardens level. Use of alcohol is not explicit, though, and players can not partake.

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