@@floridianman I was born in the 80s, we live in 2021. When paying for a new game i have SOME expectations and 1080p is the LEAST you could do. Yet eastward doesnt have actual 1080p and has black bars lmao
This is a story heavy driven game and I fucking LOVE IT! The art style, dialog, and gameplay are all very nice. Super chill game to just play and not get stressed, we are in no rush here...definitely talk to everyone all the time, their responses are both funny and entertaining. This gives me AKIRA, Stranger Things, Ghibli, and Gravity Falls vibes...I have not stopped playing it since I was able to boot it up on my Switch day 1.
I love this game, it feels like watching a manga with some comedy moments sprinkled in between. The pace might be slow but the beautiful music and environment ambience details really make you want to slow down to take it all in anyway.
So if I got it right, it's like if Zelda: a Link to the Past and Earthbound had a child? If that's it I'm stocked, I've been waiting for years for a Mother 3 sequel or a new 2d Zelda
"If you wanna play Earth Born, you're gonna have to get in line" hmm..what game does that remind me of? Which also happens to feature cutesy characters roaming around a rural town, fighting off equally cutesy enemies and roaming wildlife? I guess a "mothers" influence never dies ;)
Wish I had time to talk more about Earth Born! It's a mini-game you can actually play. Also, a character in this game is called Mother. They like their references!
I just finished the game a few seconds ago and immediately tried to look for some explanation on some parts of the game that I have yet to understand, but this game... oh my aching hearttttttttt........beautiful story, an experience I've never had with much pixel games.
damn, this game is unbearable beautiful. it literally physically hurts me to never be able to create such amazing pixel art no matter how many thousand hours I would try.
I was trying to communicate my mixed, but ultimately positive feelings. Success, I think? If you liked the look of it enough to preorder, you're probably gonna love it.
that's why i never pre-order games. i prefer to wait for reviews and people's general opinion to see if it's worth going for it or not. that new baldo game and even cyberpunk are amazing examples of why you should not pre-order games.
@@DihStyle69 I mean... we have several reviews of this one out already. There's no reason to not save 10% if you're interested early and the reviews sound promising. ...But yeah. Unless you REALLY trust a studio (CDPR releasing one game people liked didn't count), never pre-order.
@@DairunCates yeah i've been reading some reviews and despite its simplistic approach to combat and puzzle design, the rest of the project seems to be strong. it's probably worth picking it up. seems like the type of game that sets things up for other games to build on its foundations. that's good.
@@DairunCates i was talking more about pre-orders done way before the release date. being too excited for something can lead to a big disappointment, especially when you are putting money on it. it's better to just wait, especially now that reviewers often put their articles/video a few days before the game drops, which allows people to still go for the pre-order in most cases.
This game has great moments...but it's EXTREMELY wordy. It has a lot of areas that are just plain repetitive and has a really shitty habit of punishing you for exploring by locking you out of finding unlockables by pushing you through a cutscene. The dialogue can be EXTREMELY boring at times and beats you over the head with something.
Glad to to hear it ended up so good. All the concerns raised aren't really a bother to me, sometimes all you want is a good retread, more Zelda but not actually Zelda.
Thanks for playing Elise 🙏 Repetitive puzzles and combat can really drag a game down when those are really the loops you experience. Glad to hear it was an overall decent experience 🍻 Cheers and hope you're as well as you can be!
Man I am so dissapointed by the game, it is so incredibly basic on gameplay and the endless cutscenes and pointless amount of dialogue make it so boring, damn I was so hyped, wish a it was a lot better than this because the visuals and the music are on point.
I agree entirely. It's become a chore now. I'm on chapter 4 but I'll persist as I think the story is going to open up. I don't understand the reviews about the dialogue being great, it's mostly boring and pointless.
Could not agree more. As great as link to the past is a few hours in you're going through the motions with the combat but that's kinda of it's charm, intuitive simple combat that keeps you engaged with how gorgeous the enemies designs are
Great review Elise. Sounds like the game hooked you in and didn't leave you cold, so that's a plus. Your criticisms reflect a seasoned gamer not easily impressed. I thought it was a balanced review.
