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they/them, video game playing dork
scores and reviews are representations of my enjoyment of the games.
Trying to make sure I have a reasonable spread of scores, but there is likely a selection bias in the games I play (in that I only have time for a certain amount of games and am more likely to play games that come highly reocommended)
they/them, video game playing dork
scores and reviews are representations of my enjoyment of the games.
Trying to make sure I have a reasonable spread of scores, but there is likely a selection bias in the games I play (in that I only have time for a certain amount of games and am more likely to play games that come highly reocommended)
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Need to make this a better review, but I am leaving bullet points for now to flesh out later
Upsides:
World is so dense
Combat is fun
Fights felt climatic
Sense of exploration is insane (as a result of the world density) and how you are directed through that exploration is very good
Myriad of ways to solve things good
Music is good
Slate abilities are awesome
Loved the little bits of story
Downsides:
Tutorial long and boring
80-90% mark is a slog
Boss fights get significantly easier after beating first couple
Durability mechanics are lame, particularly at the start of the game. Bombs help mitigate this however.
I can see why people say it's GOAT material. Glad I tried again after bouncing off the tutorial and it not being what I expected from a Zelda game.
Upsides:
World is so dense
Combat is fun
Fights felt climatic
Sense of exploration is insane (as a result of the world density) and how you are directed through that exploration is very good
Myriad of ways to solve things good
Music is good
Slate abilities are awesome
Loved the little bits of story
Downsides:
Tutorial long and boring
80-90% mark is a slog
Boss fights get significantly easier after beating first couple
Durability mechanics are lame, particularly at the start of the game. Bombs help mitigate this however.
I can see why people say it's GOAT material. Glad I tried again after bouncing off the tutorial and it not being what I expected from a Zelda game.
Unfortunately, the sequel to monster prom is less engaging than the original - I think it's still a solid enough game, particularly if you enjoy the characters enough to want to see more than them. I can imagine this still being fun for playing casually with friends also, it just wouldn't have hooked me like monprom did.
The upsides:
- The routes continue to be fun. Highlights are darkest ending and Liam father.
- aaravi and dahlia here
- campfire is cute
- special events
- drinks are fun first time round
Downsides:
- event length
- no of events
- the drinks shop
- side characters feel less integrated into the game.
- no wolfpack :(
- no Miri :(
I am gonna come back and edit this review into non bullet points I need to do other stuff
The upsides:
- The routes continue to be fun. Highlights are darkest ending and Liam father.
- aaravi and dahlia here
- campfire is cute
- special events
- drinks are fun first time round
Downsides:
- event length
- no of events
- the drinks shop
- side characters feel less integrated into the game.
- no wolfpack :(
- no Miri :(
I am gonna come back and edit this review into non bullet points I need to do other stuff
This game was cute and the puzzles were fun, but the dialogue was weird, overcomplicated, and took forever. Additionally, intuiting the height from which you could fall without dying was a consistent pain when trying to solve puzzles. The art was gorgeous though, and i did have good fun trying to work out what the way forward was. Abandoned due to feeling like continuing was kind of just for the sake of it and that we'd seen what there was to see.