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Tunic
2022
A lovely homage to the early Zelda games that’s well polished, and has its own unique spin on the top-down adventure that makes it stand out despite its influence.
The best way to describe it is vague. It doesn’t tell much of anything about itself, and it just sets you off without direction with only a stick to fight with. Then you’ll see the game’s text isn’t actually readable, and any information you’ll want to know about its mechanics or hints on what to do is found through missing pages of an old school instruction manual.
The manual is a neat concept since it’s still cryptic and you’ll have to pay close attention to its drawings to understand it. The level of detail in its visual design is both cool to look at and essential to navigating through the game’s areas and finding obscure secrets.
The art and ambient music are also wonderful, and the level design is excellent. There’s so many clever shortcuts and paths hidden in plain sight that can actually bypass much of the game in hindsight. Most of it isn’t gated either, so progression can just depend on if you know it’s there or not which was awesome.
Though combat isn’t really a highlight since it’s simplistic and kinda floaty, which doesn’t really match with how aggressive the bosses can be. And the other gripe I had was its final puzzle felt excessively obtuse to me on a mechanical level compared to the rest of the game. But overall was super impressed with Tunic.
The best way to describe it is vague. It doesn’t tell much of anything about itself, and it just sets you off without direction with only a stick to fight with. Then you’ll see the game’s text isn’t actually readable, and any information you’ll want to know about its mechanics or hints on what to do is found through missing pages of an old school instruction manual.
The manual is a neat concept since it’s still cryptic and you’ll have to pay close attention to its drawings to understand it. The level of detail in its visual design is both cool to look at and essential to navigating through the game’s areas and finding obscure secrets.
The art and ambient music are also wonderful, and the level design is excellent. There’s so many clever shortcuts and paths hidden in plain sight that can actually bypass much of the game in hindsight. Most of it isn’t gated either, so progression can just depend on if you know it’s there or not which was awesome.
Though combat isn’t really a highlight since it’s simplistic and kinda floaty, which doesn’t really match with how aggressive the bosses can be. And the other gripe I had was its final puzzle felt excessively obtuse to me on a mechanical level compared to the rest of the game. But overall was super impressed with Tunic.
Tunic
2022
the ultimate smooth brain game mixed with the ultimate galaxy brain game
Tunic starts out with a simple premise: it's like an old Zelda, but ~different~. it's purposefully more cryptic, its combat and design more like dark souls, and its whimsy is more whimsical than its influences. this charm pulls you in, but the idea that there's something more to the world keeps you going through the more "where do i even go/what do i even do" parts.
the chests and walls hidden by the isometric camera are fun, a repurposing of old classics. the language of the game is genius, a joy to solve. the deeper secrets are the same, another delicious treat to stumble upon in your own way. even as i finished the game, i KNEW that there were still more bigger mysteries to solve, but i had my fun with Tunic and i knew it was time to break the cycle.
an absolute joy
Tunic starts out with a simple premise: it's like an old Zelda, but ~different~. it's purposefully more cryptic, its combat and design more like dark souls, and its whimsy is more whimsical than its influences. this charm pulls you in, but the idea that there's something more to the world keeps you going through the more "where do i even go/what do i even do" parts.
the chests and walls hidden by the isometric camera are fun, a repurposing of old classics. the language of the game is genius, a joy to solve. the deeper secrets are the same, another delicious treat to stumble upon in your own way. even as i finished the game, i KNEW that there were still more bigger mysteries to solve, but i had my fun with Tunic and i knew it was time to break the cycle.
an absolute joy
Tunic
2022
Love the freedom you get in this game, a lot of the puzzles have great desings and I think the bosses are fun. I think the combination of the Zelda puzzles/feel/artstyle/music combined with the precise combat of Dark Souls and the amazing design of the book made the gameplay very well paced and progress never got boring.
The only thing I didn't finnish was the tower. The tower is something i respect, even though it's annoying that I can't 100% the game without googling the answer, I think all games should have something for it's die-hard fans.
Overall, very well executed game.
The only thing I didn't finnish was the tower. The tower is something i respect, even though it's annoying that I can't 100% the game without googling the answer, I think all games should have something for it's die-hard fans.
Overall, very well executed game.
Tunic
2022
It easily became my favorite game, I really like it very much. The beginning of the game is very simple and cute but when you arrive at the mid game you will be impressed with it. The puzzles are pretty clever, especially the last puzzle. I loved how the graphics just improve more and more when you are playing. I loved everything in this game. I really recommend it.
Life is Strange
2015
I hate the blue hair girl
Life is Strange
2015
This review contains spoilers
The 16 hour long game that took me a year to finish. Though, I guess it's not all that uncommon for me.
I played the first episode in July because one of my friends was very into the series, and I felt like at least giving it a little bit of a shot.
Shockingly enough, I didn't hate it. I was actually interested in the story they were about to tell, so I told that friend that I would play the rest of it, but only if the remaining episodes went on sale. I wasn't that interested.
I eventually learned that this game never fucking goes on sale! Not even for big seasonal sales, the only reason I finally bought the rest of them was due to the developers having a 15th anniversary sale. I would watch the remastered version get discounted several times, but the most it ever went down was $20, which is already full price for the original.
Anyway, to talk about the actual game now, it was decent enough. Episode 2 was a drag to get through with how much they required me to rewind for a buncha random option select shit. I liked episode 3! I finished episode 3 thinking "wow! This is a cool setup, I hope they really go somewhere with what they've built from this point!" And then everything basically returns to normal about half an hour later. A bit unfortunate, I really wanted to see what all they could do with such a fucked up timeline, but I guess they couldn't let that go on for too long.
After that, 4 and 5 just kinda started to fall off for me. The longer it went on, the more just absurd things became and I could already barely take anything seriously with how annoying and/or lifeless a lot of the dialogue could be. Some really cool concepts throughout this whole game, but damn they know how to fumble.
Solid 6/10, I doubt I'll be checking out any of the later games. That might take a bit more convincing.
can't help but think what everything was like everywhere else while this was all happening in Wherever, Oregon.
I played the first episode in July because one of my friends was very into the series, and I felt like at least giving it a little bit of a shot.
Shockingly enough, I didn't hate it. I was actually interested in the story they were about to tell, so I told that friend that I would play the rest of it, but only if the remaining episodes went on sale. I wasn't that interested.
I eventually learned that this game never fucking goes on sale! Not even for big seasonal sales, the only reason I finally bought the rest of them was due to the developers having a 15th anniversary sale. I would watch the remastered version get discounted several times, but the most it ever went down was $20, which is already full price for the original.
Anyway, to talk about the actual game now, it was decent enough. Episode 2 was a drag to get through with how much they required me to rewind for a buncha random option select shit. I liked episode 3! I finished episode 3 thinking "wow! This is a cool setup, I hope they really go somewhere with what they've built from this point!" And then everything basically returns to normal about half an hour later. A bit unfortunate, I really wanted to see what all they could do with such a fucked up timeline, but I guess they couldn't let that go on for too long.
After that, 4 and 5 just kinda started to fall off for me. The longer it went on, the more just absurd things became and I could already barely take anything seriously with how annoying and/or lifeless a lot of the dialogue could be. Some really cool concepts throughout this whole game, but damn they know how to fumble.
Solid 6/10, I doubt I'll be checking out any of the later games. That might take a bit more convincing.
can't help but think what everything was like everywhere else while this was all happening in Wherever, Oregon.
Even without the glitches the game still sucks ass