Arcane Golf Reviews

I paid like ninety cents for this lol

[h1]7/10[/h1] [spoiler]It could be much better, but not for much less than 100mb /& 5$.[/spoiler] [h2]If the screenshots/video interests you then buy it. It is what it is, which is relaxing, minimal, and 'not too difficult'.[/h2] That is.. [h3]this is more physics-and-reaction-based than it is a puzzle game. I'm only halfway through the game, so the level challenge and degree of puzzling could progressively increase from after that point.[/h3] What is needed 'in this game' is better Steam achievements, if not a better system in the game that can automatically recognize trick-shots (ie. when you have any strokes to spare at the end of a hole) and kind of track your progress.. I mean this is f[spoiler]ricke[/spoiler]n golf, [i][b]bro[/b]! You play by yourself, and against yourself, by keeping track of your swings, arguably progress for all of history!! And, the only progress being tracked is whether or not a hole has been completed, and not in any way how memorably I've ever finished one, before.[/i] Translation: [h3][b]NO HIGH-SCORES RECORDED[/b] in this game or its periphery, [i]and that's a shame[/i] because its an easy feature to have included.[/h3] Next off controls (on PC?) are frustrating because [b]there's absolutely no marking[/b], let alone annotating where you began 'your swing' on screen that tracks where your cursor is, or where you 1st left-clicked to start a swing, in order to determine your shooting direction & power, other than the graphics which follow the ball (eg. while its moving) rather than your cursor (eg. being kept relatively still); combine that with the bad handling of a swing when the cursor is (accidentally) near the game-stage's and-screen's edge which is "always fixed", and one in the same, like all the screens in [url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/333640]Caves of Qud[/url] are. In other words, game-play suffers due to the controls; it only gets in the way sometimes, but when it does it can be [i]very annoying[/i]. So, with all the major business out of the way, and tabled then, therefore, I can only say this is a charming, itty-bitty game with arguably plenty of [b]slightly-bizarre[/b] levels [spoiler](so far, to the halfway point)[/spoiler]. It's more fun [i]and relaxing[/i] than it is frustrating, or [i]demanding[/i], but I did actually, genuinely enjoy playing through the design in, and the challenges of some holes, although you might need to invest a solid hour into it before seeing and feeling that charm for yourself, particularly if this didn't already come with that window-shop appeal, before your purchase.