Story completed; 100% of items/upgrades and collectibles obtained (48/48 heart pieces, 16/16 energy fragments, 20/20 scrolls). More than a little inspired by classic 2D Zelda games, especially A Link to the Past, Blossom Tales does an excellent job of recreating the gameplay and style that makes the Zelda games so great. Both the overworld and dungeons are well-designed and satisfying to explore, though the puzzles and item selection never quite reach the heights of the best of Zelda. At around 10 hours for a first playthrough, the game is a decent length for its price, though with only four full-size dungeons it does feel that it's over all too quickly. Of course, it's perhaps testament to how much I enjoyed my time with the game that it left me wanting more!
fun little 2D zelda-like! I love the attention to detail like NPC dialogue and little hidden secrets in nooks and crannies all over the map. Plus the palette and sprite work is charming. nothing groundbreaking, bare-bones story, but a fun way to spend 5ish hours
Sorry, but just play a link to the past
need to play more! really only played the intro part but it looks solid
Zelda para quem não quer jogar zelda. Mas ele é bem bonitinho, tem itens interessantes, alguns puzzles. Mas não chega muito perto do material que ele tá referenciando.
A really charming Zelda clone with some surprisingly complex dungeons.
A nice little 2D Zelda clone that works with 2D Zelda's strengths pretty well. It doesn't do anything new or exciting, except for one part where the player can actually decide what miniboss they want to fight. That was cool and I hope to see more of that in BT2.
The puzzles are more complex than the ones from ALTTP, LA and so on. Some block puzzles are real brain tinglers, which felt pretty great.
The puzzles are more complex than the ones from ALTTP, LA and so on. Some block puzzles are real brain tinglers, which felt pretty great.
Blossom Tales is a diluted ALTTP...tribute? clone? game with floaty movement and a fairy tale story. All I have to say about this game is mean stuff; I mean if you ever wanted to play ALTTP but worse this is the game for you!
# Would you enjoy this game:
Blossom Tales is very heavily inspired by A Link to the Past. It doesn't add a whole lot on top of that, but if you've already played that and want more, it isn't too bad.
# Moment to moment:
Primarily, you're walking around the world either fighting enemies or solving puzzles. Fighting is pretty basic and never felt like all that much of a challenge, especially once you get the bombs or bow. The three main types of puzzles are all classics (memory, sokoban and step-on-every-tile-once). Walking around the world itself is neither especially interesting or especially boring. A way to run would be nice.
# Gameplay experience:
The one really clever twist is that this all takes place under the framing device of a grandpa telling a story, and occasionally the kids will inject something into the story. Otherwise, you're mostly searching for the three MacGuffins needed to wake the titular king and all the fighting and puzzle solving is there to make that a challenge. There's some side quests along the way, and some optional puzzles to get the usual extra hearts or gear. All of this is slightly marred by the fact that the designers always take any idea one step too far. There's one too many sokoban puzzles, the trail of falling tiles you need to run across is a little too long, the rooms stuffed with bats are a little too big, etc.
# What keeps you playing:
Gameplay? Being easy isn't a bad thing, but if you're going to invite comparison to A Link to the Past, Blossom Tales is a little underwhelming. I think that mostly comes down to the enemy design and selection of puzzles as the combat tools you have are a fairly standard mix. Unfortunately bombs beat most enemies and none of the puzzles require much in the way of clever use of the tools either.
Aesthetics? There's nothing wrong with the graphics or sound design, but nothing outstanding. There's not a whole lot to talk about game-feel-wise either.
Story? The framing story with the grandpa telling a bedtime story to his grandkids is a nice touch and used well. As a bedtime story, the plot makes as much sense as anything. It's cute but not anything thought provoking, but maybe that's what you want.
Blossom Tales is very heavily inspired by A Link to the Past. It doesn't add a whole lot on top of that, but if you've already played that and want more, it isn't too bad.
# Moment to moment:
Primarily, you're walking around the world either fighting enemies or solving puzzles. Fighting is pretty basic and never felt like all that much of a challenge, especially once you get the bombs or bow. The three main types of puzzles are all classics (memory, sokoban and step-on-every-tile-once). Walking around the world itself is neither especially interesting or especially boring. A way to run would be nice.
# Gameplay experience:
The one really clever twist is that this all takes place under the framing device of a grandpa telling a story, and occasionally the kids will inject something into the story. Otherwise, you're mostly searching for the three MacGuffins needed to wake the titular king and all the fighting and puzzle solving is there to make that a challenge. There's some side quests along the way, and some optional puzzles to get the usual extra hearts or gear. All of this is slightly marred by the fact that the designers always take any idea one step too far. There's one too many sokoban puzzles, the trail of falling tiles you need to run across is a little too long, the rooms stuffed with bats are a little too big, etc.
# What keeps you playing:
Gameplay? Being easy isn't a bad thing, but if you're going to invite comparison to A Link to the Past, Blossom Tales is a little underwhelming. I think that mostly comes down to the enemy design and selection of puzzles as the combat tools you have are a fairly standard mix. Unfortunately bombs beat most enemies and none of the puzzles require much in the way of clever use of the tools either.
Aesthetics? There's nothing wrong with the graphics or sound design, but nothing outstanding. There's not a whole lot to talk about game-feel-wise either.
Story? The framing story with the grandpa telling a bedtime story to his grandkids is a nice touch and used well. As a bedtime story, the plot makes as much sense as anything. It's cute but not anything thought provoking, but maybe that's what you want.
Fofo, divertido e desafiador. Um ótimo jogo, se tiver de promoção na eshop vale a pena comprar