DISCLAIMER:
This review is entirely for my own sake. You are welcome to read it but it may or may not contain spoilers for the whole game.
I expected a short and sweet adventure game woth some light puzzle elements, therefore I decided to try hard mode from the get-go. What I found, instead, was a giant pile of complex puzzles.
I was constantly having to drop out of questlines because there was a map or riddle I simply could not figure out, only to come back hours later on one of my three clean-up sessions and suddenly have the biggest realization and having all the pieces fall into place. I still had to turn on easy mode for one main story puzzle near the end, and despite generally being a thorough completionist, I decided to leave many side-quests I've been stuck on unsolved in case I ever feel like replaying it.
The most satisfying moment was being on giant streak solving all of the chessboard map puzzles one after the other in one fell swoop.
I do, however, highly recommend the PC version since I found a couple of bugs, inconsistencies and performance issues while playing on switch, but I see the developer is very active and receptive to feedback and has been pushing many updates on steam to improve and polish the experience.
Overall, highly recommended game. Play the PC version if possibe. Play on hard if you love puzzles or on easy if you want to chill, but don't be afraid to switch back and forth.
This review is entirely for my own sake. You are welcome to read it but it may or may not contain spoilers for the whole game.
I expected a short and sweet adventure game woth some light puzzle elements, therefore I decided to try hard mode from the get-go. What I found, instead, was a giant pile of complex puzzles.
I was constantly having to drop out of questlines because there was a map or riddle I simply could not figure out, only to come back hours later on one of my three clean-up sessions and suddenly have the biggest realization and having all the pieces fall into place. I still had to turn on easy mode for one main story puzzle near the end, and despite generally being a thorough completionist, I decided to leave many side-quests I've been stuck on unsolved in case I ever feel like replaying it.
The most satisfying moment was being on giant streak solving all of the chessboard map puzzles one after the other in one fell swoop.
I do, however, highly recommend the PC version since I found a couple of bugs, inconsistencies and performance issues while playing on switch, but I see the developer is very active and receptive to feedback and has been pushing many updates on steam to improve and polish the experience.
Overall, highly recommended game. Play the PC version if possibe. Play on hard if you love puzzles or on easy if you want to chill, but don't be afraid to switch back and forth.