Finally a real review, not blinded by pixels. Played the first chapter and I want a refund, 2 hours of filler dialog, story makes no sense, the 10 minutes of gameplay was boring. Too bad I got it for switch
I wanted to love this game… but this ultimately ended up being one of my LEAST favorite games of all time. After 10 hours of being optimistic that it would get better… I drudged through the final 15 hours and finally beat it. PROS: Graphics CONS: Just about everything else. Extremely repetitive music, long dialogue after long boring dialogue, the story takes 20 hours to get interesting and then the final 5 hours of actual story is honestly just confusing and left me not caring at all.
The story of this game has the hallmark of a Japanese manga like Alita: Battle Angle. It is deep, emotional, innocence, conflicting, controversial and mysterious. Sam’s origin, her daughter-father-like relationship with John, the mix of her power and her innocence view of a post apocalyptic world.
I'm willing to read the long dialogue if it's engaging enough, alot of these old school style games have simpler more naturally written dialogue and just let's me play with what I think they sound like in my head. I think I'll delve in for sure. Maybe not immediately... I just picked up bio mutant on sale as a palate cleanser from skyward sword, I need something open after being stuck on a linear path for sooooooooo loooooooong. From what I see this seems fairly linear, which I have no problem with. But I need a tad more distance from skyward....
I don't mind long dialogue to some extend but not a big fan of caricature in this game, using caricatures is a tricky business, can be seen as a lazy and offensive most of the time. Mm i would probaby wait for a sale then.
I keep hearing reveiwers talk about how they never really used sam but i used her constantly during my playthrough, like if your surrounded by enemys you cant get out of that with weapons alone. Also on the prospect of the combat being simple i think that derives from reveiwers not really using sam.
Maybe I will slowly chip away at it, the story was engaging but no story in a game is good enough to make the player feel good about just sitting there reading dialogue for ages at a time only to be given back control for extremely linear direction and very simple puzzles and almost irrelevant combat. A lot of the positive and negative steam reviews mention that 70% of the game is cut scenes and that sentiment definitely comes across very quickly. I knew this going in figuring it was a bit exaggerated, it wasn't. The story is good but the gameplay leaves a lot to be desired and just made the points between story beats feel like a chore put there for the sake of it
I like this game, but one thing to take into consideration...you will spend way more time reading dialogue boxes than playing a game. You will be begging for the text to stop because the gaming is fun and there is just not enough of it.
Great game. Really cool characters, very weird story. The music totally sucked me in. I find that if I play 1 or 2 hours at a time I can enjoy it and the dialogue doesn’t get too overbearing
I hate it when enemies respawn when you reenter an area...I wish every game would do it like Diablo 2 (and its 'clones') and just have enemies respawn when you exit the game, and then reenter.
Sorry to blast the new person, but this is my least favourite review. The opening sentence is generic and vague and the voice is too quiet and monotone. The script thankfully gets tighter towards the end. Hopefully they get better.
bummed that they went for the cliche silent man + magic girl duo instead of just making Sam the protagonist. appreciate your critiques of the character writing!
@@stefan.avramov totally, i guess it's a matter of opinion. I get really frustrated with the dialogue because they should have really edited it down a lot. I still think the reviewer was harsh, but I can see their criticisms.
This is a common thing. A lot of publishers provide free copies to reviewers especially if they're confident about how good their game is. It would be suspicious if publishers didn't provide copies to reviewers.
How do you think they got the game early…? This is how the entire review industry works, they get early copies of the game so the reviews are ready to be posted at or before launch. Also the opinions shared in this video were clearly genuine.
The graphics look absolutley gorgeous.
Its max resolution is 720-900p even on pc LOL what a joke.
@@jonathansoko1085 Sounds like this was a switch focused game then. I hope they patch it eventually.
@@jonathansoko1085 you’re kidding yourself if you can’t appreciate the arts quality itself
@@jonathansoko1085 people born in the '80s like myself could care less about the resolution not being 4k
@@floridianman I was born in the 80s, we live in 2021. When paying for a new game i have SOME expectations and 1080p is the LEAST you could do. Yet eastward doesnt have actual 1080p and has black bars lmao
“If you’re ok with long dialogues…”
Enter persona players
And non stop dialogue at that...
Laughts in Metal Gear Solid's feature length movies.
