I tend to really enjoy walking simulators. I don't get out much,so sometimes a walk through a nice digital environment is just what I need. I got a 90% off coupon for this, and figured I'd give it a go.
There's no story,you just walk around collecting lemons and oranges...with a STRICT time limit.
You start with very little time on the clock,oranges give extra time,but there aren't many in each level,and there are HUNDREDS of lemons to get. Later levels have even fewer oranges,so you really need to be thorough and avoid backtracking.
Unfortunately,lemon placement tends to be erratic,some levels they're in mostly linear paths,others you'll walk down a lengthy path only to find one...sometimes they'll be placed directly in front of another yellow thing, so you can't even see them...or shoved behind a rock...all the while your clock is ticking.
As far as the mazes themselves,there seems to be only three styles:
Village hedge-maze DAY.
Village hedge-maze NIGHT.
Crystal cave.
...They aren't overly complicated layouts,but because they just keep reusing the same look,they all blur together...LV3 is the exact same layout as LV1,but with a night sky...LV 2 is the unique caves,but every other level looks exactly like LV1...ya see the screenshots up there ^? That's all ya get.
There are very few landmarks to keep track of...so navigating is a real pain.
But no worries right? if you can't do a level in time, you'll just reload your save and try again...right?
WRONG.
THERE IS NO SAVE! If you fail any level it's back to the main menu and LEVEL 1 for you!!!
With considerable determination,I made it as far as level 6,looking at game files there may only be 6 levels [but I don't really know what i'm looking at, so don't quote me on that.] I couldn't find any oranges on lv6, and my sanity died completely...I don't have the will to try anymore.
As almost an afterthought I should also mention...while the music is fine at first, it gets maddening after a while...and the load times of the levels are quite long.
Even though there doesn't seem to be many levels, they take quite a bit of time to complete,so the lack of save is totally unreasonable...and so is this price! $10.99? I may like walking simulators, but I never would have paid that much for this! as is,even my 90% discount feels like I paid too much.
This certainly isn't a relaxing walk,and it's rough time limit isn't rewarding...the lack of save...the price...the copied over and over levels...yeah...this game's a LEMON alright.
