Tunic is an incredible fusion of all the best bits of Dark Souls and 2D Zelda. It feels great to play start to finish, and has a lovely art style. Its usage of a made-up language for most of the text is clever and brings a sense of mystery and discovery that permeates the game, and the instruction booklet that you fill out as you play fits the style perfectly and is a great way to feed the player information.
The combat is refined and fun. The progression is well-paced so that you feel yourself getting more powerful as you easily destroy enemies that used to give you problems, and you unlock more options to play around with as you grow comfortable with your abilities. The game does get difficult, primarily in the boss fights, but much like Dark Souls it never feels unfair. I really enjoyed the puzzle aspects, although I did cheat a few times.
An unfortunate consequence of most of the text being unreadable is that the story is harder to understand. I found that I understood enough to know what I need to be doing, but I still don't really understand much of the lore or why things are the way they are.
The combat is refined and fun. The progression is well-paced so that you feel yourself getting more powerful as you easily destroy enemies that used to give you problems, and you unlock more options to play around with as you grow comfortable with your abilities. The game does get difficult, primarily in the boss fights, but much like Dark Souls it never feels unfair. I really enjoyed the puzzle aspects, although I did cheat a few times.
An unfortunate consequence of most of the text being unreadable is that the story is harder to understand. I found that I understood enough to know what I need to be doing, but I still don't really understand much of the lore or why things are the way they are.