Started this one up again, with the intent to use a guide to actually see everything this time, but I fucked it up really early on and ended up just playing this through normally. Maybe next time!
I love how there are all these obtuse, unexplained systems at play here (making instruments/weapons/golems, raising monsters, mana being cultivated on the board), but you don't actually need to use any of them at all. But if you figure them out, the deep dive is so satisfying.
I still love the three or four main stories that make up this game, and even though it's really clunky, I love how much of this game feels like you stumbled onto something on accident. It's a lovely feeling, and one I don't think you could mimic today. Back in 1999, when there was really only GameFaqs and strangers figuring things out for you, this was a revelatory casual game that slowly became something serious.
Plus, it's so cozy and beautiful. I want to live in that house and go to Domina for my groceries, maybe take a trip to Lumina for the weekend.
I love how there are all these obtuse, unexplained systems at play here (making instruments/weapons/golems, raising monsters, mana being cultivated on the board), but you don't actually need to use any of them at all. But if you figure them out, the deep dive is so satisfying.
I still love the three or four main stories that make up this game, and even though it's really clunky, I love how much of this game feels like you stumbled onto something on accident. It's a lovely feeling, and one I don't think you could mimic today. Back in 1999, when there was really only GameFaqs and strangers figuring things out for you, this was a revelatory casual game that slowly became something serious.
Plus, it's so cozy and beautiful. I want to live in that house and go to Domina for my groceries, maybe take a trip to Lumina for the weekend.
satyricon
1 year ago