I enjoyed it very much. The artstyle is extremely charming and works so well, there is so much to explore and collect, the "tinykins" are all very fun to use, and most importantly, the character feels perfect to control.

There are some dialogues in that game and while some are pretty funny, they were mostly pretty uninteresting, though I have to admit I'd never expected this game to deal with serious societal issues like religion and inequalities.

However one thing I hated about the gameplay, though that isn't a big deal by itself but sticks like a sore thumb when everything else feels perfect, is the border acceleration system while on the soap. It is unnecessarily hard to achieve and is especially frustrating when doing the wasp races where I had to restart again and again and again because of how difficult yet necessary it is to have the best time.

Also, while most of my time with this game was superb, the last 15 minutes or so definitely left a sour taste in my mouth. The ending itself is fine, it's pretty good even. What bothered me is that I did everything this game had to offer and yet it wouldn't give me like 6 achievements I should've gotten. The team took notice of that bug since release but didn't release a patch yet to fix the issue. Fortunately there is a work around for it which requires research, but I think it's unacceptable to not fix an achievement issue when the game encourages you to complete it.

What is also unacceptable I thought was the lack of a "radar" or some sort for the last remaining thing to collect in a zone. As a collectathon, you bet searching for those last missing 3 tinykins in the zone will be the most miserable, excruciating hour in your life considering you can't possibly search that up on the internet.

Reviewed on Feb 13, 2023


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