Pretty fun mystery game with fantastic voice acting and beautiful art. The mystery itself has a good beginning when you interrogate all the new characters (because the voice acting is so good) and solve a few Layton-esque puzzles, a kinda rough middle where you kinda just mash the hint button because the game sort of lacks a way of directing you to the right rooms beyond that, and a good ending where you put all the pieces together and feel a bit smart because the game guides you to answers pretty well I feel.

I recommend it especially at a discount for a short mystery game.

Well I think it's an alright game. It's such an inferior product compared to DK94. It lacks some charm, the puzzles are kinda barren in terms of thought. Movement is a bit jank because there is a little bit of time before you start moving after turning around. And detection for ladders and ropes is hit or miss. I will say it's a pleasant experience. The levels not being too challenging and so bite-sized makes it easy to play and recommend. It also looks quality despite the barren level layouts. The music is fantastic too.

I kinda want NST to make a Wario Land 4 remake with this style/music direction.

Ys style battle system with a beautifully polished art style and UI. Amazing set pieces, unique chapter scenarios, and star fox style banter with the exception of every character being really super into each other. The main campaign is only about 15 hours long, but there is tons of post-game content because there is a huge roster each with their own playstyle and skills so you still have the opportunity to play everyone even after the story is long over. Just an absolute polished masterpiece with so much love for the source material poured into it. It's obvious it's just a love letter for Granblue fans as well as an entry point for new fans because they just wanted the game to be absolutely charming to anyone who picked it up.

No notes, it is the first game I really felt like a part of the power of friendship while fighting the 73 final bosses.

It's about as good as you'd think it would be. A generally satisfying gameplay loop of base building and monster capturing. World seems huge but mostly empty outside of new Pals. I think the game is just merely fine. Which is probably a crux to these early access type games. Interested to see if the devs even finish it, but the roadmap doesn't seem to have anything that interesting on it to make this a full game. It almost seems like a gameplay prototype, a good one, but doesn't seem to have vision beyond that.

The game is merely fine. I don't get the praise for the gunplay or general exploration. The game seems to send a lot of the same enemies (granted varied per area) in endless waves and it doesn't feel very rewarding to defeat them. Good bosses, and there is some really interested dungeon concepts but it isn't something that every dungeon does. The game gets repetitive really quickly. Excellent world building though, seems like a lot of thought went into it. The puzzles seem to be very interesting, but I don't know how you supposed to get a lot of them without some sort of guide, especially when your co-op buddy might be more impatient than you. Some sort of highlight placed around important pieces would've gone a long way, like in games like RE.