This is the first Swery game I ever played! Yay! For the time I've heard of him! The japanese author that never really took, the Suda51 alter ego!
It was absolutely wonderful. I'm not a huge fan of cinematic plateformers (I've liked Limbo and that's all) but JJ Macfield fully convinced me.
The game's smart, dense and very well rounded. It has enough things to be interesting, and when everything has been told, it ends. The pace's good. Puzzles are smart and use the mutilation game mechanic in a clever, pertinent, humoristic, very appealing and efficient way. It was really pleasant playing a game aware of its ambition, featuring no superfluous features : no double jump, no combat, just a basic move set added to a simple and delimited mutilation system featuring :
- Dismemberment
- Burning
- Gravity reversal
- Player controller adaptated to your current state
What the game has to say and how it says it is subbtle and smart. It is an ode to happiness, love and life.
3 things I need to point out :
- The switch physical version of the game has been made in way too little examplaries. As a consequence, it is ridiculously expensive (80+€, which is obscene considering I bought a digital version 6€). It is a shame, because that kind of game from a renowed author is going to age well, and people will want to play it in 5, 10, 100 years. Unfortunately, it is also what has been done with the following Swery games.
- It might be the most violent game I ever played. It is the most 18+ games of every 18+ games. To not put in every hand, especially children hands.
- The end is a little bit too much oriented towards explainations in my taste. The final condrontation is great tho.
It was absolutely wonderful. I'm not a huge fan of cinematic plateformers (I've liked Limbo and that's all) but JJ Macfield fully convinced me.
The game's smart, dense and very well rounded. It has enough things to be interesting, and when everything has been told, it ends. The pace's good. Puzzles are smart and use the mutilation game mechanic in a clever, pertinent, humoristic, very appealing and efficient way. It was really pleasant playing a game aware of its ambition, featuring no superfluous features : no double jump, no combat, just a basic move set added to a simple and delimited mutilation system featuring :
- Dismemberment
- Burning
- Gravity reversal
- Player controller adaptated to your current state
What the game has to say and how it says it is subbtle and smart. It is an ode to happiness, love and life.
3 things I need to point out :
- The switch physical version of the game has been made in way too little examplaries. As a consequence, it is ridiculously expensive (80+€, which is obscene considering I bought a digital version 6€). It is a shame, because that kind of game from a renowed author is going to age well, and people will want to play it in 5, 10, 100 years. Unfortunately, it is also what has been done with the following Swery games.
- It might be the most violent game I ever played. It is the most 18+ games of every 18+ games. To not put in every hand, especially children hands.
- The end is a little bit too much oriented towards explainations in my taste. The final condrontation is great tho.
2 Comments
Swery's unfortunately not very famous. That's a shame : he's near as influent as Yû Suzuki, Suda51, Yoko Taro and the other tiers 2 japanese game designers ;)
I'm glad I made you want to play this. Take a look at pseudoless' review, it's a good thought on the game : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmOZQv2htcA&pp=ygUWcHNldWRvbGVzcyB0aGUgbWlzc2luZw%3D%3D
I'm glad I made you want to play this. Take a look at pseudoless' review, it's a good thought on the game : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmOZQv2htcA&pp=ygUWcHNldWRvbGVzcyB0aGUgbWlzc2luZw%3D%3D
Ardos
6 months ago
It looks like something I would enjoy, thank you for making me aware of it!