Where to even begin with how trash this game is? Items aren't properly signaled, the most important shop in the game is hidden and without it the game is just a grind, why decide to scale difficulty based on some flat upgrades anyway, really weird small design decisions like why does Ramona's coffee ability refill exactly 5 HP? Why can I get locked in by an enemy and attack hundreds of times until I game over with no way to escape but the enemy is invincible once it hits the floor???!!! Why the heck are there portions with puzzle jumping in a 2.5D game where you Z width is 1 pixel and you cant even tell the distance into background? Just an overall burning pile of garbage, but I did beat it, so I'm pretty proud of myself. Do not buy this, play something like River City Girls instead.

Dear Future Me,

you really enjoyed this game because it made you think about death in a compassionate and respectful manner. In fact it made you tear up a little thinking about all the times you or someone you know could have died. Especially that scene with the car accident.
Fuck cars. All motorists are terrorists.
Anyway go discover some more death positive media, its good.

Kind regards,
xoxo etc

A highly addictive base building game. So addicting in fact that i spent all night sitting in the corner of my room completely drawn into the animations of the little fights of my little men and little women and frogs and crows and snakes. This game made me understand how people might enjoy watching any sport.

As for the gameplay loop, I am not sure what to think about there being no challenge to you from the other villages, but rather that you have to choose to attack whenever you are ready. I think this design choice was meant to highlight the core gameplay of building your base and unlocking new chapters in the history of your base when you match certain milestone points represented by the other villages.