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# IMPRESSIONISTa lets you wander around one of Monet’s paintings
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/impressionista-lets-wander-around-one-monets-paintings/
- Published: 2016-10-06T12:00:25.000Z
- Updated: 2016-10-06T08:47:39.000Z
- Description: Plenty of games have toyed with the convention of going inside paintings—Oblivion (2006), Super Mario 64 (1996), and Dark Souls (2011) to name a few. But only a handful of games have been made with the sole purpose of perusing artwork from the inside out. IMPRESSIONISTa, a new exploration game from
- Author: Hailey Rounsaville
- Tags: News, gigoia studios, impressionist, IMPRESSIONISTa, Monet, surrealist, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

Plenty of games have toyed with the convention of going inside paintings—*Oblivion* (2006)*,* *Super Mario 64* (1996)*,* and *Dark Souls* (2011) to name a few*.* But only a handful of games have been made with the sole purpose of perusing artwork from the inside out. *[IMPRESSIONISTa](https://gigoiastudios.itch.io/impressionista-water-lilies?ref=killscreen.com),* a new exploration game from [Gigoia Studios](https://gigoiastudios.itch.io/?ref=killscreen.com) (whose games, in fact, all share this theme), is one of them.

perusing artwork from the inside out

The game transports you from a sterile gallery straight into Giverny, where most of Monet’s paintings were made. Specifically, *IMPRESSIONISTa* mimics the style and color palette of “Water Lilies”—arguably Monet’s most famous work.

Unfortunately, the game’s attempt to create a more vibrant feel by brightening the color palette only cheapens the understated beauty of the painting it was modeled after. And with only a small arena with muddied paths to wander it’s likely that you won’t get much more than 15 minutes of playtime out of it. The concept works but perhaps a few more paintings, or some more areas in the same style, could have been added for exploration’s sake.

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This isn’t Gigoia Studios’s first stroke at a painting game the previous one was a more substantial and faithful wander around inside Giorgio de Chirico’s paintings called [*SURREALISTa*](https://www.killscreen.com/walk-within-classic-works-metaphysical-art-pioneer-game/). It seems that the studio isn’t stopping with just these two, either. The plan is to augment future works with VR support, hopefully creating a more immersive experience to match the studio’s ambitious ideas.

Until then, I’d suggest the film [*Loving Vincent*](https://www.killscreen.com/animated-van-gogh-film-is-made-entirely-with-paintings/) as a better impressionist use of time and paint. Or, better yet, take the eight dollars it takes to purchase *IMPRESSIONISTa* and go to an art gallery. If you’re lucky, you might get transported to a better painting for free.

*Oversaturate yourself with IMPRESSIONISTa [here](https://gigoiastudios.itch.io/impressionista-water-lilies?ref=killscreen.com).*

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