I really didn't know what to expect with Sayonara Wild Hearts. All I knew was that it was a short audio visual uh thing and that was about it. Managed to pick up a physical copy for ten bucks on amazon so at that point why the hell would I not try it.
Sayonara Wild Hearts is kind of like an endless runner. There isn't really much "gameplay" as it goes for more of an experiance of the senses, if that makes any sense. The game is best experianced with the lights off, head phones on and no distractiosn for about an hour and a half. It's a short experiance almost like going to the movie theater not just to watch a movie but really feel the experiance of the movie. That's what this game kinda felt like. The whole time playing it, it felt like I was playing a mixture of the Sonic 2 bonus stages and Feel the Magic. I can't deny the game has charm and just trying to imagine it in VR would be quite the experiance. Even after saying all that though, the experiance didn't really grab me and I just didn't really get into it as much as I wanted to. I personally didn't find the songs that catchy or the stages that fun. I can totaly see why people like it but just didn't jive with me. LIke I said earlier it's only about an hour and a half so you have seen everything there is to see pretty quick. Unless your a score chaser or really dug the music I don't see much replay value here. Even as a one and done experiance it's fine if you can pick it up cheap. I didn't hate my time with it by any means but by the half way point I knew this one wasn't for me. Objectively there just isn't much here. Still despite that and my rating, I would still recommend it at the right price and if you wanted a chill small time commitment vibe audio visual experiance.
Sayonara Wild Hearts is kind of like an endless runner. There isn't really much "gameplay" as it goes for more of an experiance of the senses, if that makes any sense. The game is best experianced with the lights off, head phones on and no distractiosn for about an hour and a half. It's a short experiance almost like going to the movie theater not just to watch a movie but really feel the experiance of the movie. That's what this game kinda felt like. The whole time playing it, it felt like I was playing a mixture of the Sonic 2 bonus stages and Feel the Magic. I can't deny the game has charm and just trying to imagine it in VR would be quite the experiance. Even after saying all that though, the experiance didn't really grab me and I just didn't really get into it as much as I wanted to. I personally didn't find the songs that catchy or the stages that fun. I can totaly see why people like it but just didn't jive with me. LIke I said earlier it's only about an hour and a half so you have seen everything there is to see pretty quick. Unless your a score chaser or really dug the music I don't see much replay value here. Even as a one and done experiance it's fine if you can pick it up cheap. I didn't hate my time with it by any means but by the half way point I knew this one wasn't for me. Objectively there just isn't much here. Still despite that and my rating, I would still recommend it at the right price and if you wanted a chill small time commitment vibe audio visual experiance.