Martint
I feel genuinely very proud of myself for finishing this game! When I started it I was nervous that I would hate the overworld but after a short while it became the reason I wanted to complete more levels, so I could do more of those lovely little puzzles. I would happily play an entire game of that overworld (I'm guessing I need to play one of the top down zelda games then), I thought the change of pace worked really nicely against the intense platforming levels, they complimented eachother well and helped me appreciate just how well designed this game is. I think the only problem with the game really is the fact that the Impossible Lair section of the game is such a huge spike in difficulty compared to the rest of it, I get that it's supposed to be 'impossible' and all that but it felt like the difficulty increased as the game goes along and then absolutely skyrockets at the end. I felt genuinely angry playing the impossible lair level at times which is not how I felt at any other point of the game, and I don't know if I like that! This is such a joyful experience and then at the end I felt like screaming. It just felt incongruent with the rest of the game I think, even if it was satisfying when I finally beat it! But yeah this game still definitely deserves the high rating I'm giving it, if they released a whole load more levels I would 100% play them!!!!!!
2018
Overall this is just fine really, I don't have much to say about it but I thoroughly enjoyed jumping around this cutesy little world as a tree stump. I think that this feels more like a concept demo, and for the price that's fine! I feel a bit bad rating it so harshly but ultimately there isn't enough in this that works very well for it to deserve a higher rating from me. :)
2016
I think of this very fondly but playing it was kind of a chore sometimes! I think that I might prefer it if you didn't control the characters' movement, you just chose the dialogue options. If I could play a version of this that had no 'gameplay' other than the dialogue options I think it would get a much higher rating!