Bloomtown: A Different Story

My goodness, what to say about this game. I had my doubts I'd like it at first as I'm not traditionally someone who likes the turn-based combat games. But Bloomtown pleasantly surprised me in how entertaining it was. Without giving too many spoilers, you get to garden, craft, cook, and do fun activities around the town and everything you do is to work toward being better dealing with the enemies in the game. You get to capture these enemies and use them to amplify your own powers and level them as well. I played the game twice and I enjoyed the pre-ending and the ending and I really hope to see a sequel to the game and get to enjoy Emily and Chester's characters when they grow up a bit more and maybe come back to Bloomtown? In any case, I'd recommend it and I will definitly play the sequel if there is going to be one.

Great fun! Just from the get go, you can feel how interesting this story and world is going to be - mixing a small town, with demons and... kids? That's actually a really big part of it - as the story, dialogues, interactions and the mechanics are very much aligned with the fact that you play as a bunch of kids. And it rolls with it so well, with just ridiculous situations and funny commentary about (and from) the protagonist. Mechanically it works pretty well - you can say it's an element weakness based JRPG, but it does add some things to the mix which makes it somewhat unique. Does it go super deep with those mechanics? Not really. Can you have so much customization of your party? Kinda, but not that much. But it still holds it ground - as the story and world is engaging and it does a great job to be a complete and interesting game. It was definitely a delight to play!

단점도 많긴 하지만 재밌는 게임. 세일할 때 사면 괜찮은듯? <장점> 1. 재밌음. 페르소나 시리즈의 시스템과 유사하다는 말이 있던데, 그 말이 맞다면 입문작으로 좋다 생각함 2. 1950~60년대 미국 배경 감성이 좋음 3. 서브 퀘스트 은근 많음 <단점> 1. 밸런스 약간 이상함. 난이도 보통인데 레벨도 잘 안 오름. 상인이 파는 아이템들도 약간 아쉬움 2. 캐릭터가 약한 걸 몬스터 포획으로 능력을 보충하는 것 같은데, 개발자가 의도한 포획 방법은 어렵고 포획 아이템 쓰는게 훨씬 편함 3. 게임 내 시간을 소비하는 대신 회복 아이템을 직접 만들 수 있는데, 체력 70% 회복시켜주는 야채 스튜 하나 만드는 데 2시간 30분 걸리는 건 너무하지 않냐? 아무리 주인공이 나이가 어리다 해도 하루에 최대 5개밖에 못 만드는 게 개짜침. 현실에서도 2시간 30분동안 만드는게 어렵겠다. 4. 레벨업 할 때마다 나오는 캐릭터 얼굴 그래픽이 개(멍멍이 이름 까먹음) 빼고 이상함. 흘러내린 것 같음. 5. 스포일러라서 자세히는 말 못하지만, 3장으로 끝냈어도 좋은 게임이었을 것 같음 6. 서브 퀘스트 중에서 주사위를 굴려서 성공해야지만 완수할 수 있는 게 종종 있음 7. 스탯 만렙 찍어도 주사위 굴리기 성공 확률이 97%임... 의도한건지는 몰라도 뭔가 싶음 비추천할까 고민하다가 일단 나는 재밌게 즐겨서 일단은 추천함... 데모 있으니까 데모 한 번 해보고 구매 생각해보는게 좋음

Just finished, the stories is too dark for its rating, tbh. Beside that, the art is great but so many things that cannot be interacted is a waste of artists time, I mean if there is a object drawn, it should be interactable. The knowledge questions are too vast, I need to use Google sometimes, like "who is Gertrude Lythgoe?" (who tf is this and what does is impact to the game?)... if you cannot answer correctly, the door is locked forever...not very good in a game imo. But anyway, this is good experience.

A labour of love! Rating - 7/10 This was truely a fun experience! The artwork animation was good. The real gem of this game was the beautiful, funky-pop-jazzy soundtrack during battles! The songs played in my head even during the days at work. I really enjoyed this game and can't wait to see if there is a follow up.

Bem legal, amei