The Secret Blue Forest

Dear Joel, ive got the feeling, that you wanted to express your feelings during the game developement phase. for me, it was a strange but special experience playing your game. until now, i walk in a big circle around frogs. and also in generel, i think i will not sleep good tonight. thanks for nothing. (if you need help, the anser with "abonniert handofblood") greetings, hänno digga.

Dear potential Players, This game is the epitome of being physically and mentally exhausting. Clunky controls with way too complicated puzzles. During my time of playing this masterpiece, I havent only cheesed some of forementioned puzzles just because I thought its not worth to have a mental breakdown because of this game. The game also has some janky-ass combat. You have your 2 funi spells. One to move blocks which has even worse controls than the movement (I dunno how Joel did it but, it was somehow managed) and the second being an ice shard with which you can shoot your enemies. This spell is basically your only viable combat move since close combat has no hitbox, or the game didnt tell meI hit the enemy, and with the camera movement being inverted up and down, you'll most likely wont hit your target. This spell is also great to cheese the way too unbalanced enemies in the game, that'll sometimes just oneshot you, without you having any possibility to do anything. The puzzle designs were overall just in the "If I have to do another one of these things, I'm gonna shoot myself, oh wait there it is, the same ♥♥♥♥ again"-category. Sometimes the main puzzle gimmick was changed but nothing more. Being relaxing as it should be, I chose not to do the optional puzzles to get 1 out of 13 atrifacts, that are basically the collectibles, because otherwise someone had to admit me to the next mental hospital and I really did not see a worth trade there. Music design is at a first glance relatively good, but is driving you even more crazy than the puzzles after you heard the 1:30 main theme of this game for the 57th time. Its like the C.I.A torture playlist but even worse since you are audibly on even more of an acid trip than you are through the visual design anyways. Speaking of which, the visual design is kept simple, as its the nature of low poly, but its shouldnt be as obvious as "I start the game and notice there are only 5 assests in this entire game" obvious like its the case here. Luckily, its more diverse than the music. Gameplaywise you just want to fire a 9mm bullet right into your brain, since you are doing the same puzzle for the 6th time already and the next one is the same.I mean sure, the main mechanic of the puzzles is switched every so often but that just doesnt make them less repetetive. With the aforementioned way too strong enemies, you either cheese them or just ru to the next ♥♥♥♥ getting thrown in your face. There are sometimes random landmines, which you cant see or just random arrow traps that'll do continous damage if you get hit by one, most likely taking half your hp bar. The puzzles getting more and more "harder" aka the controls with screw your ass more that Johnny Sins did your mothers, to the point where you just wanna cry because you've taken 30 minutes out of your lifetime, that you'll never get back, as you have to restart the puzzle yet again. As some have noticed, this review is all over the place and just as confused as you are, that im picking up the ♥♥♥♥♥♥ controls yet again even though I talked about them 2 times already, I was playing this fckin game. I dont know why my friend who gifted me this wanted to see me suffer so badly but I hope it was worth for him. Dont play this game, because it multiplies your current depression by 17x. 10/10 wouldnt play again Imma admit myself the nearst mental asylum and bang my head repeatedly against the wall for the next 49 years, because this is the logical conclusion after playing this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Sincerely, Your fat neighbourhood pidgeon