(First drafted 27 February 2017)
It was pretty straightforward from the underground section back to the top; the greatest difficulty I had was interpreting the map of the underground system, with one mission causing real problems until I realised the flower at the North of the map was actually an actual island.
I'd completed many sidequests before this point, and as a result when I got back up there was little to do except progress to the end of the game. There was an odd bit where I was transported to some sort of virtual world, and then tying up a story where I found out that an old couple had died ...
... but my biggest concern was where all the children from underground had disappeared to. I was expecting them all to suddenly appear at the end boss and help out, but I won't spoil what actually happened other than to remark how frustrating yet beautiful the last sections of the game were.
Maybe the extended break in the middle of the game did it some good in that I never felt the story was outstaying its welcome - there are a large number of time challenges and so on that I've not completed, but I have no desire to do so.
It does pose me with a conundrum, though. I would (now) happily pay for this game given the amount of enjoyment I got out of it, but I doubt I would have bought it before playing it - the only reason I did get to play it was that it was given away free. It seems I will have to work out a better way to discover games that I will like.
It was pretty straightforward from the underground section back to the top; the greatest difficulty I had was interpreting the map of the underground system, with one mission causing real problems until I realised the flower at the North of the map was actually an actual island.
I'd completed many sidequests before this point, and as a result when I got back up there was little to do except progress to the end of the game. There was an odd bit where I was transported to some sort of virtual world, and then tying up a story where I found out that an old couple had died ...
... but my biggest concern was where all the children from underground had disappeared to. I was expecting them all to suddenly appear at the end boss and help out, but I won't spoil what actually happened other than to remark how frustrating yet beautiful the last sections of the game were.
Maybe the extended break in the middle of the game did it some good in that I never felt the story was outstaying its welcome - there are a large number of time challenges and so on that I've not completed, but I have no desire to do so.
It does pose me with a conundrum, though. I would (now) happily pay for this game given the amount of enjoyment I got out of it, but I doubt I would have bought it before playing it - the only reason I did get to play it was that it was given away free. It seems I will have to work out a better way to discover games that I will like.
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