There was a lot I liked about Time on Frog Island. Exploring, meeting the frogs, and engaging in the barter system were all lovely; so was the visual design of the game. Mechanically, only being able to carry one item at a time for barter ended up leaving a bad taste in my mouth, and overshadowed a system I genuinely enjoyed. Figuring out how to communicate to mutual benefit made my linguistic-loving heart pitter-patter. I just really wish I could have eventually acquired a pouch or something to make hauling items back and forth less tedious. A map would have been nice to keep track of where items could be found, but the island isn’t so large that it was a deal-breaker. This is, overall, just a very charming game with a great premise that ended up floundering mechanically.

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