Delicious Fruit
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by The_Kid
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by Zambrini
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by kurath
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by Tip
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by The_Kid
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by kurath
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by kurath
8 Reviews:
Cosmoing
Rating does not include post-game or secrets.
Great adventure game from the maker of EDF, which I only know from others as "really cool but also really upsetting". Although the start is linear, the game quickly opens up the overworld to a selection of different levels you can discover and access, which I always enjoy.
Production is stellar here: it's not over the top or has a lot of effects but it's very polished, with good, varied tilesets, neat little cutscenes when you enter a level, great sprites and music, etc. Nothing really stands out here but that's for the best: everything complements the gameplay.
The level design is also pretty good. Although the overworld is mostly devoid of any challenge until you get close to a level entrance, the levels themselves are very good. They each have their own theme of sorts, with some small gimmicks to add to this theme. I wouldn't say these elements are very well explored, but they're not thrown around for nothing either, and there's a few moments where I genuinely thought "This is awesome". The difficulty balance isn't that great however and some levels were really short, which isn't really a problem but I wouldn't liked to see a bit more from some of those.
The bosses are where things become hit or miss, although it's mostly hits. Their attacks and design are pretty cool overall. The hits are big hits, with one of the bosses actually probably becoming one of my favorite fangame bosses in recent memory. The misses are also big misses however, with 1 shining example coming to mind. It's the second-to-last boss, which ends up playing a little bit like a Justice Guy boss. The problem comes with the ridiculously short time between attacks at some point, which can lead to a lot of impossible attacks to dodge, and it's a fairly long fight as well. This issue only gets worse as the fight goes on and the attacks get even more dangerous. I can't say I actually disliked the boss but it was by far the lowest point in the game.
There's also a few secrets in the game, which are not required for anything. They're all pretty easy to find if you just pay attention, although one or two of them are also seem to be "jump at this random wall".
I wouldn't recommend playing the post-game. There's a lot of content in it, but it's somewhere between mediocre and questionable for the most part, and there's a quiz in japanese in there too, so better get ready to trial and error that unless you're a native speaker. The post-game end boss was pretty fun to learn and fight for the most part, but I'm not sure it's worth going through the rest just for that.
At the end of the day, despite a few issues, this is still without question one of the better adventure games I've played in recent times. Highly recommend up to the credits.
Great adventure game from the maker of EDF, which I only know from others as "really cool but also really upsetting". Although the start is linear, the game quickly opens up the overworld to a selection of different levels you can discover and access, which I always enjoy.
Production is stellar here: it's not over the top or has a lot of effects but it's very polished, with good, varied tilesets, neat little cutscenes when you enter a level, great sprites and music, etc. Nothing really stands out here but that's for the best: everything complements the gameplay.
The level design is also pretty good. Although the overworld is mostly devoid of any challenge until you get close to a level entrance, the levels themselves are very good. They each have their own theme of sorts, with some small gimmicks to add to this theme. I wouldn't say these elements are very well explored, but they're not thrown around for nothing either, and there's a few moments where I genuinely thought "This is awesome". The difficulty balance isn't that great however and some levels were really short, which isn't really a problem but I wouldn't liked to see a bit more from some of those.
The bosses are where things become hit or miss, although it's mostly hits. Their attacks and design are pretty cool overall. The hits are big hits, with one of the bosses actually probably becoming one of my favorite fangame bosses in recent memory. The misses are also big misses however, with 1 shining example coming to mind. It's the second-to-last boss, which ends up playing a little bit like a Justice Guy boss. The problem comes with the ridiculously short time between attacks at some point, which can lead to a lot of impossible attacks to dodge, and it's a fairly long fight as well. This issue only gets worse as the fight goes on and the attacks get even more dangerous. I can't say I actually disliked the boss but it was by far the lowest point in the game.
There's also a few secrets in the game, which are not required for anything. They're all pretty easy to find if you just pay attention, although one or two of them are also seem to be "jump at this random wall".
I wouldn't recommend playing the post-game. There's a lot of content in it, but it's somewhere between mediocre and questionable for the most part, and there's a quiz in japanese in there too, so better get ready to trial and error that unless you're a native speaker. The post-game end boss was pretty fun to learn and fight for the most part, but I'm not sure it's worth going through the rest just for that.
At the end of the day, despite a few issues, this is still without question one of the better adventure games I've played in recent times. Highly recommend up to the credits.
Tagged as: Adventure
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Rating: 9.0 90
Difficulty: 60 60
Apr 28, 2020