KAMiBAKO - Mythology of Cube -

I never write reviews for the games I play but I felt like a number of the reviews currently written don't truly reflect the game well. That's not to say they don't have fair criticisms as I agree that the game has some interesting elements that could do with more depth but it's in no way as dull or bad as some are suggesting. It's clear a number of people bought this game blind without trying the demo first and I'd suggest playing the demo before making the purchase. To talk a bit more directly about the game. There is a charm to the presentation and it's obviously been influenced by it's Japanese developers with characters having that 'anime' ascetic and cutesy voices. There isn't a great deal of variation to the NPCs but the monsters seem varied enough for what I've played so far. Game play attempts to blend a few genres and I'd say it does so fairly well, mostly because it doesn't attempt to over-complicate and reinvent too much of the wheel. There is a decent level of depth in some areas and players are giving quite a bit of agency in the building and crafting. Although this could be off putting due to the lack of explanation in some of these systems. On tutorials, this g…

I have to give the game props for attempting some new things but being that it's part 1 of a slew of games without mention is really frustrating. The game also suffers from being very repetitive. Every time I go to start the game I can't get myself to click play because I feel like after 10 hours I've seen pretty much what the game has to offer and that my time would be better spent elsewhere.

While the number of dungeon levels shouldn't exceed 15 and all animations should be skippable, the game itself is very enjoyable and well-made. The blend of village building, world exploration, crafting, puzzles, and combat is excellent, resulting in an fun gameplay.

[b]Interesting System?.......![/b] + interesting world concept + good artwork +/- townbuilding etc. lacks in some aspects - dungeon crawling is bare minimum with repeatable system - battle management annoying - many overloaded systems (farming, dungeoncrawling etc.) - too many boring sidequest (at least over 9000) - reused assets over and over - system voice pretty annoying - battle is interesting, well at least for the first few hours - turorials dont cover much of the game - game mechanics are much, but hollow - a lot spent in combat with animations, which take too long - no interesting development down the road - puzzles are basically the same Conclusion: Showed some promise the first 10 hours, but overloaded the gameplay with to many mechanics, too many unexplained and important things. Much RNG in Crafting. Collecting is a drag. Fighting is pretty neat but takes a really long time (even if speed up). You are in there for a long run. Didnt hold what it offered the first hours and began repeating the same cycle over and over. Score: 20

If you like the demo, you will like the full game. Only downsides are: 1. ridiculous evil tranner nonsense poisoning White languages by calling everything a "they" including a single monster, a single animal, and even the main character constantly who is referred to as a if he is multiple people instead of just rewriting the sentences to avoid referring to one of the two sexes. 2. The sexes-erasure when choosing which of the two sexes your character is. I.e. the 2 sexes are called body types, which is ritardando. 3. Building and farming resources from crops is not intuitive or explained very well. Note, the game can become very easy. It is easy to over level by doing side quests and constant battles. But I do not mind. I recommend not doing all side quests. Leave most for later on. The music is heavenly. A very nostalgic game I adore and enjoy playing to pass the time.

[i]PAINFULLY[/i] generic storyline. Even as a joke or parody the whole "chosen one adventurer versus demons" is more overdone to death than the zombie genre, and this game seems to be trying to do it straight-faced flat out seriously. If this weren't made in Japan, I'd almost be tempted to be suspicious it was written with AI. The gameplay from what I was allowed to play from the railroaded tutorial is pretty bland too, and its just a tile puzzle, no sight or sound of any actual crafting involved. I wasn't even allowed to explore the forest.