Wooden Ocean Reviews

murda

Genuinely such an insanely fun RPG, its so unforgiving but so forgiving at the same time, it has so much variety in content to explore and play; Card games, combat, town management, exploration, its got so much for everyone and has such big updates every 4-5 months, cannot recommend this one enough

I would say this game hits a unique spot. The strongest selling point is by far the dialog. The beginning in particular has very good dialog and a lot of interesting setups. The story and the world are a interesting experience for sure, even now, with the game "unfinished" it has plenty to keep you entertained. After 10 years of balancing there are some some interesting gameplay moments, both good and bad, but the game has a good hook in keeping you coming back for more. Other reviews probably are more detailed, but few games these days nail down the "desire to explore" as well as this one. If you're wondering about what I would personally consider some negatives: - NPC and environments get bloated later. This is by design, smaller places are more condensed and have easy to find NPC. Cities do have interesting NPC and events, but they also have a ton of randos and it's very hard to know where the interesting ones are, which can be tiring. - Game is not entirely finished by the time of this review. You could consider it a finished experience as it does have closure at some points, but there are locations and events that mention explicitly "future content" and this can get tiring, other games would just cut it off entirely instead of teasing it, I guess. - There are still a decent amount of bugs which might or might not impact your gameplay experience noticeably. I did not find any gamebreaking bugs, so there's that. One of your main gameplay options is similar to a classic jrpg building system, bugs there are not uncommon due to the limitations of the rpg maker engine. - The game is very dialog heavy, and a lot of dialog when exploring can be repeated. The game also has a pretty good replay value, but there is no option ingame to speed up dialog boxes, so expect a lot of button mashing. So yeah, even taking into account these negatives I'd still recommend it, and not just a small recommend, but a big 👍recommend. Very few games manage to scratch the "exploration of a weird, unique world" as well as this one does. I played until I visited literally every place simply because I wanted to see what was in each one. If you're not bothered by rpg maker engine games and turn based combat and want a dialog heavy game, give this one a try, you're probably going to be surprised.

Iv Spen 20 Hours having a blast exploring every nook and cranny of the beggining. This game is wholly worth the money. The Game creator and community are very active and helpful.

Wooden Ocean is a gift. Its silly, grim, serious, edgy, heartfelt, angry, passionate, and above all else full of love. I love this game and it loves you back. Don't worry about the jank, its an RPG Maker game made by one dude and some buddies of his. Mechanically it appears shallow, but then you start to start taking into the humidity of the air mid battle to determine the optimal element to use. Or just hit em with the hammer, that is pretty effective too. The world genuinely feels like something made for me. All these insane details and books all building a bigger and bigger crows nest of lore, gods, history, cultures, politics, and done in a way to draw attention to it. The game wants to break your immersion to get you to ask yourself difficult questions. What is an artist? Why do we make things? Why do we cherish random parts of hour history so much even though we know its bad for us? What is the correct form of government? This game makes me see a little more clearly when I'm having a rough week. Once that synth of the Wooden Ocean starting area hits, I'm relaxed. I'm seeing the sun thru the darkness. This game is beautiful. This game is a gift. Thanks Leif