(my steam review from a year ago)
Overall, I do reccomend this game, BUT only if you really like picross and/or have a huge soft spot for cute robots. (I happen to fit both)
The story is... okay... I have a couple of gripes with it: there's a big issue with tone, someone dies and the characters immediately crack jokes or something; most of the characters are really... flat, some of them are straight up stereotypes; there's also some more questionable choices with writing... but overall I did like it. It's not phenomenal, but it's enjoyable. S.C.O.U.T. is well worth going through the weaker parts of the story <3
Oh also, the story starts out really... slow, it gets better though throughout the cases. The last moments of case 4 felt unsatisfactory, for me at least, though.
As for the gameplay... prepare to do a LOOOT of picross. Every 5 minutes or less you get a new puzzle to solve to progress the story, which is fine by me, because I really like picross, but yeah, there's a lot of it.
Not one of my favourite games, but I liked it. I'd say the strongest part of this game is its visuals. I love the UI and the character designs and the general art style. very cool and pretty.
Overall, I do reccomend this game, BUT only if you really like picross and/or have a huge soft spot for cute robots. (I happen to fit both)
The story is... okay... I have a couple of gripes with it: there's a big issue with tone, someone dies and the characters immediately crack jokes or something; most of the characters are really... flat, some of them are straight up stereotypes; there's also some more questionable choices with writing... but overall I did like it. It's not phenomenal, but it's enjoyable. S.C.O.U.T. is well worth going through the weaker parts of the story <3
Oh also, the story starts out really... slow, it gets better though throughout the cases. The last moments of case 4 felt unsatisfactory, for me at least, though.
As for the gameplay... prepare to do a LOOOT of picross. Every 5 minutes or less you get a new puzzle to solve to progress the story, which is fine by me, because I really like picross, but yeah, there's a lot of it.
Not one of my favourite games, but I liked it. I'd say the strongest part of this game is its visuals. I love the UI and the character designs and the general art style. very cool and pretty.