Pseudoregalia

Strong focus on exploration.

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Ehhh, platforming is fun, but the reuse of the same texture within areas is hard on the eyes.

bunny got me oug buga

Short and sweet, a little tough to know where to go sometimes but luckily bouncing around the levels is quite fun anyway.

gourd game

I wasn't sure what to expect when I initially sat down and played this game for real. What I got was a game that feels mostly like a proof of concept for a really good idea rather than a complete experience. This game's movement is incredible. When you collect all the core movement skills you can spend hours just bouncing around the walls and what not. It's a blast. I love it. This is very clearly the focus of the game as enemies are kinda just there and you almost never HAVE to fight anything. If anything, enemies exist just to refresh your magic meter. I found it strange that the game had boss fights at all, as there isn't any part of the game where they expect you to refine your skills with the combat throughout the game outside of the two bosses in the game. The first of which will probably catch you a lot with it's dead angles and the latter of which jumps the difficulty by a surprising bit. One major gameplay point of contention I need to point out is the wall kick mechanic. It's extremely exact in what it wants from you and has ALWAYS been the reason I failed a jump or movement puzzle. Sometimes it's fine because there's enough space to mess around with. The tutorial that is mandatory to do after getting this upgrade has a brutally difficult room for you to clear, which at this point, you are not experienced enough to do it cleanly. It's rough. The narrative is also just, not there. There's certainly a lot you can interpret but you get so little in terms of dialogue that what little you do get there isn't any real indication of who Sybil is, what her goal is, why she's here or anything like that. I'm not upset that the story is so light, but I would appreciated a lot more context. Overall, I think this game is worth your time. It's not long, it's very fun to play in the moment to moment gameplay and if you aren't looking for anything more than an action adventure game with fantastic movement, you will be happy with the end result. If you're hoping for context, stakes, and good combat, you'll probably be dissapointed.

Very similar to Mario 64, in a sense where the dev put all of their effort into the main character movement system which feels absolutely incredible, but the rest of the game is kinda lacking. Most levels, while very satisfying to jump and glide through, lack visual character which makes it kinda confusing where you are and where you are going, and remembering pathways through which you couldn't get through before was not my favorite thing. Still, this game is very good and deserves its recognition.