The Plucky Squire

Yea no way was i gonna play this on a PS5, it is a game for little kids and frankly i dont like showing the child side of me to family members who have me on PS lmao thankfully i do have my good old friend aka my switch called METHuzula.

This game was nothing but charming. A whole gorgeous presentation, it is simply a hidden indie gem. It is british and genuinely got a few laughs from me. Plucky Squaire is a children's book and you can take the characters on an adventure as you go from a page to the next. This is very early Zelda days inspired and i loved every minute of it. It has some unique gameplay such as jumping from the 2D world to the 3D one. Jot the (main) Has very similar sword combat style to Link from Zelda.

During the story of the book you see a lot of text as the storyline is structured however you will notice the text may be a bit unusual because surprise surprise words can mysteriously go missing. And youre supposed to find them to fill in the gaps. It is a smart puzzle to open the gate for the next adventure. While it starts out easy, you’re soon using words to puzzle your way further, swapping them around for different results, or choosing from multiple options. What's goofy tho is the fact that if you get it wrong you will get punished and sometimes the punishment is very entertaining. So it’s worth deliberately getting things wrong, just to see what lies in store for you.

Although this is an indie game it does feel like an official Nintendo game. The way you would jump from 2D to 3D gave me Mario vibes. But they somehow made that formula their own. Jot can also jump on sketches that the Child in the story has hand drawn it is entertaining and creative. There are a lot of puzzles that will require backtracking which would involve you to jump from the 2D book to 3D world and it can feel repetitive. I didn't feel like it was because the game is frankly short. It comes and goes like an STD🌚 not talking from experience of course.🙄




Worth checking out. This made that inner child in me that i refuse to let go very happy.

Edition: Digital
Price: I forgot
Next review: Midnight Walk

The game might be good, but it felt so childish

I really enjoyed this game a lot. Great and charming visuals, good controls, and a good plot filled with humor, charm and a fun cast of characters.
One of my favorite parts of this game is all of the fun mini games. Definitely one of my favorite games I’ve played this year.

6 hour played
Well i expect something more than switching between 2d and 3d view i liked it but i felt there's something missing i mean they can do better I really was hyped about this game even thought it's like It Takes Two but not really

This game is more focused on 2d mood than 3d
Overall the puzzles was fun the story was fine i guess it's better if you try it yourself

every time i think that this game can't surprise me more, it does again

I suppose I could mark this as somewhat of a disappointment. The Plucky Squire is a very appealing offering; a whimsical tone, gorgeous art and compelling central conceit of navigating both two- and three-dimensional worlds. I surmise it's done well to entice many players to open the book, but it does little to encourage finishing all its chapters.

The story is playfully sweet and serviceable, featuring some colourful characters and amusing writing. Transitioning between dimensional planes is seamless, and I admire how several puzzles are premised on clever manipulation of the contents and positioning of the storybook in (and around) which the game unfolds. Generous implementation of minigames offers some artistic and mechanical diversity to the gameplay loop. The art style is brilliantly vibrant and engaging, the score equally so.

Regrettably, the game is ruinously tutorialised and devoid of fluidity. The narrative is stunted; incessantly interrupted by excessive dialogue and forcible redirection of the camera. Animations are slow. Combat is shamefully simplistic and unsatisfying, rendering every encounter a chore. I also found the three-dimensional plane to be visually jarring, and far less pleasant to navigate than its two-dimensional counterpart.

Notwithstanding its abundance of charm and witticism, The Plucky Squire ultimately proves to be its own hindrance - what would and should have been a brief delight devolves into truncated drudgery.