PROS:
-La estética. Ya que es un Boku no Natsuyasumi, pues no pueden ir mal con eso. Pon cuatro matojos prerrenderizados, tres cigarras chillando y sonido ambiente de arroyo y cualquiera se lo come con patatas. Tampoco hay que complicarse.
-David Bisbal es canon en el Shin-Chanverse.
CONS:
-Historia con potencial, pero se queda bastante escueta. Podrían haber hecho bastante pero es como increíblemente sosa en todos los aspectos y se resuelve en literalmente dos días.
-La traducción/localización. No he jugado otras versiones, pero al menos la española se sentía bastante poco pulida. Entre las muchas (muchas) faltas de ortografía, diálogos a medio escribir y frases repetidas ochenta veces, se sentía como si el X*kas hubiese tenido razón cuando dijo lo de que traducir un juego valía veinte pesetas. Diecinueve si me apuras.
-En comparación con un Boku no Natsuyasumi... pues se queda un poco atrás, las cosas como son. Todos los personajes (incluso los que ya conocemos de la serie, y de los cuales ya sabemos que son personajes con relativa profundidad) tienen la personalidad de un ficus.
-... ¿Un romance con una... problemática diferencia de edad? ¿Por algún motivo? ¿Alguien pensó que era buena idea para un juego cuya demográfica principal no pasa de los diez años?
-David Bisbal es canon en el Shin-Chanverse.
RESUMEN: para lo que vale, es tirar el dinero. Como fan de Shin-Chan, me pareció graciosa la... primera hora de gameplay. Ya el resto se siente tan repetitivo que no hay ni Dios ni ayuda que lo haga ameno, es un constante "A ver cuando se acaba". Bastante hecho a salto de mata en general, se ve que tendrían prisa en sacarlo o algo. Una pena, porque es un concepto que podría haber funcionado muy bien... Otra vez será.
-La estética. Ya que es un Boku no Natsuyasumi, pues no pueden ir mal con eso. Pon cuatro matojos prerrenderizados, tres cigarras chillando y sonido ambiente de arroyo y cualquiera se lo come con patatas. Tampoco hay que complicarse.
-David Bisbal es canon en el Shin-Chanverse.
CONS:
-Historia con potencial, pero se queda bastante escueta. Podrían haber hecho bastante pero es como increíblemente sosa en todos los aspectos y se resuelve en literalmente dos días.
-La traducción/localización. No he jugado otras versiones, pero al menos la española se sentía bastante poco pulida. Entre las muchas (muchas) faltas de ortografía, diálogos a medio escribir y frases repetidas ochenta veces, se sentía como si el X*kas hubiese tenido razón cuando dijo lo de que traducir un juego valía veinte pesetas. Diecinueve si me apuras.
-En comparación con un Boku no Natsuyasumi... pues se queda un poco atrás, las cosas como son. Todos los personajes (incluso los que ya conocemos de la serie, y de los cuales ya sabemos que son personajes con relativa profundidad) tienen la personalidad de un ficus.
-... ¿Un romance con una... problemática diferencia de edad? ¿Por algún motivo? ¿Alguien pensó que era buena idea para un juego cuya demográfica principal no pasa de los diez años?
-David Bisbal es canon en el Shin-Chanverse.
RESUMEN: para lo que vale, es tirar el dinero. Como fan de Shin-Chan, me pareció graciosa la... primera hora de gameplay. Ya el resto se siente tan repetitivo que no hay ni Dios ni ayuda que lo haga ameno, es un constante "A ver cuando se acaba". Bastante hecho a salto de mata en general, se ve que tendrían prisa en sacarlo o algo. Una pena, porque es un concepto que podría haber funcionado muy bien... Otra vez será.
Kaz Ayabe, I would love to play the Boku no Natsuyasumi series and pre-order a physical copy of each installment if there's a possibility of them being officially released in the West someday.
But for now, I respectfully don't need a squeaky, watered-down version of them that fumbles its premise by diluting it with poor execution under a brand.
