Save me Mr Tako: Definitive Edition

当時のGBのゲームのようにアクションの難易度が高めですが、それ以外では個人的に紛れもない神ゲー。心優しきキュートで愛らしいタコさんが大活躍するゲームです！ クリアしてみて結果的にプレイしてとても良かった思えたゲームでした。ボリュームもかなりあり、クリア時間は約20時間程でした。 ☆個人的に良かった点 ・レトロなグラフィックとBGM グラフィックとBGMはGB風でかなり質が良く、プレイ中の雰囲気もマシマシ。踊るタコさんは可愛いし、BGMの方はクリア後も何度もリピートして聞いて、チルい雰囲気に浸っています。メインテーマが特に大好き！ ・探索と帽子システム ステージ探索やストーリーを進行することで、某ピンクのコピー能力のような帽子が手に入ります。 効果は色々あり、1回多くダメージを受けても大丈夫になったり、ジャンプの回数が増えたり、岩を壊せたり、ツタを燃やせるようになったりと多彩です。頑張って全種類探してコレクションするのが楽しかったです。メトロイドヴァニア的な部分もあり、帽子の効果によって前訪れた時には行けなかった場所に行けたりするのも面白いところ！ ただ、マリオワールドのように1つ帽子をストックできるとはいえ、1番下の難易度以外では基本１回ダメージを受けると帽子がそれで脱げてしまうのでそこが少し厳しかったです。でもやっぱり色んな効果があって面白かった！私は猫帽子とハート王冠帽子が一番のお気に入りです。 ☆個人的に悪いと思った点 ・難易度 基本的に2回ダメージを受けると死んでしまうのでそれが結構難易度が高めです。 ライフが1つ増える1番下の難易度で始めることを推奨します。 あとGB風なのもあってか視界が狭く、方向キー下でちゃんと下を観察してから移動しないと落下死することと、画面横から敵が急に出現してきて被弾することが多々あり、そこそこ慎重に行動する必要があります(設定で画面の横の広さを広げられるのでそう設定するのがオススメです)。 もしボス戦で勝てない時には、1番上の難易度以外は残基でのゴリ押しが効くので残基を増やして挑戦するのがオススメです。 あと水の神殿？の謎解きギミックが相当難しかった… ☆賛否両論かもしれない点 ・ストーリー 私はかなり気に入っていますが、ストーリーが可愛い絵柄とは裏腹にかなり苛烈です。戦争がテーマとなっており、特に後半は陰鬱でシリアスな展開が多く、癒しを求めるプレイヤーにとってはあまりおすすめは出来ないかもしれません。 私個人としては意外にもかなり心に響いて、何度かガチ泣きする程度にはストーリーはすごく良かったです。 戦争をテーマとした作品としても描かれ方は非常に丁寧で、賛否両論かもしれませんが今の現代にこそ必要な物語だと思いました。 ☆総評 個人の総評としてはアクションは難しくありつつも、ストーリーはかなり胸に刺さった名作で、もし気になった方にはプレイを是非おすすめしたいです！

