Caravan SandWitch

While this plays more like an interactive to-do list than an outright game, and I certainly didn't have to think too hard about any puzzle or quest, I still ultimately enjoyed my time with it. It feels nice and looks nice, which are what really counts in a cozy exploration game like this, and the score is largely quite pleasant. The constant backtracking can feel tedious, especially towards the end of the game, but the world is small and dense enough to make up for it. The storytelling is definitely the biggest letdown, though. The dialog is shockingly rigid - which I'll choose to excuse given the French-ness of the developers - and the general arc of the story is immensely unsatisfying. Each "twist" it throws at you is either blatantly obvious or actively ruins the stakes of the story. This doesn't impact the moment-to-moment experience all that much as the story beats are pretty self-contained and easy to ignore. As is made obvious by the amount of qualifiers and exceptions I allowed for, Caravan SandWitch is a bit uneven, janky, and narratively unsuccessful, but has enough charm and style to carry you through at least the base 6 hours required to reach the credits.

good calming solo game

A part of me wanted to like the game, but it kept boring me with chores until the end. Pros: - Initial map exploration is fun and decent. - Puzzles are okay. - Easy to finish. - Cheap (bought on sale). Cons: - Missions mostly consist of collecting items just to progress to the next. - The story is very shallow. The only thing I found somewhat satisfying was finally finding out what happened [spoiler]to Garance at the end,[/spoiler] which was the main reason I kept playing. However, even that felt shallow, as [spoiler]you simply find out she's dead, followed by a brief explanation of what the TARAASK was about.[/spoiler] - The inventory system is terrible. It literally just displays what you have, and your items are only used to complete collection missions. You can't interact with them directly, except for those connected to the caravan via the caravan. - The characters are mediocre to boring—they feel like, "Okay, here's this guy doing this, and here's another character doing that." - Driving and camera controls are bad.

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very chill, really pretty and wholesome

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WARNING: this is a "woke" game, with a cast mainly consisting of "diverse" (but actually not so much) gay characters. If that bothers you, don't even try. Didn't pay much attention to the dialogues myself, as the plot was kind of trivial, and the lines were often written in left-speak. The gameplay, however, was good: cozy exploration game with somewhat polished mechanics and some nice QoL features (like being able to return to your vehicle from a distance and instant teleportation to the main hub). Can't say much about the visuals, as I've been playing with the lowest specs possible, barely meeting the "minimal" system requirements, but it is virbant and colourful -- a "hopeful post-apocalypse" indeed. All in all, a nice short adventure (I might even say it's sort of a metroidvania...). Just don't get in it for the plot.