2D Zelda meets MS Paint, Chicory is a wonderful little game that not only has creative world design a puzzle-solving, but also allows the player to put as much personal creativity into the world as they want.
With magic paint brush in-hand, the entire black-and-white world is your canvass - control your dog character named after your favorite food (mine was named Sushi) with one stick and the paint brush tool with the other. Paint as much of it or as little of the world as you want. If you want to just paint what's necessary to complete puzzles, go for it. If you want to paint the sky, the ground, and every flower sprouting from the grass, you can! At first I mostly ignored painting, but once I got the paint bucket I went to town painting the world. My final map was a work of art. That said, I think I would've enjoyed this game more had I played it on computer with a mouse. Controlling a paint brush cursor for the entire game with a controller was kind of a pain at times, especially on the boss fights.
What I did not expect from this fun little painting Zelda game is a story that hits so hard. It's a story about embracing who you are and doing what you love. It's a wonderful story that fits the world and the painting gameplay perfectly.
Chicory is a beautiful game with a lovely story and fun gameplay, despite some occasionally annoying puzzles and the cumbersome console controls.
+ Unique painting-driven gameplay
+ Great story and writing
+ Killer soundtrack by Lena Raine
+ Excellent visuals
- Annoying cursor controls on console
- Occasionally annoying puzzles
- Poor collectible tracking made 100%ing the game a pain
With magic paint brush in-hand, the entire black-and-white world is your canvass - control your dog character named after your favorite food (mine was named Sushi) with one stick and the paint brush tool with the other. Paint as much of it or as little of the world as you want. If you want to just paint what's necessary to complete puzzles, go for it. If you want to paint the sky, the ground, and every flower sprouting from the grass, you can! At first I mostly ignored painting, but once I got the paint bucket I went to town painting the world. My final map was a work of art. That said, I think I would've enjoyed this game more had I played it on computer with a mouse. Controlling a paint brush cursor for the entire game with a controller was kind of a pain at times, especially on the boss fights.
What I did not expect from this fun little painting Zelda game is a story that hits so hard. It's a story about embracing who you are and doing what you love. It's a wonderful story that fits the world and the painting gameplay perfectly.
Chicory is a beautiful game with a lovely story and fun gameplay, despite some occasionally annoying puzzles and the cumbersome console controls.
+ Unique painting-driven gameplay
+ Great story and writing
+ Killer soundtrack by Lena Raine
+ Excellent visuals
- Annoying cursor controls on console
- Occasionally annoying puzzles
- Poor collectible tracking made 100%ing the game a pain