The Darkest Tales is a complex and compelling adventure, full of familiar characters and fairytale landscapes. Over the course of the journey, you'll have to come face-to-face with the difficult questions of life more than once.
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I finished the game, but i had to fight to keep the motivation for it. The game has some awesome ideas, but the execution is sadly lacking. The story is pretty good. And i enjoyed the different fucked up versions of fairy tales. It is such a cool concept. But sadly it is plagued by bugs and in some areas i accidentally sequence broke the game to fight a boss i did not have the ability for, making it very frustrating. The gameplay is alright when it works, but sadly it often does not. There are some chase scenes that felt pretty bad to play where the camera would just scroll away from you if you made the tiniest mistake making it fairly frustrating. The core gameplay loop is find an obstacle and then obtain the method to pass said obstacle and then barely see that type of obstacle again. For some items there are some niche usecases that are hard to think of.
Some things i wrote down while playing:
Show me that your courage is greater then that pathetic urge to sacrifice yourself - SICK quote statue dude is DA GOAT
green torch removes purple wall, since when does green counter purple? why not make it green to make my monkey brain understand
the last area with the green ghost spam CAN SUCK MY FUICKIONG DINGCKIOK IM SO FUCKING DONE WITH THE GREEN GHIOST FUCKING BASTARD FYUCK MOTEHRFUCKERS I HOPE THEYS TEPM ON LEGO FOR §10000 DFAYS IS A ROW
Some things i wrote down while playing:
Show me that your courage is greater then that pathetic urge to sacrifice yourself - SICK quote statue dude is DA GOAT
green torch removes purple wall, since when does green counter purple? why not make it green to make my monkey brain understand
the last area with the green ghost spam CAN SUCK MY FUICKIONG DINGCKIOK IM SO FUCKING DONE WITH THE GREEN GHIOST FUCKING BASTARD FYUCK MOTEHRFUCKERS I HOPE THEYS TEPM ON LEGO FOR §10000 DFAYS IS A ROW
Commenti:
- Animazioni e gameplay fluido, anche se con vari intoppi tecnici
- La prima meta' del gioco e' molto godibile, mentre la seconda meta' e' poco curata e pensata
- La mancanza di una mappa e alcune soluzioni poco intuitive rovinano abbastanza l'esplorazione
- Boss molto simpatici, anche se poco bilanciati nella difficolta' (troppo semplici e con attacchi basilari, a parte rari casi)
- Animazioni e gameplay fluido, anche se con vari intoppi tecnici
- La prima meta' del gioco e' molto godibile, mentre la seconda meta' e' poco curata e pensata
- La mancanza di una mappa e alcune soluzioni poco intuitive rovinano abbastanza l'esplorazione
- Boss molto simpatici, anche se poco bilanciati nella difficolta' (troppo semplici e con attacchi basilari, a parte rari casi)
Teddy Bears: YongYea Edition.
Okay in all seriousness, I actually want to talk about this game since I've been wanting to play it for probably a year now and I just finished it.
Where to start? Let's start with the obvious: YongYea fantastic as Teddy. The guy's news coverage on games is fun to watch so seeing him be the main character in a video game, let alone be a Teddy Bear, instantly made me interested in the game. Then I learned that the game is a dark retelling of fairy-tales and I was on board.
The story: I loved it. It was a perfect slice of action, drama, comedy, and all around great fun to be had in here. There's even some horror which surprised me. Is the story was good as other similar games like Bear With Me? No, but it's very admirable either way.
Gameplay: I like it. It's like a simplified 2D version of Bayonetta with a mix of Hollow Knight/Metroid. I don't have much to say about it other than I enjoyed it quite a lot.
Cinematics: I was surprised with the amount of cinematics in a game like this, but I gotta say, these are beautifully done. The art made for the cutscenes (along with the game's backgrounds) is fantastic and the animation for the in-game cutscenes are also well done. Bravo.
So with all the praise I'm giving this game, I have to be the breaker of bad news and have to get into my gripes with it. Let's go.
Performance Issues: This game has really bad stuttering issues in certain parts of the game. I'm not sure if it's my PC or not since I will admit that I am playing below the recommended specs (From what I understand at least. I'm not a PC expert.), but the rest of the game ran perfectly fine so I don't see how the stuttering parts couldn't run like the rest. Maybe it's my PC so I'll have to give a caution on this section for those reading.
Level Design: This game needs a map because some of the levels can be a bit confusing to navigate unless if you search all over the place looking where to go. Perhaps some direction could work, but given how I saw some reviews suggesting a map, perhaps I'm not alone in the idea of wanting a bit of a guide with a map system. Now what I'm about to say is personal, but the second to final level was not fun to play at all. It felt like a maze sometimes and some of the platforming was beyond rage fueled. Thankfully the actual final level redeems the game so at least the game doesn't end with a sour taste.
And that's pretty much all I have to say about this game. You got Teddy Bears, you got a Hollow Knight inspired game, and you got YongYea voicing Teddy. You're well suited to have a good time with this one even with some of the issues above.
Okay in all seriousness, I actually want to talk about this game since I've been wanting to play it for probably a year now and I just finished it.
Where to start? Let's start with the obvious: YongYea fantastic as Teddy. The guy's news coverage on games is fun to watch so seeing him be the main character in a video game, let alone be a Teddy Bear, instantly made me interested in the game. Then I learned that the game is a dark retelling of fairy-tales and I was on board.
The story: I loved it. It was a perfect slice of action, drama, comedy, and all around great fun to be had in here. There's even some horror which surprised me. Is the story was good as other similar games like Bear With Me? No, but it's very admirable either way.
Gameplay: I like it. It's like a simplified 2D version of Bayonetta with a mix of Hollow Knight/Metroid. I don't have much to say about it other than I enjoyed it quite a lot.
Cinematics: I was surprised with the amount of cinematics in a game like this, but I gotta say, these are beautifully done. The art made for the cutscenes (along with the game's backgrounds) is fantastic and the animation for the in-game cutscenes are also well done. Bravo.
So with all the praise I'm giving this game, I have to be the breaker of bad news and have to get into my gripes with it. Let's go.
Performance Issues: This game has really bad stuttering issues in certain parts of the game. I'm not sure if it's my PC or not since I will admit that I am playing below the recommended specs (From what I understand at least. I'm not a PC expert.), but the rest of the game ran perfectly fine so I don't see how the stuttering parts couldn't run like the rest. Maybe it's my PC so I'll have to give a caution on this section for those reading.
Level Design: This game needs a map because some of the levels can be a bit confusing to navigate unless if you search all over the place looking where to go. Perhaps some direction could work, but given how I saw some reviews suggesting a map, perhaps I'm not alone in the idea of wanting a bit of a guide with a map system. Now what I'm about to say is personal, but the second to final level was not fun to play at all. It felt like a maze sometimes and some of the platforming was beyond rage fueled. Thankfully the actual final level redeems the game so at least the game doesn't end with a sour taste.
And that's pretty much all I have to say about this game. You got Teddy Bears, you got a Hollow Knight inspired game, and you got YongYea voicing Teddy. You're well suited to have a good time with this one even with some of the issues above.