Really wanted to love this one, and I did like the story, worldbuilding and characters a lot but found that the game overstayed it's welcome with chaff side-quests, big-maps / little content and very repetitive gameplay.

Things I think could have really improved the game:
-A real loot system
-More interesting interactivity in quests (not just fetch material or fight particular enemies)
-More challenging / complex battle system that didn't devolve to just spamming interlink
-Variety in boss fights, they were so repetitive and unmemorable after the first

Suffers from some of the same issues of other big open-world games with a tedious amount of collectibles and repetition. Weapon durability was no fun for no reason.

2018

Charmingly creative, extremely fun and replayable - art direction, gameplay and storytelling all intertwine masterfully.

Would be the number one platformer I’d suggest to anyone new to the genre.

Would I have played as much of this game outside of a pandemic? Probably not, but having been there for the moment was special.

‘How did they think of this’ type situation

Had a lot of fun with this one after a handful of false starts, definitely worth putting the time into.

Love the effort put into the sidequests, really captivating storytelling. Ultimately found the gameplay bland and repetitive and the open world empty.

love to play with those stupid little guys

Great for the first few hours while the choices & dicerolls seem paramount to your success - gameplay gets a bit tedious in the mid to late game when you can pass most dice rolls and there isn’t a huge penalty on just going to sleep instead of risking a bad roll. The worldbuilding and narrative all feel somewhat familiar (in a good way), taking some of the best of like-minded IPs.

Somewhat distracted by busy/stressful work while playing through this and found myself skipping dialog a bit - obviously no fault of the devs, just a personal note.

Was hoping for a bit more depth, but very fun to play

Waited months during the original PS4 launch for games to start coming out - had an incredible time when this finally arrived.

Had a great time with this one - had the potential to be very spooky and I wish they’d gone in that direction