Bramble: The Mountain King

I have a lot to say about this game. I got this game on a massive sale and I will say that I think that is the only way it should be purchased. The price point for this game is absurd not only for length of gameplay but for quality of it as well. Initially, this game is quite charming, albeit with clunky controls. Olle can be quite difficult to control at time, with keyboard or with controller. However, I was fine overlooking that as the game seemed to have some cohesiveness in how it worked and the level at which the difficulty rested. But past a certain point, it became tedious and frustrating. Where it had a logical route at one point, it dissolves that with next to no notice while also throwing in new mechanics or ways of navigating the terrain that are not intuitive. This makes much of the later game a trial-and-error as you unsuccessfully evade death time and time again. Olle will also seemingly get a mind of his own at times and decide not to climb things. Many times I thought something was unclimbable because he would simply jump in front of it. I'd look up a guide and it would tell me that was the correct way to go and I'd have to orient Olle perfectly to get it to work. The music is fine and the storytelling is okay as well. I didn't care much for any of the characters so what happened to 99% of them wasn't really something I was terribly worried about. Some of the boss fights were cool then the mechanics would get beaten to death and all life would be sucked from them. For a game from 2023 the graphics are okay, since there was clipping in cutscenes and some of it just looked sloppy at times. I truly wanted to like this game but the more I played, the more frustrated I became. I am all for games that are challenging, but this game presented as a relatively simple puzzle game with platforming and horror elements and then decided it wanted to be tedious at the drop of a hat.

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本来以为是小小梦魇的代餐游戏，结果彻底被这游戏折服了，没有游戏比Bramble更懂黑暗童话，带着孩童的天真去冒险，去感受，去成长，好想抱抱弟弟，你后悔就没有救下那些人，你为了姐姐可以不顾一切，这一路上的你有多勇敢，只有我们（玩家）知道删除

不好玩

ну такой среднячок хорророк на вечерок сюжет 50/50 геймплей нуууу средне анимации тоже фифти фифти как и графика то ебануто красивый пейзаж то бесплатный ассет 6.5/10

For someone who just started playing video games, this was fanastic

A well made, albeit short, indie horror game. The experience was much better than I expected and the pacing was just right. The music and mythology also really came together to enhance the entire experience. They did not get too ambitious here, which is a key reason why the game shines. This was focused storytelling with simple gameplay. You can beat this in about 4 hours and there are some achievements to grab if you are interested, including a particularly sadistic one that requires no deaths during the entire playthrough. There is a small amount of janky controls but not enough to overshadow the rest of what the game is doing right. It does escalate quickly by getting into some dark and mature elements so be aware of that and don't be fooled by the initial screens.