TUNIC

You know it's a good game when the puzzles get you to whip out the old pen and paper

Tunic is a masterpiece of a game. The music is great, and nice to listen to. The gameplay is challenging, and feels rewarding when you beat a boss or figure out a puzzle. Oh man, the puzzles are hard. I had to look up a guide to help me figure out the last part of the game. Man, the mountain door puzzle is insanely hard. In my opinion, the less you know about the game, the better it is to play through.

I just realized I forgot about this game a while back but I still don't want to play it. Looked up spoilers and I'm glad I didn't bother.

10/10 对厨师致以最高的敬意！！豪赤！用心做游戏的制作组！ 地图设计水平堪比魂一，地图利用率极高，每一片地区都有独特的记忆点

One of the most challenging puzzles i found in games. With a great atmosphere to go with.

Combat was decent The world never really gets any easier to navigate Everything about the true ending felt like a letdown. It's tricky to construct a world around mystery and secrets and have the reveal live up to the expectations in players' heads. Dreams are limitless and reality is bounded. Even so, this was a major whiff in my view.

I thought that about the first half or two thirds of this game was awesome. Great music, visuals, and gameplay. It starts out as if someone mixed in some dark souls with classic SNES Zelda in the best way possible. Eventually though, it changes gears and I felt it became more tedious than fun - a lot of retracing steps, finding things in places you've already been, more frustrating enemy mechanics, and a shift to a certain type of puzzle. I got fed up enough that I looked at what remained and decided to nope out on completing it. I know a lot of people don't mind the shift, so it's up to the reader to decide if it's for them or not. Light spoilers if you want more info: right around the time you start running into environmental hazards, and/or enemies that can reduce your HP until you restore at a shrine, it bogs down. It only gets worse from there, with eventually losing your powers and having to go find/collect your powers again. If you're interested in the 'good' ending you also need to be prepared for A LOT more wandering around + puzzle solving.

Almost all the text in the game is in a weird language that apparently we're supposed to learn. That's just needless complication for no reason. My character should understand the language of the world they live in.