This is a story heavy driven game and I fucking LOVE IT! The art style, dialog, and gameplay are all very nice. Super chill game to just play and not get stressed, we are in no rush here...definitely talk to everyone all the time, their responses are both funny and entertaining. This gives me AKIRA, Stranger Things, Ghibli, and Gravity Falls vibes...I have not stopped playing it since I was able to boot it up on my Switch day 1.
Totally, despite the game pace is already slow, I actually trying to play slowly to stretch out my experience with this very beautifully crafted game.
@@eddielim3909 Right? I take my time with it, explore, talk to every character several time to exhaust their dialog...Im enjoying this a bit too much.
its actually more tham that, there stuff from Chrono trigger, earthbound also a bit of Metropolis? i see stuff from planet of apes?
Exactly❤
I love this game, it feels like watching a manga with some comedy moments sprinkled in between. The pace might be slow but the beautiful music and environment ambience details really make you want to slow down to take it all in anyway.
So if I got it right, it's like if Zelda: a Link to the Past and Earthbound had a child? If that's it I'm stocked, I've been waiting for years for a Mother 3 sequel or a new 2d Zelda
Exact same words I said to my best friend before he played it, worded the same way….never even seen this comment but 😂 can’t be coincidence
This is no Zelda...let that be known.
Perfect switch in bed game!
That's what I'm thinking, my last one was crossing souls.
"If you wanna play Earth Born, you're gonna have to get in line" hmm..what game does that remind me of? Which also happens to feature cutesy characters roaming around a rural town, fighting off equally cutesy enemies and roaming wildlife? I guess a "mothers" influence never dies ;)
Wish I had time to talk more about Earth Born! It's a mini-game you can actually play. Also, a character in this game is called Mother. They like their references!
“Welcome back, Mother…”
They really couldn’t have made this not noticeable enough.
You spent most of the review saying "meh" then said it was incredible at the last moment.
I just finished the game a few seconds ago and immediately tried to look for some explanation on some parts of the game that I have yet to understand, but this game... oh my aching hearttttttttt........beautiful story, an experience I've never had with much pixel games.
damn, this game is unbearable beautiful. it literally physically hurts me to never be able to create such amazing pixel art no matter how many thousand hours I would try.
it just takes practice dude, practice every day and you will get good
I know exactly what you mean aha. The pixel art really is glorious, ive constantly had a massive smile beaming so far
Just accept the fact, you'll never be good enough lol
Lol so I feel like you were sending me some mixed feelings on this. I already preordered and excited to see if I like it.
I was trying to communicate my mixed, but ultimately positive feelings. Success, I think? If you liked the look of it enough to preorder, you're probably gonna love it.
that's why i never pre-order games. i prefer to wait for reviews and people's general opinion to see if it's worth going for it or not. that new baldo game and even cyberpunk are amazing examples of why you should not pre-order games.
@@DihStyle69 I mean... we have several reviews of this one out already. There's no reason to not save 10% if you're interested early and the reviews sound promising.
...But yeah. Unless you REALLY trust a studio (CDPR releasing one game people liked didn't count), never pre-order.
@@DairunCates yeah i've been reading some reviews and despite its simplistic approach to combat and puzzle design, the rest of the project seems to be strong. it's probably worth picking it up. seems like the type of game that sets things up for other games to build on its foundations. that's good.
@@DairunCates i was talking more about pre-orders done way before the release date. being too excited for something can lead to a big disappointment, especially when you are putting money on it. it's better to just wait, especially now that reviewers often put their articles/video a few days before the game drops, which allows people to still go for the pre-order in most cases.
This game has great moments...but it's EXTREMELY wordy. It has a lot of areas that are just plain repetitive and has a really shitty habit of punishing you for exploring by locking you out of finding unlockables by pushing you through a cutscene.
The dialogue can be EXTREMELY boring at times and beats you over the head with something.
Preloaded on my switch. Can’t wait for tomorrow to be able to play! This game pixel art is damn gorgeous
Glad to to hear it ended up so good. All the concerns raised aren't really a bother to me, sometimes all you want is a good retread, more Zelda but not actually Zelda.
Not even close to Zelda at all ...other than being top down I guess
@@drewbreezy5854 Fine fine, I was just going off what the review said. Which from the review it has the same structure as Zelda.
@@88Opportunist Earthbound was also an inspiration.
What a game. I want Pixpil's next project already. My only gripe is the ending is vague, lacks depth and falls a little flat.
