Sydney's World

Nominate this game for a "family friendly" steam award. It deserves it.

This is a JRPG with a difference. It is family-friendly, features no blood, cursing or nudity and has a good underlying message. As it begins, I do wonder if all of it isn't in the mind of a small girl dreaming. Still, it has good heart, and is fun to play. Do try it.

If you're after a light game to play with your kids, or looking for something your child could play on their own time, Sydney's World is a great addition to your game library. All the content is age-appropriate without being condescending, and could easily be enjoyed as a team playthrough with a kid. Since it's an older-styled RPG, the story is primarily told through text, which makes it a good tool for a kid or young adult to improve their reading skills. To ensure continuous engagement, however, there is occasional voice acting to liven up certain characters, beautiful art to help set the scene for major transitions, a custom soundtrack of music to get the player in the right mood, puzzles to challenge the player's other cognitive abilities, and some simple battles to break up the flow of everything. For players who really want to go in-depth, there are also a handful of chapters of stories you can find around the game and quotes from a couple philosophers. For the parent-child team, these can be entertaining asides or possible avenues for critical thinking and discussion - "Do you agree with this? Disagree? Why?" This is not a game for players who are into fast-paced games that reward constant input - most of the puzzles will test your memory through a series of trial and error, and character management is not a focus of the game. Battles will be very straight-forward, so if your kid plays a lot of games and is looking for something with a lot of in-depth strategy and rules, they may have difficulty engaging. However, for those who are patient and enjoy exploration and interacting with the game world, this should be a good educational supplement that the family can enjoy together.

Sydney's world is the perfect first videogame for a child. As I don't have children myself, I've watched the game played extesnivley and can vouch for its claim of being an excellant learning to read tool. The game is best played with a parent because some of the words (depending on the age of the player) will need to be explained to children. However, the best part of the game is that it reinforces kids to read and be excited to learn.

Неплохая игра в стиле RPG. Очень интересный сюжет,озвучка и саундтрек. Данная игра подойдёт для всей семьи.

LET'S PLAY: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRnfTl10SaR4Gve01GokMUsQ6dtqmlYma PRO: - awesome artworks... - nice mapping... - challenging bosses... - great voiceacting - loveable characters - a pretty huge rpg - [spoiler]unlockable after game[/spoiler] - really interresting story CONS: - ...some are clashing with others - ...but often only edited automaps - ...but maybe too challenging for childrens - no achievements RESULT: I can highly recommend this game. It has really awesome artwork, a very interresting story and very challenging bosses, which will lead to a negative, if you're not familiar with rpgs. The later bosses can be really tough and overwhelming, if you're not at least advanced in rpgs. One boss is luck based, but I don't want to spoil this boss. :) The mapping looks great, but are often only edited automaps. The voiceacting was really enjoyable, sadly there was only a few spoken actors. But the game should train your reading skills and there it really does a great job. It even helped me to read faster and more flawless and I'm not even native english speaking. For gamelength I can't complain at all, 16 hours are a pretty decent gametime. :) I really liked the story, it was really interresting to follow and had a lot of surprises for the player. After you finished the game, the credits will roll and [spoiler]a short after game could be played. <3[/spoiler] (\ô/)

Очень занимательная игра в Rpg жанре, которую, в отличие от последней fallout, реально можно назвать rpg игрой. Понравилась рисовка, музыкальное сопровождение, обилие диалогов, некоторые из которых очень интересно озвучены. Сидни звучит очень мило ^_^ Игра однозначно стоит своих денег, рекомендую к покупке! :3