Buffet Knight - Decadent Full Course

Had a blast with this game! Good classic old school feel with a funny twist to it. Got ending 2 on my playthrough and while it was a blast, I dont see myself playing through again to get a different ending. Thanks for the fun!

Probably my favorite Zeldalike in a long time. And there are some great ones out there! It's not as huge or ambitious as others, but everything it does, it does really well. The map isn't gigantic, but there are no throwaway screens, and no irritatingly designed ones, either. The special abilities actually have a decent amount of variety. The "inhale" mechanic has great flow. Good QoL. Good writing: nothing feels forced, it's light and fun. It's really hard to find things to criticize here. Chef's kiss.

The pixel art is vibrant and cozy, perfectly capturing a vibe that feels both retro and fresh. Particularly loved the fetch-quest tasks that reminded me of GB/GBA LoZ games. Yet another great example that proves indie games don’t need a ridiculously long story to be unforgettable. Grab your fork and dive in!

Played this right after Janosik 2 and they both have the same vibe - fun game in an old-school style with just a wacky amount of hidden secrets and powerups that you absolutely have no need for. The same thing happens in both, if you're an explore-type player you end up with so much health and money that the boss fights become trivial, and that's okay if you're playing a game for fun not for a challenge. I feel like this might have been a better opinion if the game at the very start hadn't asked "easy or hard" without any context. Maybe calling it "easy or normal" would have swayed me to pick the harder option, it was unclear whether easy meant *easy* or just "easier than a SNES game", and it turns out it meant really easy. So I don't know if, on hard, it would still be super easy, but given *how* easy it was on easy I think it's likely that it would. That said, some things about it are less easy - there's several side-puzzles I didn't complete because the flow of the game was a bit weird. You get "essences" from doing various things, but nothing gives any clue as to what you're supposed to do with an essence - I found that out later from a guide, but too late because at that…

I only played a tiny bit of the game. But I can already tell it's not for me. This game is like Kirby meets Zelda. Eat things, shoot the food at enemies. Go on a grand adventure. It's very railroady at the start, but I imagine it opens up. I'm recommending it based on what I saw, and based on knowing that a lot of friends will enjoy it, even though I didn't. For instance, the controls are 100% remappable, even on PC, despite what the games one negative review states. You don't have to play directional keys, Thank gods. If the controls weren't remappable, I would've given it a negative. Because that's really bad for accessibility. My favourite option in the settings besides this, is the ability to turn off talking sounds. You know how a lot of these games will play a noise every time a letter comes up? (Why do games do this? It's so annoying!) Well, this game let's you turn that off. The music is cute, the characters are cute. The writing so far is cute. You push boulders, you suck boulders toward you with your incredible lung capacity. You avoid traps and kill enemies. The combat is top down dodge and shoot. Shift(Default) to strafe (move while pointing the same direction) Tha…

Kirby meets Zelda Link to the Past with a fun food setting. Solid little game.