This game looks amazing.
Thanks for playing Elise 🙏 Repetitive puzzles and combat can really drag a game down when those are really the loops you experience. Glad to hear it was an overall decent experience 🍻 Cheers and hope you're as well as you can be!
Man I am so dissapointed by the game, it is so incredibly basic on gameplay and the endless cutscenes and pointless amount of dialogue make it so boring, damn I was so hyped, wish a it was a lot better than this because the visuals and the music are on point.
I agree entirely. It's become a chore now. I'm on chapter 4 but I'll persist as I think the story is going to open up. I don't understand the reviews about the dialogue being great, it's mostly boring and pointless.
it should have said 12- for age, seriously, even the humor makes me cringe so bad
first time ever buying a game not for its gameplay but for its music. absolutely stunning.
That's a great review! On point and well paced. Provides all necessary information but is never dry. Can't wait for more from Elise! Welcome!
Hot take: top down Zelda combat has always been repetitive and basic. I'm good with it.
Could not agree more. As great as link to the past is a few hours in you're going through the motions with the combat but that's kinda of it's charm, intuitive simple combat that keeps you engaged with how gorgeous the enemies designs are
Great review Elise. Sounds like the game hooked you in and didn't leave you cold, so that's a plus. Your criticisms reflect a seasoned gamer not easily impressed. I thought it was a balanced review.
This is why the Escapist is my go to for game info. Thorough, with both praises and criticisms.
surprised its coming out, all I'd seen was a teaser trailer. bit bummed based on the review but maybe I'll wait for a sale. welcome Elise!
Finally a real review, not blinded by pixels. Played the first chapter and I want a refund, 2 hours of filler dialog, story makes no sense, the 10 minutes of gameplay was boring. Too bad I got it for switch
Unless its metal gear, i dont have the patience for long dialogue in games. Ill pass. Got diablo 2 next week anyway.
Just wanted to welcome the new reviewer to the channel. Looking forward to your future work for the escapist Elise.
Played this game a few months ago but when did they portray disabled characters as ugly?
Great review thanks. I love they are concise and to the point
Probably a game to miss for me, but this does make me think I should watch more 3MR...
Whoa, what happened at 2:48 ? It sounds like you got possessed by the devil for a couple seconds when you said , ". . . didn't work for me." Hahaha
I wanted to love this game… but this ultimately ended up being one of my LEAST favorite games of all time. After 10 hours of being optimistic that it would get better… I drudged through the final 15 hours and finally beat it.
PROS: Graphics
CONS: Just about everything else. Extremely repetitive music, long dialogue after long boring dialogue, the story takes 20 hours to get interesting and then the final 5 hours of actual story is honestly just confusing and left me not caring at all.
This game will have been much better with turn based battles.
i mean it has turn based combat
no
@@samwich3972 it has?
The story of this game has the hallmark of a Japanese manga like Alita: Battle Angle. It is deep, emotional, innocence, conflicting, controversial and mysterious. Sam’s origin, her daughter-father-like relationship with John, the mix of her power and her innocence view of a post apocalyptic world.
I'm willing to read the long dialogue if it's engaging enough, alot of these old school style games have simpler more naturally written dialogue and just let's me play with what I think they sound like in my head. I think I'll delve in for sure. Maybe not immediately... I just picked up bio mutant on sale as a palate cleanser from skyward sword, I need something open after being stuck on a linear path for sooooooooo loooooooong. From what I see this seems fairly linear, which I have no problem with. But I need a tad more distance from skyward....
It reminds me a lot of Secret of Mana mixed with Link to the Past puzzles and an Earthbound-esque storyline.
I definitely wish the combat offered more, turn based would been cool. With skills or something.
no. turn based would have been even more of a chore. at least you can skip combat here.
Pretty much exactly how I felt about the game. It's really good, but. . .
I don't mind long dialogue to some extend but not a big fan of caricature in this game, using caricatures is a tricky business, can be seen as a lazy and offensive most of the time.
Mm i would probaby wait for a sale then.
I wanted this to be an rpg
That would have been cool. But the top down style looks fun too.
@@rookless4121 lol. "Top down style" isn't what makes it not an RPG. A large portion of RPGs are "top down style".