全部ちょっとずつむつかしいとこが嫌かも。

I grew up on the old NES and gameboy. I have some fond memories of playing on the GB, though I preferred the NES, Genesis, and SNES over it as the games did not always feel complete. There were some exceptions. Save me Mr. Tako aims for those lofty heights and fails a good chunk. The story follows of Tako, a pacifist octopus who gets sucked into the octopus-human wars. He gets blessed by a fairy to walk above ground and to help stop the war. What goes on from there is a very serious look at the devastation of war on 2 different groups of people. I greatly enjoyed how emotive the characters as it gave them a lot of charm as well as cutting the tension when things were getting too serious. Graphically, this is a mixed bag. The developer was clearly going for a super game boy vibe as it stays very true to the 4 color palette of the GB. Some are rather nice, while others hurt my eyes (anything that has a sunny day or tropical vibe). Otherwise, it looks really nice as it has a Kirby-esq vibe to it. The graphics are clean and it's easy to make out what is what. The world feels a bit lived in as NPCs roam the levels. There's also no way that a GB game would have been as detailed as Tako. Game play is a fairly standard platformer. Tako shoots out ink and whenever an opponent soaks up enough of it, they're frozen in spot. This allows players to reach areas they ordinarily wouldn't be able to normally. The main pull of the game is all of the different hats Tako can wear as some shake up the game play for puzzle solving. However, those hats are few and far between. The normal difficulty causes Taro to lose a life after a single hit. The hats provide an extra hit, however it doesn't solve the core problem. That core problem is the level design. The game starts off decent enough as Taro is able to plow the beginning with relative ease. It looks like a Kirby clone. Things quickly change after the first hour. It's hard to predict enemy placements due to how it's structured as well as it being too zoomed in (remember, this is a GB game). The game tries to play fair, there's just 1 too many leaps of faith, 1 too many enemies placed in odd places that there's barely any time to anticipate, 1 too many poorly telegraphed pits. What really killed any momentum I had was a stealth section, and the game was not designed around it. And yes it is probably easier than entire games built around it, it killed any joy the game had left. It doesn't help that the controls are a bit sticky so Taro has a slight delay in his actions. I found myself repeating numerous times "I pressed A to jump!" The volcano section is a perfect example: pixel perfect precision with required memorization with sticky controls. It was too difficult for the wrong reasons. Sound wise, the game is decent. The soundtrack was enjoyable when playing it. In conclusion, I really wanted to love Save me Mr. Tako. I'm super glad I got it for a cheap price as I'd be grumpier if I paid full price for it. And this game was designed for gamers like me. The level design and the controls just tank this game. I've made this game sound like a monster: it isn't a poorly made game. It really needed some extra time in the oven. I know remakes are all the rage these days. Tako would definitely benefit from one: give it SNES graphics, tighten the controls, loosen up the pixel precision required to progress, refine the level design and it would feel like a hidden gem from the 90s that it wants to be. I really want there to be a sequel to fix all of my complaints because Tako has so much potential and it's a shame to see him stuck like he is.

For a game that starts out as a Kirby/Shantae clone, I've been surprised so far. The gameplay/levels are simple enough, but the mechanics change often enough that I never felt bored. If HAL Labs developed Zelda II for Gameboy, I imagine it would play similar to this. Check it out.

Byla jsem trošku na vážkách. Ve hře jsem strávila nějakou tu hodinu, protože mě hnala vpřed touha posbírat všechny klobouky a projít všechny levely na výbornou, ale přeci jen mi v žaludku leží pár věcí, které mi vadily. Tako a Bako jsou chobotničí sourozenci, jejichž rodiče byli, stejně jako rodiče všech chobotniček žijících v mořském městě na dně oceánu, stihnuti kletbou a aby mohli mít potomky, museli se sami obětovat. Bako viní řád, ve kterém žijí, a to je pod nadvládou lidí. Tako to ale nevidí stejně, jako jeho bratr, a když Bako začne spřádat složitý plán, jak zotročit lidstvo a nastolit vládu chobotnic, je na Takovi, aby se mu postavil. A tak začíná naše dobrodružství, které nás vede přes moře, přes pláže, chrámy a zámky a ještě dál. Hlavní je nezapomenout vaše poselství - nikdy nezranit žádného člověka. Save me, Mr. Tako je takové trošku jiné RPG. Namísto party, která s vámi jde všude a se kterou se postupně probíjíte příběhem, občas hrajete za Taka, občas hrajete za jiné postavy s jinými schopnostmi, ale nikdy nehrajete se všemi najednou. Pokud máte štěstí, podaří se vám nasbírat docela pěknou sbírku různých klobouků, ne všechny jsou však užitečné. Zajímavé ano, ale jinak se je ani nevyplatí si je brát, protože je více lepších klobouků, jež k něčemu alespoň jsou. Klobouky můžete mít s sebou dva a systém, jakým se dají měnit mi přišel dost krkolomný; musíte si totiž jeden klobouk sundat, což dává smysl, jenže si ho nemůžete automaticky prohodit s druhým, musíte ho nechat tam, kde jste ho sundali a pokud ho znovu neseberete, do určité doby zmizí (tipuji cca. 30 sekund). Ocitla jsem se v místnostech, kde jsem potřebovala klobouk, který střílí výbušniny, abych se dostala ven, a pokud jsem nestihla klobouky prohodit, o jeden jsem prostě přišla. Docela blbý. Vím, že jsem chtěla Save me, Mr. Tako hlavně protože se mi líbilo graficky. Jenže některé levely jsou barevně neskutečně náročné na oči a barevná paleta se nedá upravit. Takže jsem se po určité době některým levelům začala vyhýbat. Vzhledem k tomu, kolik je ve hře postav, je hra na můj vkus trošku víc dialog heavy, než jsem očekávala, a některé čepice a achievementy jsem prakticky získala náhodou, protože jsem na začátku mluvila s každým, koho jsem potkala. Velké uf, NPC je tu až moc. Úplně nejvíc mi ale chyběla mapa. Level design je nesmírně chaotický, levely jsou sice číselně označené, ale nejdou popořadě, takže jsem strávila spoustu času hledáním dveří a občas mě to tak vysejřilo, že jsem to ten den prostě dropla a už se k tomu nevrátila. Běhat sem a tam poté, co dostanu nějaký upgrade, mi fakt nevadí, třeba ve Spiritfarer nebo v Hollow Knight mě to i bavilo, ale tady je to tak chaotické, že mi to znepříjemňovalo hraní a vlastně jsem to od té doby nezapla. Chtěla bych tuhle hru mít ráda, ale je spíše více aspektů, které mě obtěžují, a už ani nemám chuť se ke hře vracet. Škoda, škoda. [h1]tl;dr[/h1] [table] [tr] [th]Kategorie[/th] [th]Skóre[/th] [/tr] [tr] [td]⏰ délka gameplaye[/td] [td]více jak 20h[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]🎮 ovládání[/td] [td]jednoduché[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]🧠 náročnost[/td] [td]docela hlavolam[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]🖥 grafika[/td] [td]pixel[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]🎧 hudba[/td] [td]občas nějaký bop[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]🎖 hodnocení[/td] [td]negativní[/td] [/tr] [/table]

