Complete playthrough. A beautiful tribute to New Caledonia and its culture, Tchia sadly didn't particularly 'click' with me. There's a decent supernatural story to play through and some emotional story encounters, but the core open-world gameplay overall just felt rather dull. Even making use of the possession mechanics, it takes far too long to travel from place to place, with little of note to find between points of interest. I understand the reasoning behind not including a precise location on the in-game map, being to encourage exploration, but in practice this just leads to a more frustrating experience than necessary - there are other, better ways to achieve this (look at the recent Zelda games, as an easy example) - and led to this being a relatively rare example of a game that I won't be trying to 100% for a reason other than difficulty. There's still a decent game here that I'm sure plenty will enjoy, it's just a bit disappointing to me having heard positive things about it before playing.

Reviewed on Nov 12, 2023


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