Those cute art styles are almost always a front for a brutal sneak attack on your emotions.

Blanc is very much aiming for your heartstrings with its adorable animal duo and picturesque snowy landscapes.

One of the cutest animal duos in gaming history is born.

Blanc artwork showing a wolf pup on a snowy ledge peering down at a fawn

There’s not a lot going on beneath the surface of Blanc.

I highly recommend playing the game as intended inco-opmode, becausewowdoes it get finicky using just the one controller.

I appreciate that single-player is an option, but this tale is best played with two.

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At first, Blanc fulfils that cute animal fantasy to a tee.

The puzzles are golden, too.

There’s plenty of joy to be found outside of its main puzzles, too.

A Blanc screenshot showing the two animals make their way through a platforming section with brambles and rocks

There’s also its disappointing second half, which feels rushed, to say the least.

The resolution to Blancs story also felt underwhelming.

Was there a level that took place underground as the two sheltered from the storm?

A Blanc screenshot showing the fawn and the wolf pup walking closely alongside each other through the snow

We’ll probably never know, but the jump felt jarring, to say the least.

I dont feel good giving Blanc a hard time like this.

The first half is genuinely brilliant.

The fawn and wolf pup make their way across the rooftops of a village in Blanc

A Blanc screenshot showing the fawn looking down on the wolf pup from the top of a wall

The fawn and wolf pup escort a duck family through the snow in Blanc

A screenshot from Blanc showing the fawn and the wold pup following a pair of tracks through the snow

A Blanc screenshot showing the fawn and the wolf pup peeking through a gap in a wooden structure