Seasons after Fall

Eng+Ru review. A very cute, incredibly beautiful and wonderfully relaxing game. I had already completed Season After Fall on PC in the free version. But now I grabbed this wonderful game during an incredible sale for just about $0.75, and decided to play through it again on Steam — to dive back into this warm and beautiful world and, of course, collect all the trophies along the way. One of the things that really stands out is the visual style. The whole world looks as if it was painted with a real brush. There are no perfectly sharp edges or clean, precise lines — everything has this slightly soft, brush-painted look that gives the game a genuine hand-painted art style. It’s incredibly beautiful and gives the whole game a warm, almost storybook-like feeling. It’s a slow-paced adventure with no action, no stress and no need to make quick decisions. There are no particularly difficult puzzles or intense combat — the game simply lets you enjoy its beautiful world, music and atmosphere. Warm, gentle and genuinely relaxing. A perfect game for a quiet evening when you just want to switch off, slow down and spend some time in a beautiful world. Highly recommended as a relaxing game…

[h1]Seasons after Fall[/h1] [h3]A charming story that overstays its welcome[/h3] I will start with the obvious -- the visuals are stunning and beautiful, and somewhat reminded me of Ori, except for the lack of glow. The music is wonderfully uplifting, essentially it feels like a modern take on classic music. Amazing. I almost never do this, but for this very game I would have purchased its soundtrack, it's that touching. The game itself presents a natural blend of plaforming and puzzles with a light touch of metroidvania. You won't be fighting any enemies, instead you would be immersed in a story of the forest. its Sanctuary and the great trouble that befell it. I like the idea of juggling between 4 seasons, creating new ways to iteract with objects and...NPCs? However, when playing on the gamepad I have found, that the standard controls for switching between the seasons are quite whimsical -- one time it works, the other 2 it doesn't. The same goes for one of the only 3 things you can perform -- jumping. The jump sometimes doesn't register, or the length of the jump sometimes might be too short, and your fox falls, and you have to redo the platforming section once again…

Imagine you're playing metroidvania where map is not interconnected but rather 4 lines coming in 4 different direction from one point and each time you receive a power-up instead of it unlocking some path you've encountered before and it possibly being in your memory game just shows you some random point on the map via cutscene. That's roughly how the structure of this game feels like. This structure being something like: do 4 things, backtrack, do 4 things, backtrack, do 4 things, backtrack... So. Hard avoid if you're easily lost in games and/or get annoyed exploring the same locations. Otherwise game has enjoyable moments but ultimately experience is quite soured by map design. I think other reviews get into gameplay itself a little more which has some shortcomings too but they're less aggravating imo. May try if you're more spatially gifted or don't mind looking things up frequently.

beautiful game 10\10

This game reminds me a lot of Playdead's Limbo and Inside, except a lot happier. Which says more about how sad/dark those games are than about how happy this one is, because Seasons After Fall definitely has some somber moments and vibes. But Limbo and Inside are borderline horror games so it doesn't take much to be happier than them. Anyway, the main way in which to compare Seasons After Fall to Playdead's stuff is as follows: short, artsy, slow-paced puzzle-platformer with a vague, confusing, and somewhat upsetting (very mild spoiler)[spoiler]ending. Assuming I have interpreted the ending correctly, I don't especially like it. Which isn't to say it's bad, just that it chooses a path I do not enjoy. I have similar reasons for disliking the ending of Ori and the Will of the Wisps.[/spoiler] But aside from my feelings there, this game is great. The comparison with Playdead is definitely a compliment. And yes, the controls are a bit slow and stiff, but intentionally so: the platforming is built around it. If you provide the patience that the game requests of you, you will be rewarded with smoothly flowing gameplay. Very cool concept executed quite nicely.

[b] Change the seasons. [/b] A charming and simple story, but not a boring one. Thanks to the art, sound and the fact that most of the dialogue comes from the narrator, playing the game can feel like listening to a story being told to children. What makes it more engaging than most platformers is the season-changing mechanic. Whenever you change the season, the whole map changes and elements of the environment behave differently. The game can get a little boring at times because the map isn't very big, and you have to revisit areas now and then to make use of a new season. However, the game isn't very long, so it's not that much of a problem.