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Monument Valley is a work of art.  Its intricate, delicately crafted levels are masterpieces that exceed their M.C. Escher inspirations.  Where Escher designed 2D representations of impossible-yet-operational architecture, Monument Valley opens that idea up to a 3D world that must withstand scrutiny from every angle as well as direct manipulation by the viewer.  Paths that appear elevated and inaccessible from one direction become stepping stones when rotated.  Supporting archways are actually stairs once flipped.  Every part of the towering structures fit together like crisp, fresh out of the box jigsaw pieces, and yet they can be turned and twisted to create dozens of new pictures that are just as unified and smooth.Your interaction with these impossible structures is twofold: at times, you will manipulate them directly, turning cranks or sliding pieces of the architecture to achieve tactile, immediate changes.  Other restructurings require characters within the towers themselves to step on buttons to elicit responses, ranging from doors opening to entire sections of the world moving.  All of these actions have one goal: get our protagonist, Ida, to the platform at the end of the stage.