Boog2811
1992
Kirby's Dream Land is a simple, yet fun game that kicked off a wonderful series! Even though it's quite short, it was still fun to come back and replay.
The main game is pretty easy, tasking you with getting through 4 levels, each with a boss at the end, and then a re-fight of all four bosses followed by the final boss, King Dedede. After completing the game, you unlock Extra mode, where all of the enemies have new attack patterns and some even do double damage.
Even as a veteran of the Kirby series, I still struggled a bit with some of the bosses, namely Kracko Jr. EX and Kabula EX (funnily enough, I found Kracko EX's attack patterns easier to dodge than Kracko Jr.'s).
Overall, it's a fun and short game, if you're a fan of the Kirby series, I'd recommend playing through Dream Land, even if only to see where the series started from.
The main game is pretty easy, tasking you with getting through 4 levels, each with a boss at the end, and then a re-fight of all four bosses followed by the final boss, King Dedede. After completing the game, you unlock Extra mode, where all of the enemies have new attack patterns and some even do double damage.
Even as a veteran of the Kirby series, I still struggled a bit with some of the bosses, namely Kracko Jr. EX and Kabula EX (funnily enough, I found Kracko EX's attack patterns easier to dodge than Kracko Jr.'s).
Overall, it's a fun and short game, if you're a fan of the Kirby series, I'd recommend playing through Dream Land, even if only to see where the series started from.
2024
This review contains spoilers
I stopped after the second ending (collecting all the eggs), and I thoroughly enjoyed my time!
All of the cool interactions and unique ways to use each item was super fun, and I really enjoyed exploring and finding the eggs.
I think that all of the gameplay until the first ending is near flawless, with very few hiccups and moments where I was completely stumped.
Going until the second ending, I ran into some troubles, and did have to look a few of the eggs up, but I think I could have gotten them without outside help, although it would've taken me much longer. The main thing that I didn't realize was that the Bouncy Ball could destroy the "Breakout"-looking blocks, but I do admit that I could have figured this out, especially since I hadn't really found a purpose for the Bouncy Ball.
I'm not interested in going for all of the bunnies, I did find one of them naturally during my time with the game, so that's cool.
Great game overall, would recommend!
All of the cool interactions and unique ways to use each item was super fun, and I really enjoyed exploring and finding the eggs.
I think that all of the gameplay until the first ending is near flawless, with very few hiccups and moments where I was completely stumped.
Going until the second ending, I ran into some troubles, and did have to look a few of the eggs up, but I think I could have gotten them without outside help, although it would've taken me much longer. The main thing that I didn't realize was that the Bouncy Ball could destroy the "Breakout"-looking blocks, but I do admit that I could have figured this out, especially since I hadn't really found a purpose for the Bouncy Ball.
I'm not interested in going for all of the bunnies, I did find one of them naturally during my time with the game, so that's cool.
Great game overall, would recommend!
2023
Super unique and charming incremental, while also being very approachable to people unfamiliar with the genre. Tons of player choice for how to progress, and I had a ton of fun figuring out which talents synergized with each other!!
2024
Tries to be a mix between an incremental and a factory simulator, and ends up being kinda bad at both. Very cool to look at, but the gameplay is far too repetitive for a factory simulator, and not progressive enough for an incremental.