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Snek

Is a fun time to be a bugg

I'm glad I picked this up! It's been quite the fun time to visit an older tales game given a teensy bit of modern love. For the most part, it's a fun romp, especially when you can play as the ninja doggo >:D

So before you go further with your decision to buy this. Know this one thing.
Most of the holes that are cumulative in each course have unfair gimicks. Many of the holes either start you at a spot where an intended flow of the course isn't feasible, or the shot count doesn't line up with the actual possible route to the hole. Currently in the Pirate Course under development, the cannons do not work. The second time the cannon appears, the cannon doesn't have proper strength or power output making the hole impossible. This is echoed nearly every subsequent appearance of the cannon. Some of the obstacles make actually playing the game unfair. There is a hole where you need to shoot from a cannon through some palm trees. A later hole has a gosh darm SAIL in the way. hitting any of the trees is an instant restart. And the expected stroke for par count is entirely unrealistic. Hole 18, Grassland, the bar at the top of the slope makes it almost impossible with the putting system to sink the putt. Hole 18 Winterland, the blocks with the gaps between them mark an incredibly difficult end to a rather easy course. It can be compared to a level on Super Monkey Ball 1 Master 1. Most of the platforms are either useless, or a deathtrap. If you land on any of them safely, you have no choice but to restart. I honestly think that before this Dev team should consider releasing content, PLAYTESTING each hole, to answer the question: Is this fair? If your putting system is going to be as granular as moving your mouse back and forth, where not all mice are created equal, you absolutely NEED to test for fairness for each hole.
The only saving grace for this title so far is the Steam Workshop support.
The TL;DR really is HESITATE before you buy, it's too late for me to get a steam refund, but it's not too late for you to save money.