But for now, I respectfully don't need a squeaky, watered-down version of them that fumbles its premise by diluting it with poor execution under a brand.
This game was a letdown for me. While I didn't expect tit to be a masterpiece, there were some jarring issues I've found related to the story and the gameplay.
First of all, the characters seem to be a watered down version of their counterparts from the anime/manga, with a lot of the jokes present on the source material being absent here. For example, Misae personality is more relaxed, not getting angry even once at Shin Chan for his attitude, this can be applies to almost any character, to the point I think that this game was first thought to be something else, and then it was applies the Shin Chan skin.
The story itself was pretty simple and boring, there's not much that was happening through all the days, feeling longer just for the sake of being longer, with a lot of padding and characters saying 2-line sentences equivalent to your average NPC stating obvious facts.
The gameplay loop is also pretty dull, with Shin Chan being a junior reporter who has to pay attention to his environment to check for anything interesting, there's also bug/fish catching, but that part is so simple and dependant to RNG that it's not even about investigating the areas, but just about being lucky.
There's also a mini game about dinosaurs battling each other, and while being a glorified Rock-paper-scissors, I think it's actually one of the coolest ideas of the game, with each movement having it's own Risk vs Reward and it seemed actually well crafter. Sadly, the game doesn't really care much about it, and having no real reward for completing said chore in the highest difficulties.
I know this game it's supposed to be cozy, but i think that seeing how grindy the side content is, I think this game could benefit more from being a Visual Novel where you could visit places, and the side content was totally erased, seeing that it doesn't really bring anything to the gameplay loop.
First of all, the characters seem to be a watered down version of their counterparts from the anime/manga, with a lot of the jokes present on the source material being absent here. For example, Misae personality is more relaxed, not getting angry even once at Shin Chan for his attitude, this can be applies to almost any character, to the point I think that this game was first thought to be something else, and then it was applies the Shin Chan skin.
The story itself was pretty simple and boring, there's not much that was happening through all the days, feeling longer just for the sake of being longer, with a lot of padding and characters saying 2-line sentences equivalent to your average NPC stating obvious facts.
The gameplay loop is also pretty dull, with Shin Chan being a junior reporter who has to pay attention to his environment to check for anything interesting, there's also bug/fish catching, but that part is so simple and dependant to RNG that it's not even about investigating the areas, but just about being lucky.
There's also a mini game about dinosaurs battling each other, and while being a glorified Rock-paper-scissors, I think it's actually one of the coolest ideas of the game, with each movement having it's own Risk vs Reward and it seemed actually well crafter. Sadly, the game doesn't really care much about it, and having no real reward for completing said chore in the highest difficulties.
I know this game it's supposed to be cozy, but i think that seeing how grindy the side content is, I think this game could benefit more from being a Visual Novel where you could visit places, and the side content was totally erased, seeing that it doesn't really bring anything to the gameplay loop.
incredible. inspiring.
i love the mix of slice of life with the dramatic.
the sounds were SO GOOD. all the little japanese voices and town ambient noises about.
the bedtime stories were incredibly calming and i would sit there for the longest time.
i never got good at the card game. next playthrough i'll prioritize that.
this is one of my favorite 1-players games i've played in a while no joke
i love the mix of slice of life with the dramatic.
the sounds were SO GOOD. all the little japanese voices and town ambient noises about.
the bedtime stories were incredibly calming and i would sit there for the longest time.
i never got good at the card game. next playthrough i'll prioritize that.
this is one of my favorite 1-players games i've played in a while no joke
Bien que je n'ai jamais vu l'animé Shin-chan, j'ai énormément aimé ce titre. Un peu comme si on mélangeait le côté cozy d'Animal Crossing avec un scénario d'épisode filler de votre animé préféré. Si le jeu ne coutait pas 40 euros sur l'e-shop, je le considérerai comme un must-have de la Switch. Mais un de ses meilleurs titres.