This is a very cute, very charming and very likeable game that I don't want to play more of after giving it an hour or two. It's a Zelda type game where you run back and forth in an overworld, while also delving into some dungeons and solving some puzzles, with some of the coziest graphics I've ever seen, relaxing music and the just plain adorable focus on the game having an in-game, Famicom-inspired manual complete with wonderfully cheesy little illustrations and explanatory text, just like a real Famicom manual. However, the fox moves far too slowly for me, in a game where you're supposed to do lots and lots of running back and forth, and I don't know why there's so much combat when it really kind of sucks. Clunky, slow, cannot cancel a single frame of animation. Probably on purpose to be retro, but I'm just feeling frustrated with the actual game while enjoying the aesthetics, and I no longer feel like I have time for a game that's only ticking some boxes for me and not all. If I felt like I had more time to play whatever I want, I might've stuck with and learned to love this game, but in a market as flooded as today's, I'm just going to have to prioritize other games over this. Glad I checked it out, though.

Reviewed on May 21, 2024


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