Welcome to This Is Not A Review. In these articles we discuss general impressions, ideas and thoughts on any given game, but as the title implies, it’s not a review. Instead, it’s an exercise in offering a quick recommendation (or dismissal) after spending enough time to grasp the ideas and gameplay of a thing without necessarily playing it from A to Z.
The subject of this installment: Pikuniku, developed by Sectordub and published by Devolver Digital.
HIGH What?
LOW I’m confused.
WTF All of it. All of it.
HIGH A folksy art style that encourages progress.
LOW Random puzzles that encourage quitting.
WTF Honestly, just about every scene transition in the game.
HIGH Feels like a love letter to fans
LOW Save restrictions in secondary game modes
WTF NPCs still referencing a target and not reacting much after he’s been killed
HIGH Farming and crafting for days
LOW Repeating the same processes for story progression
WTF How do these teenagers and children keep saving the world?
HIGH A perfect port of one of the PS3’s best games
LOW Not much to entice people who already own the PS3 or PC versions
WTF Love can bloom on the battlefield, but can war be adorable? Spoiler: Yes, it can.
HIGH The “Beer Bar.”
LOW Finally getting a sequence right, only to have the game crash.
WTF The hero saying point-blank that he doesn’t have anything important to post on Twitter.
HIGH The art is elegantly amazing.
LOW It runs out of steam way too fast.
WTF Why are there so many locked doors?
HIGH Figuring out the combat nuances and wiping out mobs.
LOW Hitting an impassable wall of difficulty after eight hours on Normal.
WTF Where are you when attacked during meditation??
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