Kirby and the Forgotten Land is one of the harder games for me to rate. The reason for this is what I think of the game vs my own personal feelings with the game.
First what I think of the game. HAL laboratory knocked what they wanted to do out of the park. They made Kirby’s long overdue first 3D adventure a seamless transition from the 2D plane. The game plays the way they want it to perfectly. A platformer that anyone can pick up and play while having a good time. Plenty of copy ability variates that are fun play around and look at. A fun game that anyone can get to the credits. With what they were trying to achieve I would give this a 4.5. Which is where my person feelings come in. While I admit it’s a great game and fantastically made I just had a good to ok time with it. I get that accessibility is something Kirby is all about, and the game is geared towards kids but for me about half way through I found myself just going through the motions to finish the game. The abilities while fun for the first few uses are so interchangeable that it never matters what you have equipped. I get that this is a me problem but I can’t help how I feel. If I went off of the fun I had I would have to give it a 3.5 and it just doesn’t give me as much joy as any of my 4 star games. Still I decided to give this game a 4 because of just how well it was made. Just a side note but this is a perfect game to recommend if you know someone just getting into games because of the lack of difficulty but high in quality or as a gift for a young gamer in your life.
While the gameplay wasn’t 100% for me I still had fun for the most part. What was awesome to me was the music and art. The music got stuck in my head in between playing sessions and went perfect with the game. The art, to me, is the star of the game. Even with the limitations that is the switch and the common world themes of platforming games ( desert, ice, etc) the art shined through. There were many times I was surprised at the spectacles that was put into a Kirby game. Not just every world but every level feels very different from the next which was a pleasant surprise.
Even though I’ve had some negative things to say here I still did enjoy my time overall and think this is an excellent game as well as the best Kirby game I’ve played so far.
First what I think of the game. HAL laboratory knocked what they wanted to do out of the park. They made Kirby’s long overdue first 3D adventure a seamless transition from the 2D plane. The game plays the way they want it to perfectly. A platformer that anyone can pick up and play while having a good time. Plenty of copy ability variates that are fun play around and look at. A fun game that anyone can get to the credits. With what they were trying to achieve I would give this a 4.5. Which is where my person feelings come in. While I admit it’s a great game and fantastically made I just had a good to ok time with it. I get that accessibility is something Kirby is all about, and the game is geared towards kids but for me about half way through I found myself just going through the motions to finish the game. The abilities while fun for the first few uses are so interchangeable that it never matters what you have equipped. I get that this is a me problem but I can’t help how I feel. If I went off of the fun I had I would have to give it a 3.5 and it just doesn’t give me as much joy as any of my 4 star games. Still I decided to give this game a 4 because of just how well it was made. Just a side note but this is a perfect game to recommend if you know someone just getting into games because of the lack of difficulty but high in quality or as a gift for a young gamer in your life.
While the gameplay wasn’t 100% for me I still had fun for the most part. What was awesome to me was the music and art. The music got stuck in my head in between playing sessions and went perfect with the game. The art, to me, is the star of the game. Even with the limitations that is the switch and the common world themes of platforming games ( desert, ice, etc) the art shined through. There were many times I was surprised at the spectacles that was put into a Kirby game. Not just every world but every level feels very different from the next which was a pleasant surprise.
Even though I’ve had some negative things to say here I still did enjoy my time overall and think this is an excellent game as well as the best Kirby game I’ve played so far.