3 people found this review helpful
Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 4.7 hrs on record
Posted: 17 Jul, 2017 @ 3:20am

I got this for a very cheap, cheap price. Probably the worth of 2 pieces of gum and a paperclip, so with that in mind, it was... okay. While it functions enough with some kind of entertainment, I wouldn't exactly feel compelled to tell anyone to buy this in the price it's asking for. Heck, I don't think I could even tell anyone about it even if it was on a bundle. I suppose it just makes for a nice stocking stuffer when you're out travelling since its small size can perfectly compensate tablet computers and mini laptops.

I played it thrice to get all the achievements (for some reason it registered that I skipped the dialogue the first time), although this game is actually relatively short---about half an hour long at most without cutscenes. I wouldn't call it a HOG, this is definitely more like a Myst-type puzzle adventure. The graphics remind me of early 90s computer games, so it kind of has a bit of soft spot in my heart; the dialogue albeit cheesy had pretty good grammar and spelling.

It's hard to play the game without its item list checker function, especially finding all the sticks in a woodsy background. Without the item list, I would have probably been miserable and frustrated. I don't recommend going in hard mode the first time, where there's no action sparkles and item checker, since you'd likely be tearing your hair out in rage. The puzzles themselves were wayyy too easy, almost... a little broken with how easy they were. It did feel like they didn't even try to make it a challenge. There were too many "arrange the broken bits" segments too, it gets boring the second time round.

I dunno, it's a real big shrug for me. It wasn't good per se, but it wasn't godawful either. I didn't really get too frustrated or bored with it. I don't think I could say I hated it, I mean, I did manage to tolerate playing it 3 times for funsies. I don't have the heart to thumb it down when I feel like it didn't really deserve it.
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