Narcalid Reviews

I'm going to go ahead and leave a thumbs down, but take the time to read through because it may not be a thumbs down for you. If you are looking for solo platforming/metroidvania style games, I would recommend moving along to other titles. This is a unique "feel good platformer" designed for couch co-op. It feels like the design is meant to be very chill. I mean, there's actual guided meditation in the game. If that's what you are looking for, then by all means it seems like it will deliver on that experience. It looks nice, they did a decent job with the colors and game effects. As a platforming game, it is a bit floaty and limited in what you can do. You have to change characters to access your abilities, and there's some time lag with the animation on how that works that I found a bit annoying. That obviously gets more simple the more characters that are on screen (multiplayer). The puzzles were very, very simple for the most part. It might be fun to play with your kids as couch co-op, but that's about the only time I can think this would be interesting. Keep in mind, I did not play very far into the game at all. The map looks very big on the preview video. But my issue is that I don't feel a game is worth putting hours into unless it rewards you sufficiently for the first hour or so you give it, and I just did not feel that was the case here. I took a risk on it, and for what its worth the game isn't super low cost. I'm not going to refund, I take responsibility for the purchase. Take a close look at the previews. If you have kids and want to do some couch co-op, then especially think about this one because it might be decent for that.