Eastward

19小时通关。编剧和设计战斗系统的应该给美术组磕一个，玩最后重复的机制怪和关卡以及逆天的动作设计真的很劝退，而且越玩越刀，byd编剧。但是美术风格很喜欢。

Not recommend as a player. Recommend but barely, personally. I pretty enjoyed the graphics and the soundtrack of Eastward, especially the soundtrack, very pleasing and impressive. Sam is really adorable and I can tell it from so many details like her childish gesture, cute expressions, and naive words. Everything in the game is simplified, including the story, the battle, the puzzle solving,etc., so you focus more on feeling. Oh, and I pretty enjoyed the puzzle solving part of Eastward, especially when I control John and Sam separately. It's nothing new, but still enjoyable. You know, games nowadays do not think highly of puzzle solving anymore. Most NPCs have distinct personality and I can remember them pretty easily. Well, the game is cute, relaxing, and on top of those, heart warming. I guess the devs must have a young and beatiful heart and surely it shines. That's why I give it a recommend on behalf of myself. We need more beautiful things like this. Now, here's why I, as a player, don't recommend it: 1. I get bored and lose interest in the second half of the game. 2. Story-focus apparently but MEDIOCRE. 3. TOO MANY unnecessary fillers. 4. Pacing not good enough. 5. Battles are repetitive and boring. So, you can see that the game has many flaws, most of em are covered by its fine art and music at the beginning, but you'll soon find the game boring as it goes on. As a player, of course I don't recommend something like this. At last, I wanna say a few words. I don't know what you guys think, but I think Eastward is pretty, humm, how should I put it, old-fashioned with a modern shell? Even if the game is well-designed, I don't think it fits the era anymore. Some people might love it, but it also tests most people's patience.

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Personajes autistas como yo. 10/10

the game is a super pretty action RPG game. good story. good moves. good draws.

The art, design, and vfx are absolutely beautiful, and some of the bossfights, enemies, and puzzles are decent. Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut that's where the compliments end. The short version is that everything felt shallow and just a bunch of smoke and mirrors designed to only look good on kickstarter pages and social media. Playing the game itself was unpleasant, laborious, gimmicky, and anticlimactic. I only kept playing because I like analyzing games, especially mediocre ones. Here's two especially big annoyances to me: - The story follows two characters almost the entire time, but the one you play as the most (John) is mute and has little to no reason to be emotionally attached to him, he feels like a boring hollow shell, which doesn't work in a game with two equally-involved protagonists. I think the game's story would have been 5x better if they decided to instead make him talk and connect with others like the other protagonist does, along with having some backstory or experiences to flesh out his identity. - The story keeps hopping from place to place, with very little connection or revisitation to characters or stories, despite the narrative seeming like it's expecting you to become attached to all these different characters. It's almost like there were 5 independent stories written that were only connected to each other by a couple threads. Outside of one of the two protagonists (the girl with white hair), I felt little to no emotional attachment or care for all the other characters and what happened to them, which really sucks.

even tho the art style and graphics looks nice and cozy, the gameplay felt so dreadful, it was no fun at all. the game keeps shoving texts and chats into my face. i tried to bear it at first but i just found myself skipping all dialogue and the story all along. inventory menu is confusing

像素风就是最dio哒！ 优点：还不错的美术和音乐 缺点：有点无趣的剧情，以及超超超漫长的剧情推进，实在是感到无聊而没有推进的动力，剧情写的不吸引人其实是这一类游戏最大的槽点了。 好难打的战斗，一方面是角色机能和操作手感的问题，另一方面是怪的属性问题，无法战胜🙄