I keep hearing reveiwers talk about how they never really used sam but i used her constantly during my playthrough, like if your surrounded by enemys you cant get out of that with weapons alone. Also on the prospect of the combat being simple i think that derives from reveiwers not really using sam.
This. Also, I doubt most reviewers have even completed the game. The gameplay gets really challenging as it progresses.
I don’t know why but this game gives me Earthbound vibes
Never understood the people who criticize games for having too much dialogues... how are you supposed to develop characters otherwise?
Maybe I will slowly chip away at it, the story was engaging but no story in a game is good enough to make the player feel good about just sitting there reading dialogue for ages at a time only to be given back control for extremely linear direction and very simple puzzles and almost irrelevant combat.
A lot of the positive and negative steam reviews mention that 70% of the game is cut scenes and that sentiment definitely comes across very quickly. I knew this going in figuring it was a bit exaggerated, it wasn't. The story is good but the gameplay leaves a lot to be desired and just made the points between story beats feel like a chore put there for the sake of it
I like this game, but one thing to take into consideration...you will spend way more time reading dialogue boxes than playing a game. You will be begging for the text to stop because the gaming is fun and there is just not enough of it.
Welcome Elise!
I was worried about the gameplay being sloggish...
It is a bit for sure...I am constantly like "when can I play more of the game?" Reading text is ok I guess, but it should be the lesser of the 2
Great game. Really cool characters, very weird story. The music totally sucked me in. I find that if I play 1 or 2 hours at a time I can enjoy it and the dialogue doesn’t get too overbearing
Welcome to 3MR! Thanks for the review. Excited to see more reviews from you, Elise
Hopefully they do some updates on pc
Thanks gamepass
happy to have a new reviewer on board especially since he brought up many good points honestly I would still play this even with all the flaws
Preordered
I hate it when enemies respawn when you reenter an area...I wish every game would do it like Diablo 2 (and its 'clones') and just have enemies respawn when you exit the game, and then reenter.
It makes it easier to farm...there is that at least
Welcome to the 3MR crew, Elise! This game isn't for me, but I really enjoyed watching your review :)
Edit: spelling snafu
Sorry to blast the new person, but this is my least favourite review. The opening sentence is generic and vague and the voice is too quiet and monotone. The script thankfully gets tighter towards the end. Hopefully they get better.
Thank you for mentioning their harmful depiction of disabled characters. That’s a really disappointing and unnecessary choice they made.
If this game had full voice acting I would be in heaven. I love the world and characters i just hate reading so much. 😂
bummed that they went for the cliche silent man + magic girl duo instead of just making Sam the protagonist. appreciate your critiques of the character writing!
Yes, the world needs more little girl protags
How is it cliche? Is there other game like this? Which one is sam? 😅
I could say a lot more on this! But I won't. 3 Minutes.
Oh 😅😅
Thank Thank thank
Thanks for saving me $24.99
Great review
Looks cool. However, I have been looking for a reason to go back and finally finish Hollow Knight.
I'll take irrelevant for 500$ alex
welcome to the Escapist, Elise! good review also!
imagine releasing a game in 2021 that doesnt even run in 1080p
Every negative point you made is actually a feature and what makes the game great.
Thanks xbox gamepass
The Last of Us Lite
The Last of Us: Better Edition ;-P
based game
Another quirky earthbound inspired rpg i dont even care if its good or not at this point cause they made so many
its good. not groundbreaking, but good.
@@LeeTheSecond good but tiring
Oh could list them for me please? I love that shit, rarely see any.
This reviewer seems like a negative Nancy. Had a hard time listening to it. I get that everyone has their opinion but it feels.... harsh?
it's not at all, it's even soft
@@stefan.avramov totally, i guess it's a matter of opinion. I get really frustrated with the dialogue because they should have really edited it down a lot. I still think the reviewer was harsh, but I can see their criticisms.
"Review copy provided by publisher"
Literally all of our copies are provided by publishers, including Yahtzee's. What's your point?
This is a common thing. A lot of publishers provide free copies to reviewers especially if they're confident about how good their game is. It would be suspicious if publishers didn't provide copies to reviewers.
How do you think they got the game early…? This is how the entire review industry works, they get early copies of the game so the reviews are ready to be posted at or before launch. Also the opinions shared in this video were clearly genuine.
great review