Wandersong takes you on a whimsical, musical journey across the globe. Eons ago, the goddess Eya put the universe into motion with her music--now, as she does every epoch or so, she's going to sing a new song and reset existence. You play as a lowly bard tasked with finding the pieces of a mysterious melody called the Earthsong, which is said to be able to preserve the planet. Use your singing to help characters, solve puzzles, and save the world!
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It has some ideas and is very colorful. Fun to be had.
i LOVE this game overall and its message, as well as its depiction of unconventionally appearing trans characters in a non-derogatory light. however, the use of donut lips for some of the characters (esp poc) is offputting and i believe the game would've been better off w/o it.
Wandersong is a terrific visual novel, except for the moments when it's a terrible platformer.
A vibrant, pretty game with a heartfelt story I enjoyed a lot. Held back by some puzzles being slightly finnicky, especially on Switch. Great music, great characters, great game!
Almost non-existent gameplay and story not good enough to make up for it.
Wandersong is a narrative driven puzzle platformer that is heavy on charm and light on mechanical depth. The writing, and the textual delivery of that writing, is exemplary. The overall story is incredibly hopeful but manages to just barely avoid becoming trite. And of course the music is very well composed, although the Bard's vocal patches can occasionally be a bit irritating.
Mechanically there's not a lot going on. Although the developers got a lot of mileage out of spinning the right joystick to sing, most of the game is very simple and easy. To counterbalance this low difficulty some sections are a bit repetitive, which slows the pacing down a bit too much. To really get the most out of this game you have to be prepared to stick through some mediocre gameplay sections for the sake of a masterfully crafted narrative.