I'm a huge Level-5 fan, and I've played most of their games. They're a developer that really put a lot of love into their games, and you can really feel that when you play them. So understandably, I came into Snack World with high hopes and high expectations - but I was sorely disappointed.
As per usual with Level-5, there is a lot of good fourth-wall-breaking humor in Snack World which was a lot of fun! The environments feel whimsical and all the major points in the town feel well-placed. The combat is solid, the exploration is intuitive, and the enemies are pretty cool as well.
Where the game went wrong is that it didn't do anything new - once you played the first dungeon, you've played them all. It was a repetitive snoozefest over and over again, and the lackluster story didn't motivate me at all to continue playing it.
I do like the characters, they're cute and funny and fit in well with the theme of the game, but they never really did anything major in the story. There were no stakes and no reasons to feel connected to any of the characters, and the combat was all the same as it was when I first played the tutorial.
I really wanted to like Snack World, and I can't say I didn't give it a shot. I know Level-5 are masterful game developers, and they've made some of my all-time favorites, but this is simply a title that is all Level-5 charm and no good substance or gameplay.