Right from the get go it's hard not to fall right into place for the adventure in Ravenlok. I would say this the best-looking voxel game ever created, and the lightining goes a long way in helping it. You feel ready for an epic journey, the music is inviting, the game even has you go get yourself a sword and shield, slowly buidling things up.
Then you get to a fight and realize that's all it's gonna be. There's barely any depth to those mechanics, having only a single normal attack and a shield that doesn't seem to be useful at all. You eventually get 4 special abilities, each having their own cooldown and they do make the game more fun, but not more interesting.
The story is as shallow as it can get. To be honest, I was expecting it to be deeper, more grandiose, even maybe a darker take on the classic Alice stories. The dialogues are very basic, there's little of getting to know anyone or even yourself. I didn't find this to be very bad, anyway, it felt like a fairy tale, a fairy tale that played it too safe.
The missions are also instinctively simple. Exactly what you would expect, and everything is near where you need them. Except for some puzzles and some objects that were somewhat difficult to find, there's little complexity to be found.
Still, I found the world and overall structure of the game to be evocative, delightful and kind of exactly what it needed to be. Each area was a pleasure to explore and discover, though everything felt small when looking at the big picture. And the music has no faults at all, you could even dislike the graphics to some degree, but the music is as outstanding as the art direction is.
I encountered some errors, however, which is a shame. After buying some bombs, my character clipped through the floor and was leaning, thankfully it solved by just moving. The American Spanish localization, however, is less of a good thing, with countless mispellings and the translator, probably amateur or a machine, really struggling with articles.
Played through Xbox Game Pass for 12 hours and 30 minutes.
Then you get to a fight and realize that's all it's gonna be. There's barely any depth to those mechanics, having only a single normal attack and a shield that doesn't seem to be useful at all. You eventually get 4 special abilities, each having their own cooldown and they do make the game more fun, but not more interesting.
The story is as shallow as it can get. To be honest, I was expecting it to be deeper, more grandiose, even maybe a darker take on the classic Alice stories. The dialogues are very basic, there's little of getting to know anyone or even yourself. I didn't find this to be very bad, anyway, it felt like a fairy tale, a fairy tale that played it too safe.
The missions are also instinctively simple. Exactly what you would expect, and everything is near where you need them. Except for some puzzles and some objects that were somewhat difficult to find, there's little complexity to be found.
Still, I found the world and overall structure of the game to be evocative, delightful and kind of exactly what it needed to be. Each area was a pleasure to explore and discover, though everything felt small when looking at the big picture. And the music has no faults at all, you could even dislike the graphics to some degree, but the music is as outstanding as the art direction is.
I encountered some errors, however, which is a shame. After buying some bombs, my character clipped through the floor and was leaning, thankfully it solved by just moving. The American Spanish localization, however, is less of a good thing, with countless mispellings and the translator, probably amateur or a machine, really struggling with articles.
Played through Xbox Game Pass for 12 hours and 30 minutes.