FINALLY finished the game... by cheating. I should explain why I did this.

...But first, about the game itself. You're a furry character named Sybil, who is sent to Castle Sansa in order to obtain five keys and figure out what is going on. This game takes on the style of Nintendo 64 games, a homage to the console and it's low-polygon aesthetics. It looks and plays cool, and I really appreciated the character and level designs.

Unfortunately, it suffers a bit from improperly-designed levels and maps. I do enjoy a good 3D platformer, though I have to admit that pulling off some of the moves (or is it "schmooves"? The Pseudoregalia community is weird) was, if you'll pardon the expression, damn near impossible. My horrible 3D platforming skills aside, I was easily confused by the maps. I felt like I was wandering to the same areas over and over, which reminds me of something I heard once, that stupidity is repeating something that you know won't work.

I understand that Rittzler wanted people to explore the levels, which is why he didn't add a map until years later, but IMHO there should be a better way to lay out what you need to do in order so you don't end up looking stupid and just wasting a bunch of time wandering. I am used to games like the Legend of Zelda, where you not only found a compass telling you where items were, but you also have a clear goal without much wandering - get a key, open a dungeon, explore the dungeon, kill the boss, get the next key, rinse and repeat. This game has five major keys with no clear order in mind, and many smaller keys which can open ANY unopened door, leaving you scratching your head over where you need to go next. Not only that, but you can end up spending many days playing this thing (the 16 hours I've played this game was accumulated over FOUR MONTHS) before you finally can open the big door.

Thankfully, this game supports modding, and I installed the Free Camera mod, which allows me to quite literally warp to any point in a level, even outside of the level's boundaries, and thus I basically cheated to get the remaining two keys and open the door. I don't have the patience nor the fortitude to play for as long as it takes without cheating to reach the end of the game, and I find it a bit disappointing that Pseudoregalia doesn't have a better, more organized structure.

Even so, I can still recommend it because, despite the lack of good level structure, it looks and plays amazing, and I find it a huge plus that it supports mods out of the box. There's even a level randomizer mod that I'd like to try! I just wish the base game was better thought out.

I'm still going to try Electrokinetic whenever it comes out, and I'll even test some of Rittz' other projects on itch.io. Here's hoping he can finish the unfinished games he's teasing us all with! 😁