What The Duck Reviews

I had a lot of fun with this game... but for the wrong reasons. Language randomly turning to portuguese, dropping through the map, player becoming invisible, actions (like jump) not available anymore until reload, water disappearance, buggy achievements and many more.

WHAT THE HACK! First load…. Failed! Second load…. Failed! Third load…. Stuck on Loading 0%! Fourth load…. Language changed itself from English to Portuguese! Finally…. Was able to play as normal, thank goodness. A fun looking game at first sight, but please fix the bugs!

No, absolutely not. I got this game for a dollar, and I still feel scammed! It's easier to say what's done right in this game, than what's bad (which is most of it). The idea is decent, and so is the voice acting, aaaand that's it! Combat is passable when it connects, but most of the time it is bad. Movement in general is bad, and feels like it's the work of amateurs, with all due respect to the devs, but it is REALLY that bad. I have to unfortunately say, don't bother with this game, could have been decent, but the lack of experience SHOWS.

Funny little hack n slash, Kind of a poor mans kingdom hearts. I'm marking as recommended cuz of its charm. It's definitely janky, I had the first boss bug out on me (a simple reload fixed it) the combat and enemy ai isnt amazing, and the english text is a little broken with lots of grammatical errors (the voice acting is surprisingly solid, still with a few errors). There's alot wrong but alot right at the same time. Performance wise its very meh I get 30fps on steamdeck on low settings and on my decent pc i struggle to get 60 on the second to lowest option. The towns and world is basic. Npcs are very static and item spawns respawn on game loads so you can cheese resource gathering (i honestly am happy about this). If you enjoy good bad games this is one of them. Otherwise if you wanted this to be amazing you'll be disappointed.

Like others mentioned, buggy but not in a fun way like Skyrim. Game glitched out on me early during rematch early boss battle and got stuck, had to restart a 3rd time. If people are going to pay for a game of this price, it should've been fixed first. I am disappointed at paying full price for a broken game.

If you grew up dealing with broken games that you or your parent's hard-earned money paid for and were not able to return so you were stuck with it... this will bring back that sense of enjoyment of having to deal with and finding some fun in those janky games. At first glance, this game looks colorful, casual and super silly, so these attributes give players the impression of being fun to play. Well, maybe yes, but mostly no. It is ridiculously janky that most casual players will just give up long before dealing with the technical bugs and some very odd game design choices (questionable environment design, confusing puzzles). The game does a passable job at explaining most mechanics, but you will need to find out how to use mechanics properly on your own or by accident - the wonder of self-discovery! Bugs are plenty, which will be where most of the frustration comes from. Whether it is a bug in the waypoint placement, the combat hit boxes, the quest submission, item interactions or the game soft-locking requiring a restart, there are lots of bugs to discover! However, all the complaining about bugs aside, the story voiceovers are pretty good and the story itself is very silly which is what keeps me going rather than giving up - I have considered giving up fighting through the bugs plenty of times during my ongoing playthrough, yet somehow I am still playing. Overall, I do not recommended spending lots of money on this if you are still inclined to try it, but be aware that most people will not see what I have found fun while dealing with the technical issues. Thus far, I have not found a bug I could not overcome, which is where some of the fun I have found in this game has come from (stockholm syndrome? masochistic tendencies?).

PRO - the plot engaged me and I wanted to see where it was going - a bit of social criticism - I liked the humor of some characters, they don't take themselves seriously and there is often a breaking of the fourth wall - there are many quotes AGAINST - the game is a technical mess - it's poorly optimized, even though I have a PC SIGNIFICANTLY higher than the recommended requirements, I often have frame drops, in some areas I don't exceed 40 fps - the camera moves in a weird way - some missions are buggy - there are several graphical glitches - in some places the textures move when you walk - the animations are weird, especially the combat ones - several achievements are buggy - TOO MUCH dialogue, person 5 vibes - no walkthrough on the internet (except for the first hour), so if you get stuck and don't know how to proceed, good luck. (I know this isn't really a game fault, but I wanted to point it out anyway) In short: I liked the plot but the game is a technical mess So if you're wondering why a positive review with so many negative points, it's because I don't want to contribute to sinking this game and their small team and because i got it in sale for just 2 euros, the game entertained me for a few days and it made me smile on multiple occasions, and for that price it's enough. EDIT: this was initially a positive review. I wrote the review about 1 hour before finishing the game. Now i've finished it and i have to add something. The only 2 things i liked of this game was plot and humor, i was keep playing this game only for those, but the game ends with a cliffanger (i assume it will be revealed in a future dlc or in WTD 2) so... no. Just no.

it is very bugged at the moment displaying wrong language and no way to change it also no resoloution settings

It's fun but it's very buggy. I'm currently stuck on Sette because I skipped a story prompt and can't progress anymore, even though I defeated the enemy. Also, there's a lot of potential falling through the map floor on Quattro. Save frequently and always keep 1 save slot as a "safe" load. Edit: After starting a new game, since my first save bugged out, I finally get to the end only to find out it ends on a cliffhanger. This game is too buggy and the plot too short.

Bought the game as soon as the notification was sent to me by Steam. I consider this game as a charming game! There were some elements that were confusing especially at the start but the longer you play the game, the more charm and creativity comes to show! Short but sweet!!