Wéko The Mask Gatherer

6/10. Game has great visuals, and overall pretty funny mechanics. It's just a little slow for me. Moving feels sluggish and combat feels repetitive.

I originally played this game as a playtester as part of my Game Developer Weekends on Twitch. Weko is an amazing love letter to the 3D platformers we grew up with. It has all the mechanics you would expect. Masks, weapons, and shields can be found, earned, or bought throughout the world in order to enhance your stats or add special abilities to your build. There are many collectibles and secrets to find and collect throughout the game. There are enemies to fight as well as boss battles to navigate. There are also many different areas with their own themes, providing unique experiences in each. This game gives hard nostalgia vibes while also being it's own, unique IP. I highly recommend it to anyone who grew up on 3d platformer games on Nintendo or PlayStation.

For some reason, not a single achievement unlocked for me, despite collecting everything minus like 3 or 4 masks that seemed kinda pointless to go find post-game. So there's definitely a bug there or something, the only bug I encountered really. Not a big deal for me, as I don't care about achievements, but figured I'd mention that first. This is a game that's pretty reminiscent of traditional 3D Zelda games, like OoT thru Skyward Sword. I'm a big fan of those games, and since Eiji Aonuma basically said Zelda would be sticking to the open world BOTW-style moving forward, I like to find games that still scratch that itch. It's not a difficult game in the slightest, as far as combat or puzzles go, but then again, neither is Zelda. There's also some side quests ripped straight outta OoT lol. Combat is rather slow and clunky, and jumping is very floaty, tho there's hardly any actual platforming so that doesn't matter much. Much like Zelda games, you'll spend a lotta time swapping out equipment and masks in your inventory screen, which I'm used to as a Zelda fan, but it would've been nice if there was a way to assign different loadouts to the D-pad. Also, there's no map or quest log, bu…

Un jeu sympathique! Petit jeu indie charmant, avec sans aucun doute un goût de zelda 3D à l'intèrieur. Les jeux inspirés de Zelda 3D sont en fait assez rares je trouve! Je recommande celui-ci. Le monde est un peu minimaliste, et le combat manque juste un peu d'huile, mais honnêtement c'est quand même très divertissant. L'histoire est simpliste mais originale avec un univers travaillé et il y a de nombreux endroits à visiter, et de nombreux masques à collectionner. Le jeu a duré plus longtemps que ce à quoi je m'attendais. P.S. j'adore le coureur des souterrains, le masque improbable

This game is one of my favorite shorter action adventure / souls likes I have played in a while. Music, exploration, progression are all phenomenal. The combat feels somewhat floaty but in an intentional way (?). I like it but I'm sure some people won't. I think the price is a little steep but get it when it's on sale. It is criminal how little attention this game got. It really is a gem.

The game seemed ok at the begining but after sometime it feels like repetitive and I felt like wasting time running around trying to know where to go when there is no sense of direction nor guidance for such a game. I believe this is the first game in my entire life where I just gave up and decided to move on with my life. important fact: there is no cloud save.