[h3]An Excellent Love Letter To A Beloved Vtuber Group. Highly Recommended 8/10[/h3]
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[h3]What's Excellent[/h3]
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[*]Tons of Personality, Charm and Sass
[*]Accurate Representation of Hololive Myth group
[*]Great quality for the price
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[h3]What's Good[/h3]
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[*]Controls are tight
[*]Good use of vertical space
[*]Difficulty is gradual and challenging towards the end
[*]Graphics is simple but on-point
[*]BGM adds to the ambience
[*]Dialogue is funny and accurate to Hololive Talents
[*]Levels are creative and varied
[*]Gameplay is short but satisfying, but...
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[h3]What's Not[/h3]
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[*]The game is small
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I rank this as definitely one of the top, top Hololive Fan games ever made. Kenny Park has successfully made what I would describe as [b]A Hat In Time[/b] meets [b]A Short Hike[/b]with equal amounts of technical skill, passion and heart. Along with accurate representation of Hololive’s talents of Gura and Ame (now retired) as well as the remaining Hololive Myth members Calli, Ina and Kiara, [b]Gawr Gura Quest For Bread[/b] is a heartfelt tribute to the worlds greatest English Vtuber ensemble to have existed.
If you’ve ever played A Hat In Time, then Quest For Bread feels exactly like that but with it’s own atmosphere, humor and creative 3D platforming levels. Yes, it is rather beginner-friendly in the early stages but the difficulty gradually ramps up as you progress through the game. The stages themselves although seem simple, the platforming, puzzles and jumping mechanics are all innovative and done very well. Coupled that with it’s rustic art-sytle and graphics, gives the atmosphere of early Hololive English Do-It-Yourself attitude that made them the global sensation during the Covid years.
The dialogue too, is really well-written. I could hear in my imagination the voices of Gura and Ame when they speak as if the words were spoken by them. It’s humorous, it’s sassy, it’s a silly misadventure that Gura and Ame would’ve gotten themselves into. Add to this the small but very thoughtful details that they add to the characters; such as pizza in the bathtub, Calli’s red wine, Kiara’s vacation to the island and Ina’s wisdom; it all adds to the immersion and will be received highly well by Hololive fans.
The one problem that players might encounter is that, just like A Short Hike, the game is short and sweet. You can finish the game in under 2.5 hours, and could stretch the game to 4 if you complete all the achievements. Would I like a 4 to 8 hour 3D platformer? I would, but what Kenny Park have produced here is already very satisfying. And I’d say as a developer, you’d want the players to feel satisfied but wishing that it was just a bit more. You might argue that the price doesn’t reflect it’s value however, I would argue that value isn’t just counted by the hours you get out of a game, but the total enjoyment that those hours provide. And for the 2.5 hours that I had, I was smiling ear to ear entirely. That is value that you don’t find in many games.
Having finished the game, I can feel Kenny Park and company that their passion and emotion. Certainly, I felt the joy and love they had for Gura, Ame, Kiara, Calli and Ina. This is truly a fitting love letter to them and I hope that the girls know that wherever they are and whatever their future have installed for them, that they are loved.
[b]If you’re a fan, buy this. This is one of those games that you want more of, not less. Support the developers that you want more games from and tell others of the good job they do. Highly Recommended 8/10[/b]
