Tunic

A game like anything else I've experienced before, and something I deeply recommend going in blind. I did that, I was not disappointed in the slightest. This is one of the most clever games I stumbled upon and I'm absolutely delighted to have experienced it.

I've never played Zelda, but my best friend did and I talked to him about the story beats of Tunic and he told me about the parallels within it. It made me curious to try to play some Zelda game someday tbh, since it's obvious the love the developer had to it and I already loved this game so so much.

Also I really like how accesible this game is. I gotta admit I have NO patience in souls like battle mechanincs, and this game had everything to offer me to make my experience not frustrating while also keeping it challenging. It has a great balance of what you can and can't add as a helper, and there are few games that gave me this level of accessibility without making the game seemed dumbed down, Hades being one of them that pops up in my mind.

The puzzles can be difficult and you can get stuck in some places, but nothing terrible, and the "a-ha!" Moments make it worthwhile. The combat it's fun and engaging, and the story and its plot twists are amazing. I fell deeply in love with Tunic and it definitely deserves a place in my "favorite" list of games.

I first thought of Tunic as an 8. It was fun and cool. I enjoyed a lot. But as soon as I beat the game and started doing the side quests and finding its secrets... Dude, it's on a completely different level. The amount of love and care put into the game's manual pages it's amazing. 🧡

TUNIC

CONTROLLER MAPING : 7

DESIGN : 7

LEVEL DESIGN : 8

GAMEPLAY : 6

MECHANICS : 6

EANMY DESIGN : 6.5

BOSSES DESIGN : 7.5

ART DESIGN & WORLD DESIGN : 7

SOUNDTRACKS : 8

** QUEST LOG **

▪︎ Level Status
• HP Lvl: 6
• Potion Lvl: 4
• Def Lvl: 5
• Att Lvl: 5
• Stamina Lvl: 3
• MP Lvl: 4

▪︎ Manual Pages: 28
▪︎ Bells Rung: East Bell, West Bell
▪︎ Holy Hexagons: Green, Red, Blue
▪︎ Hero's Path: Stamina, Attack, Magic, Defence, HP, Potion
▪︎ Fairies Found: 10

• Weapons: Sword (E), Wooden Stick, Blue Dagger, Magic Rod, Magic Orb/ Hookshot (E), Gun, Hourglass
• Worn Items: Shield, Latern, Hero's Crown
• Usable Items: Dynamite (8), Bombs (6), Potion Bombs (10), Lure (3), Carrot (4), Blue Plant (14), Radish (9).
• Cards Owned: 12
• Cards Worn: 3
• Potion Flasks: 7
• Potion Flask Shards: 1/3
• Gold: 724

♡ Deaths: 47

** QUEST COMPLETED (03/2024) **

+ beautiful art style
+ interesting world and level design

- combat is way more difficult than it needs to be
- constantly trying to figure out what to do next is interesting for a while… but got old. I resorted to using game help to tell me where to go next.

Super clever game, bring paper and pencil for this one. It’s so good! Definitely one of the best indies out there.