Sights & Sounds
- Cute cartoony environments and character designs
- The music is appropriately whimsical, but you won't be humming along or anything
- it's a Double Fine game, so you can count on the presentation to be pretty decent irrespective of the other aspects of the game
Story & Vibes
- It's your run-of-the-mill "save the princess" (or in this case, your sister) narrative
- It's a cute, cozy game. Mostly chill due to being devoid of challenge
- There's some humor in the game, but nothing outrageously funny
Playability & Replayability
- The game is pretty standard turn-based RPG fare in terms of gameplay, but pared down pretty significantly. No stat trees, no skill points, no crafting, no missable party members, etc. You just explore and fight
- At first, I enjoyed the simplicity, but by the end of the game, fights were a chore
- The boss fights offer some variety, but not much
- I don't think I'll be running back in for the other achievements; I lost interest in the game by the end. I also couldn't get my saved data to carry over to the DLC, but I'm not too heartbroken over it
Overall Impressions & Performance
- Although the Steam Deck compatability is only listed as "playable" due to supposedly small text, I had no problem reading anything despite my awful vision
- It ran well on PC, but the area right before the final boss was a little framey on the Steam Deck. It ran fine otherwise
Final Verdict
- 5.5/10. This is probably more in the wheelhouse of the so-called "cozy gamers", but I found the package a little bland. A < 6 hour RPG shouldn't feel like it overstays its welcome
- Cute cartoony environments and character designs
- The music is appropriately whimsical, but you won't be humming along or anything
- it's a Double Fine game, so you can count on the presentation to be pretty decent irrespective of the other aspects of the game
Story & Vibes
- It's your run-of-the-mill "save the princess" (or in this case, your sister) narrative
- It's a cute, cozy game. Mostly chill due to being devoid of challenge
- There's some humor in the game, but nothing outrageously funny
Playability & Replayability
- The game is pretty standard turn-based RPG fare in terms of gameplay, but pared down pretty significantly. No stat trees, no skill points, no crafting, no missable party members, etc. You just explore and fight
- At first, I enjoyed the simplicity, but by the end of the game, fights were a chore
- The boss fights offer some variety, but not much
- I don't think I'll be running back in for the other achievements; I lost interest in the game by the end. I also couldn't get my saved data to carry over to the DLC, but I'm not too heartbroken over it
Overall Impressions & Performance
- Although the Steam Deck compatability is only listed as "playable" due to supposedly small text, I had no problem reading anything despite my awful vision
- It ran well on PC, but the area right before the final boss was a little framey on the Steam Deck. It ran fine otherwise
Final Verdict
- 5.5/10. This is probably more in the wheelhouse of the so-called "cozy gamers", but I found the package a little bland. A < 6 hour RPG shouldn't feel like it overstays its welcome