Ichima-san Reviews

I very much enjoyed this game! It'd be very easy to compare it to chibi robo, a game that has you also running around as a small figurine with a constantly depleting life meter that needs to be recharged at certain locations on the map, but if I'm being honest it reminds me more of that over the hedge ds game where you have stealthily get through the homes of people (regardless of whether I can remember if it was good or not...), which is what you do, though this time you're the resident and they're the intruders! If your spotted or caught by any of the burglars before finding a place to hide your life meter is instantly depleted and you have to start the point you last saved at, but luckily the ways of avoiding your enemies aren't limited to just hiding but also finding ways in dropping nearby objects on an enemy's head with your projectile, all while finding different routes set up that you have to climb or hookshot to without making yourself seen, so it is very engaging in that sense. It's also just a very charming game with the interactions you get from the dolls around the house despite its mainly meek, creepy yet relaxing and monotone atmosphere (especially with the minigames), never being overly quirky but never dull either, while never taking too long. Its equally as funny as it is emotional, it doesn't try too hard to express itself to its audience, which can be very rare with heavy dialogue games like this. Though I do have one objective complaint, and its not the jank of the game having me fall of ledges I try to climb or whatever, for its hardly in the way at all and is just a mild inconvenience, but just the look of the areas of the game, for while the atmosphere does change here and there with the fittingly great music, all the areas for the most part look exactly alike. I get the point that its all apart of one house but still, it was sort of disappointing to go to a new location and find nothing new about it aesthetically. While I see this as a missed opportunity, I understood from the start that this was a low budget game, and games even remotely similar to it have higher funds, it just surprised me with what it had on offer so much I thought it would go through the lengths, but alas. Overall, those who are thinking about trying this game should go ahead, even the asking price of the game is worth it I feel, for even with the jank and aesthetic repetition of its areas, its still holds up as a very fun little game! P.S I can't find the 3 coins in the library or the last two stickers! Hayami... Somebody.... help a brother out :'(