KAMiBAKO - Mythology of Cube -

When I was doing the little introduction to city building and the game started to tell me about local precipitation levels and its potential impact on my city, I suddenly knew what sort of game I was playing and I was completely on board. There isn't an absolutely distressing level of depth to the games systems, but neither is it so shallow to be utterly boring. The game manages to sit in a sweet spot of simply being fun and engaging without drifting too far either way. Even things like the little colour cube connecting mini game that I worried was going to outstay it's welcome is given enough mechanics fed into it to be a core part of the gameplay, probably representing almost as much time as combat does without making me dread it occuring. I've never played a game from the studio before or even heard of them, but I'm glad I've tried this one on a whim.

First of all, a PSA: game runs on steamdeck! The game takes a while to get going, but once you get past the tutorial phase and unlock city building and cooking, it's a fun mix of exploration, RPG and management game. None of the gameplay elements are particularly difficult and the storytelling is kinda shallow, but the synergy of it all makes it so that there is always something to do for you. For those who remember a somewhat older title named Dark Cloud, this is what the game reminded me of. But I'd say that those who enjoy the Atelier series (gameplay wise), might also have fun with Kamibako. In retrospect I wouldn't pay full price for it again, but it's an easy recommend, if you manage to grab it on a discount.

아이템 제작시 필살기 확률이 엉터리입니다. 원하는 필살기를 얻기까지 무한 가차하는 구조 던전이 길기만 할 뿐 패턴이 똑같아 컨텐츠가 없는데 플레이 시간을 늘린 느낌입니다.

I have to give the game props for attempting some new things but being that it's part 1 of a slew of games without mention is really frustrating. The game also suffers from being very repetitive. Every time I go to start the game I can't get myself to click play because I feel like after 10 hours I've seen pretty much what the game has to offer and that my time would be better spent elsewhere.

かわいい絵に釣られて　購入ｗ まだ他のゲームやってるのにｗ 優しい世界観でクラフトしながら　ストーリーなのかな？ 面白いです♬　建物にも名前付けられたり オリジナルのＲＰＧ好きなら　お勧めです♬ まだ　ホントに少ししかプレイしてないから　 大した参考にならないけど　可愛くて　いい雰囲気です♬

I never write reviews for the games I play but I felt like a number of the reviews currently written don't truly reflect the game well. That's not to say they don't have fair criticisms as I agree that the game has some interesting elements that could do with more depth but it's in no way as dull or bad as some are suggesting. It's clear a number of people bought this game blind without trying the demo first and I'd suggest playing the demo before making the purchase. To talk a bit more directly about the game. There is a charm to the presentation and it's obviously been influenced by it's Japanese developers with characters having that 'anime' ascetic and cutesy voices. There isn't a great deal of variation to the NPCs but the monsters seem varied enough for what I've played so far. Game play attempts to blend a few genres and I'd say it does so fairly well, mostly because it doesn't attempt to over-complicate and reinvent too much of the wheel. There is a decent level of depth in some areas and players are giving quite a bit of agency in the building and crafting. Although this could be off putting due to the lack of explanation in some of these systems. On tutorials, this game does have a quite a long one but I found it worked into the story and wasn't so much of a slog that I rolled my eyes on the next tutorial beat. It could be streamlined however and as previously mentioned some system could serve from a quick FAQ area in the menu or prompt to explain how it works. Combat sees you taking more of a supportive role rather than outright control of each character and they lean into this by having a auto battle option which I'm sure I will welcome later in the game if I ever need to grind for items. That's not to say taking control of the characters is lacking depth as you get to manage swapping out weapons which have different abilities and crafting weapons allows you to create new abilities and strategies. Exploration is tile based with the charter unlocking the next map tile as they move over it, occasionally revealing hidden treasures or monsters. I found it pretty engaging and I found myself wanting to reveal every area as quickly as I could. While exploring you may come across some dungeons that combine most of the mechanics found in the game, some variance here would have been nice as it can get a bit tedious after the first few floors. They do serve as great EXP spots and have unique bosses on the final floors that make them worth slogging through. I've not touched much on the building elements in the game and that's simply as I've not had to do much of it. But it seems the most involved of the systems and I look forward to sinking my teeth into some more. Overall, the TLDR; The game achieves what it sets out to do, which is be a no frills amalgamation of a few genres without trying to upturn the apple cart too much. It has a cosy feel to it's game play not demanding too much from it's players but giving more free reign and agency to the few that may want to delve a bit deeper. Not for everyone but would certainly recommend people try the demo just in case it's for you.

一個小鎮有3間旅館真是絕了.任務很多沒提示根本不知道要去哪解.那麵包設計才是最大奇杷.購買還有限制而且不是每個城鎮都有.一堆問題.要不是人設不錯真玩不下去

幾年前在電玩展上玩到 當時的手感 以為是箱庭養成RPG 現在的感受很微妙 其實可以用RPG大師把這個創意完善 何苦要弄成JRPG的系統介面 增加製作成本呢 當年我玩的時候 以為已經可以上市了 現在我玩的感覺 在等三年打磨都不為過 我本來期待像創世小玩家那樣 劇情造村兩不誤 現在這遊戲讓我以為是育碧遊戲塞任務 填填補補 錢是小錢 還是給個推薦吧 也許專心把消除小遊戲做好 是一條路 專心把家園+RPG戰鬥做好 是一條路 專心把好的機制縫合起來 是一條路 但不必什麼都要 那太辛苦了

Cool unique jRPG/trading simulator, starts a tad too slow for me and highly depends on randomness during "restoration" minigame sections.

퍼즐도 하고 마을도 만들고 장비도 만들고 맵핑도 해야하고 이것저것 시스템을 붙여놨는데 그게 너무 재밌다. 하지만 게임 자체는 완전 옛날 게임 감성에 친절하지도 않고 많은 노가다와 끝없는 동일 구조에 기믹만 살짝 변하는 색맞추기 퍼즐만 죽어라 해야한다. 뭔가 노가다 옛감성이 끌린다면 데모부터 해보고 사는걸 추천한다. 하지만 3만원에 이정도면 난 혜자게임이라 본다.