Tides of Tomorrow 🌊

Muito bom, e bem melhor que o Road 96! acho que uma história mais profunda mas com a gameplay desse seria incrível!!

What a beautiful and colorful game. If you like colorful things and nautical vibes, I would recommend playing it because this game was eye-candy for me. The artstyle alone, 10/10. For those of you who might be wondering, this is a choice-making and story-focused game. The gameplay isn't intense (some simple stealth, walking around and getting stuff, some boat combat that's not too complicated, etc.) If that doesn't sound interesting to you, I would definitely recommend passing on this one. As someone who is more story-focused on games and loves being able to make choices, this is what I love to look for. I actually liked this game more than Road 96. I wasn't nearly as stressed out (over dumb little things) and enjoyed the premise more in Tides of Tomorrow. While Road 96 focuses on you being like a teenager-ish age, poor in every level, and unable to really do much, this game focuses on you being (potentially) wiser, trying not to be sick, and [i]it actually feels like you can accomplish things, even on your own.[/i] I really love the world building in this game, and how you can really take in the sights. Taj was my favorite character by far, and I found Nahe and her brother (and their arcs) to be quite intriguing as well. The overall story I thought was pretty interesting, but not super-world changing. I do like the themes of humanity, the environment, and animals, and how you can interact with all 3 of those aspects at many points in the game. I felt like the ending (no spoilers) was pretty satisfyingly explained too. The main issues I have with the game is that the developers, in my opinion, had way too much confidence in the boat sections, and wish they were shortened (or just had fewer sections with them included in general), because they get boring and repetitive pretty fast. It doesn't help that the music for the battles is the exact same every time. Also feel like the story slows down near the middle and is just extra busy-work fluff to lengthen the time. At least the missions don't *feel* important at that section of the game, and the plot feels like it's at a standstill for a few hours. Then, regarding the "other player" stuff, I personally found some of it to be a little confusing throughout my playthrough, as something would happen when I would come back to an area where things were suddenly wildly different, like a bit unbelievably so, but this only happened to me a few times. I also noticed that the same character model with the same voice actor (specifically in the stores) appears pretty frequently in the game, but I understand that this is a smaller studio, so I'll let that slide. But overall I'm really glad I played this, and I probably will go through the game again sometime in the future.