Set in a fictional world, this puzzle-platforming game follows a young creature, Nymn, who is separated from the family pack after the sun sets. Unable to get back to the safety of the underground home, Nymn must find a way to survive the night terrors and get to morning. Tanglewood's world is a dangerous one after dark, and Nymn must use skills of evasion, special abilities, traps and trickery to defeat predators.
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idk whats with the reviews below me, I thought it was pretty good!
Playing Through My Evercade Collection Part 11: Xeno Crisis & Tanglewood Double Pack
The game to compare this to is some of the more esoteric Sega stuff that was on the Mega Drive and 32X. I'm talking stuff like Ecco the Dolphin and Kolibri... Just with not as good graphics.
Those games have a sort of surreal charm to them and this certainly applies here, the overall worldbuilding and design feels cute, there's interesting elements abound....
But also like those games, its often absolutely unintuitive as hell and you'll spend half your time just wondering 'What am I supposed to be doing' as you flail helplessly against every bit of scenery and item in a sheer panic hoping to find that one bit or level section that'll help you progress. It's INFURIATING at times.
When not lost the game is... fine... its not exactly winning awards but for the most part its a perfectly passable platformer with some neat ideas but without any of the sense to showcase those ideas properly. Shame.
The game to compare this to is some of the more esoteric Sega stuff that was on the Mega Drive and 32X. I'm talking stuff like Ecco the Dolphin and Kolibri... Just with not as good graphics.
Those games have a sort of surreal charm to them and this certainly applies here, the overall worldbuilding and design feels cute, there's interesting elements abound....
But also like those games, its often absolutely unintuitive as hell and you'll spend half your time just wondering 'What am I supposed to be doing' as you flail helplessly against every bit of scenery and item in a sheer panic hoping to find that one bit or level section that'll help you progress. It's INFURIATING at times.
When not lost the game is... fine... its not exactly winning awards but for the most part its a perfectly passable platformer with some neat ideas but without any of the sense to showcase those ideas properly. Shame.
i really wanted to like this with its art, ingame art style, and the general impressive nature of it all, but damn is it not fun. i tried to get into it a few different times and made it to about chapter 3 before having to put it down. the controls are okay enough but feel slightly unpolished, and even after reading the manual it feels generally... very unintuitive to play this thing. the puzzles range from meh to pretty lame from what i've played, and the checkpoint placement is completely awful to the point where it's painfully tedious as hell if you die (which you will a lot considering it's a one-hit-death kinda game). maybe i'll come back to this later, but it's unlikely
This game was conceptually very interesting, but I think the execution falls very flat. I felt like I was playing a prototype for a game that needed a lot more development. Music was great but they barely let you listen to it. Props to them for going for it, but I'd call this a miss. There are better modern day homebrew Genesis games out there if that is what you're looking for.