Recent reviews by Balexhammer

Not sure about the rest of you, but I spent WAY to much time when I was younger playing and watching stick figure games. This is that. An absolute blast to play with friends, but I am too coward to play online, so... hustle up and buy the game.

This game is delicious, though with some mild-to-moderate annoyances, though not *quite* enough to bring down it being one of my favorites this year. Let's line up the good--the art style is fantastic, the music is wonderful, the animations are satisfying, and the story is 90% compelling, with some ehhh tropey events (by no means a bad thing by itself) and some... I guess this varies person to person, but some of the endings are lukewarm when it comes to satisfaction. This review will refrain from particular details and spoilers.

So, beginning with the gameplay, it's not so bad. Getting money is predicated by doing well in cute little mini-games, which are all good (I hate the egg one though, for goodness' sake) and besides that, gameplay consists of running around and talking to people, followed by puzzle-based dungeons. The environments of the dungeons are beautiful, but the puzzles are, to me, pretty hit or miss. To note--I am not big on puzzles, and even then I only needed to consult a guide for one early game puzzle, so It's by no means a "hard" game so much as some of the puzzles are "annoying."

The biggest offender is the water zone, which despite easily being my favorite dungeon... it's puzzles are BS I don't like them the worst. Alright? Alright. Honestly, don't be afraid to take a look at a guide, because the puzzles are in the end a sidejob to the game's spectacular art and animation, alongside it's story.

So the story--it's pretty good, though to an extent it suffers from the dating-sim issue of "hey so there are multiple romance choices... but there's also the one you are *supposed* to pick." As in, sure, you can choose any of the three romance interests (or be a good maid and work all day everyday) but there is still a partner who gives you the most insight and lore into the universe, at least by my reckoning, which can be mildly disappointing.

I played the English dub, and it's good, so I also suspect the Japanese dub is just as good, so pick whatever it'll be fine. I guess for a tl:dr:

Don't be afraid to look at a guide, talk to literally everyone, save before every romantic date. The people with exclamation points are important, and the people will the letter give you loot (do make sure to pay attention to the dialogue, though.) I will fight anyone who doesn't think Freya is the best. Thanks.

dramatized

>be me
>Marcoh
>big man, big hands
>train stops
>exit train
>encounter weaklings
>little girl calls me ‘big chad’
>pleased
>leave immediately
>these fists are intent on killing
>encounter villager
>introducefist
>more villager
>armed
>introducefist
>loot get
>helm, chainmail, accessories
>kill entire (old) town
>lose only 9hp
>thereisonlyfist
>find mansion
>find bald man
>hostile?
>hostile
>introducegun
>oh, you’re approaching me?
>introducefist
>bald man take fist
>still have other fist
>bald man take other fist
>thestumpswilldo

You may have ended that god run, bald man. But who stands over your corpse, stomping it to nothing? Who laughs as they saw off your head with their feet? There is only fear, hunger, and the fist.

P. S. Olivia is the best.

It's not as cool as CK2 but that's alright.

I had high hopes for this game, it was looking like it was going to be a great game with time and patience. But sadly its not turning out the way i expected. With the removal of ADS and parts (such as the promised realism mode) simply not being made. I have to give this game a thumbs down and i don't reccommend people looking for a realistic shooter should get this one.