Little Noah is a wonderfully breezy, very replayable kind of action game. What it lacks in length (a complete run took me an hour, but the learning curve spanned about 4-5 beforehand) it definitely makes up for in character, with a cute straightforward story to get players scooting along as genius alchemist Noah Little in search of her missing father.
Environments are gorgeously rendered, though your mileage may vary with the heavy depth of field effects used to contrast an action-heavy foreground with the environments. The character art style is something akin to Link's Awakening (2019) or Bravely Default II's grounded diorama look, giving Noah and her lilliputian companions a distinct figurine-like feel further reinforced by each unit's limited actions.
Those actions make up the bulk of combat in the game; by collecting and summoning Lilliputs -- alchemic creatures brought to life by the game's labyrinth setting -- Noah can slash, slap, and shoot her way through stages, which are broken up into some arbitrary number of rooms with platforms. Layouts aren't too varied, and other than the occasional enemy lair or obstacle course there aren't really a ton of curveballs in stage design to keep players on their toes. That said, some could see it as a plus -- the game leaves very little between players and getting to the next room for another brawl.
I think the only thing really holding back Little Noah is its depth; as a Timmy's First Roguelite kind of game it's perfectly snappy and introduces some general roguelite concepts (meta progression, resets, resource management and build control) but anyone looking for a more involved game may balk at how limited viable builds and available attacks are.
Cygames has already mentioned that free content updates are on the way, so maybe some of the initial concerns from players will be addressed, but I think even the release version is well worth the $15 USD it cost. If you're already interested, take this as a sign that you'd probably have a good time, but don't expect an absolute masterpiece.
Environments are gorgeously rendered, though your mileage may vary with the heavy depth of field effects used to contrast an action-heavy foreground with the environments. The character art style is something akin to Link's Awakening (2019) or Bravely Default II's grounded diorama look, giving Noah and her lilliputian companions a distinct figurine-like feel further reinforced by each unit's limited actions.
Those actions make up the bulk of combat in the game; by collecting and summoning Lilliputs -- alchemic creatures brought to life by the game's labyrinth setting -- Noah can slash, slap, and shoot her way through stages, which are broken up into some arbitrary number of rooms with platforms. Layouts aren't too varied, and other than the occasional enemy lair or obstacle course there aren't really a ton of curveballs in stage design to keep players on their toes. That said, some could see it as a plus -- the game leaves very little between players and getting to the next room for another brawl.
I think the only thing really holding back Little Noah is its depth; as a Timmy's First Roguelite kind of game it's perfectly snappy and introduces some general roguelite concepts (meta progression, resets, resource management and build control) but anyone looking for a more involved game may balk at how limited viable builds and available attacks are.
Cygames has already mentioned that free content updates are on the way, so maybe some of the initial concerns from players will be addressed, but I think even the release version is well worth the $15 USD it cost. If you're already interested, take this as a sign that you'd probably have a good time, but don't expect an absolute masterpiece.