thealexmott
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Tinykin 2022
Log Status
Completed
Playing
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Rating
Time Played
17h 50m
Days in Journal
2 days
Last played
January 18, 2024
First played
September 22, 2022
Platforms Played
Red Pikmin: Cool with fire, can be squished, will kill in your name, make me sad when they die
Red Tinykin: YES LIGHT ME BLOW ME UP SET ME ABLAZE KILL ME BANG BANG BANG I AM NOT A SOLDIER I AM THE AMMUNITION I WANT NOTHING MORE THAN A SUDDEN EXPLOSIVE DEATH JUST TO LIGHT A TORCH OR CLEAR A ROADBLOCK OR WHATEVER HAHAHA WHEEEEEEEEEEE
Red Tinykin: YES LIGHT ME BLOW ME UP SET ME ABLAZE KILL ME BANG BANG BANG I AM NOT A SOLDIER I AM THE AMMUNITION I WANT NOTHING MORE THAN A SUDDEN EXPLOSIVE DEATH JUST TO LIGHT A TORCH OR CLEAR A ROADBLOCK OR WHATEVER HAHAHA WHEEEEEEEEEEE
I think I could play Tinykin forever.
If there were always more areas to explore, I would never get tired of this game. It's a beautiful hybrid of 3D platforming and stress-free, enemyless Pikmin, a combination I never would have come up with myself. Playing Tinykin feels like putting vanilla extract in your lemonade for the first time. (I'm serious, it's delicious, BUT JUST A TINY BIT OF VANILLA DON'T OVERDO IT) This new combination of things I already loved has blown me away.
Now, 100%ing the game was a bit of a drag at the end, but I did eventually find every single Tinykin and every bit of pollen in the house. If I could change one thing about the game, I would have included an unlockable radar for both Tinykin and Pollen. Since there are two exhibits in the hub area that you're meant to fill (the drinks and the artefacs), radar/detectors being rewards for completing each of these would have been perfect. There's no real reward for completion other than achievements, but the game was so delightful that I wanted to play every bit of it that I could.
The story is wack though, I rewatched the ending twice and still can't confidently explain what really happened!
If there were always more areas to explore, I would never get tired of this game. It's a beautiful hybrid of 3D platforming and stress-free, enemyless Pikmin, a combination I never would have come up with myself. Playing Tinykin feels like putting vanilla extract in your lemonade for the first time. (I'm serious, it's delicious, BUT JUST A TINY BIT OF VANILLA DON'T OVERDO IT) This new combination of things I already loved has blown me away.
Now, 100%ing the game was a bit of a drag at the end, but I did eventually find every single Tinykin and every bit of pollen in the house. If I could change one thing about the game, I would have included an unlockable radar for both Tinykin and Pollen. Since there are two exhibits in the hub area that you're meant to fill (the drinks and the artefacs), radar/detectors being rewards for completing each of these would have been perfect. There's no real reward for completion other than achievements, but the game was so delightful that I wanted to play every bit of it that I could.
The story is wack though, I rewatched the ending twice and still can't confidently explain what really happened!