Octopus Lives Matter! Forget about those negative reviews. Time to get your tentacles dirty and save the world from War!

A nice Gameboy aesthetic retro platformer 2D pixel art game that revives Trip World / Kirby / Clash At Demonhead game style. It has good art and half-decent feel, and I'm going to check out any future game by these developers, but I have to give this one a harsh review. The problem is: 0) Over-written like so many indy games. Way too many textboxes and few of them are good. You might expect some funny quirky textboxes, when you consider the title is "Save me Mr. [Octopus]", but the text was almost like irrelevant strings of boredom. It seems that many indy game designers are self-absorbed and want to cram as many (bland) textboxes into the player's face as possible. That's not gameplay, people. It's mediocre, it's intrusive, it's irritating to constantly click through. This isn't High School English Class personal fiction sharing time. 1) Bland level designs. You jump here and there, but it's boring and uninteresting compared to the good classic platformers. The geometry doesn't feel like a place and isn't cool to travel through. 2) Tedious annoying bad-feeling structure. As you go along, the game switches back and forth at seemingly random points. One moment you're in a town apparently talking to people and seeing unclear textboxes about hats or mini-games, the next moment you're in a standard Kirby/Mario level area. Unlike other games that have both safe and normal/dangerous areas, this one was incoherent and neither part felt quite right. 3) General Uncreativity. At one point, two octopuses sing a song which they say is their special octopus song (or something like that). You would expect some kind of interesting not-perfectly-human-sapien melody and harmony chiptune here right? Nope. It's the most generic "castle king trumpet" tune ever in history. Why bother? How can octopuses in a goofy octopus game have a bland cliche human tune? It's worse than all the games it pays tribute to. I played it for 30 minutes, it's fine as a thing, I'm not mad I paid for it, and I will stlil follow these devs to see what else they do, but I don't want to load it up ever again.

Its fairly challenging game, and has a similar vibe to old Kirby games, surprisingly long for a 2D platformer game, especially with graphics of a Game Boy. Its also friendly to casuals since it has easy difficulty. A game where you get to be a hero, as a squid.

Un jeu que j'avais déjà fait à l'époque de sa première sortie, et que j'avais adoré. Cette réédition, avec du contenu supplémentaire, c'est un peu le must have si on kiffe le rétro et la plate forme.

Si les jeux Gameboy vous manquent... Souvenez vous bien, ils étaient durs à en crever et les derniers jeux inspirés de cette belle époque tendent vers une difficulté à préférer se torcher avec un cactus (Hein Shovel knight, c'est à toi que je parles). Save me Mr Tako ne tombe pas dans ce piège. Il nous cagole de nostalgie tout en évitant de nous balancer des "Petite merde, il manquait 2 pixel sur ton saut, si tu veux voir la suite recommence du début". Pour ça, merci :D