Weirdlands

I simply cannot recommend this game enough. The developer did an absolutely fantastic job for what looks like one of their first games. The story is poignant and fascinating. While some may not enjoy the lack of explicit instructions or hand holding, I found it truly delightful to explore the world. I'll come back to write a longer review later, but this little gem might have become one of my favourite games.

What a wonderful indie game! I have played a lot in the early access and only now have finally finished it! Time well spent indeed! The writing & story are very well done, and also quite funny, looking at the elemental book descriptions! :) Congratulations to the solo dev! Really captivating and unique art direction and creature design, hints of homage to Ghibli studios and Hogwarts, but it is absolutely its own unique thing! The sound and music also build the world so well, again the color scheme is so vivid and endearing—loves all of it! And the game has a nice pace, not too hard, also no holding you by the hand, just some good old RPG exploration and point-and-clicky in the best way. Can't wait to play through the New Game+ as it is apparently a whole new thing, so a lot of amazing content. If you enjoy whimsical, very unique indie games—give it a go! I highly recommend it! In my humble opinion, I think Weirdlands will stand the test of time in its very clear idea of what it is, for me already a classic, right up there with the best of the genre!

This is undoubtedly one of my most favourite games in YEARS! The story, the puzzles, the creatures, the adorable graphics there is so much to love. As an avid creature collector player it was lovely to play, enough variety that you can mix and match around but not so overwhelming that collecting them all is impossible. The dialogue is well written and feels natural when reading (I played this game in English I do not know if it has support for other languages). If I had one complaint its that the puzzles are fantastic but sometimes identifying the solutions is a bit obtuse because its not always clear what clues you are supposed to work with. Thankfully the small but fantastic community did help me with a few puzzles that really had me stumped. At the point in time I'm posting this review there are no guides and it would be awesome if someone who plays through this in the future makes one. I look forward to any future games made by this creator as I'm sure they will be absolute bangers. I highly recommend this game to everyone 9/10 buy it and play it!

I landed here because I'm a fan of monster taming games. I've been playing nothing but this game for the past couple weeks. It's very solid. The lore, I found genuinely enticing. I was pleasantly surprised by how much it drew me in. Some of the characters were great. There's a chunk of grind required right at the start, which personally I don't mind. There was a patch released partway through my second playthrough which apparently addressed this, but I never tried it out. Pretty soon you're thrust into an open world and kinda left to your own devices. Not a lot of hand-holding. Thank goodness. There isn't anything stopping you from massively overpreparing and maximizing some or all of your stats, which is tempting, but obviously removes a lot of depth from the gameplay. I joined the creator's Discord, and constructive feedback and bug reports are welcome and appreciated there. New Game + is not what you'd be expecting. You don't carry over stats or captured spirits. Instead … something else happens, which makes a second playthrough very satisfying. The core mechanics of the game change a bit. You can also kinda blitz through it the second time 'round once you already know what to do. Anyway, very neat indie game. Great stuff. Recommended.

I was recommended this game by a friend and I really wish more people were aware of it. I'm only a couple of hours in as of writing this and I can already say that I'm having quite a bit of fun with it. The start can feel a little grindy but the grind isn't like extremely hard or anything, you get experience points for pretty much everything you do and it only costs 100 per point to level up your stats; and there are only 3 stats to level. There are item based puzzles like a point and click. And the real highlight for me is the writing, it has a lot of charm to it. You can go through the entire game and examine pretty much everything in the game and everything has a very charming and often times witty thing to say about all the decoration. All the characters have their own unique voice and they're fun to talk too. I spent like a solid ten minutes making friends with a vending machine. It's also fun to see your magic get stronger as you level up, everyone starts with a weak beam, but level it up enough and you start throwing out Kamehameha. I do wish the auto save would auto save a little more often, I've gotten in the habit of manually saving more often. But sometimes you can be going on at a decent clip then an enemy will one shot you out of nowhere, it's not a huge deal, getting stronger is not hard like I said, but sometimes I'll lose like maybe 10 or so minutes of progress and it's a little frustrating. Overall I think the game is very charming and fun, I'm looking forward to see how it expands.

This is genuinely one of the best games I've played all year. If you have any interest in creature collectors or even RPGs in general, pick it up ASAP. Go in as blind as you can, discovery is a huge strength of this game. Also, pay attention to what is said or written in this game as things are rarely said lightly.

Good game, quite fun. If you can't figure out what to do, you have a journal in your book bag.

This is one of the most fun RPG's I've played in a while. The game itself is beautiful, the art is immaculate and the gameplay loop get's ingrained in you in a way that I've only ever seen in a few games. If you read homestuck back in the 2010's, this is right up your alley!(also applies for fans of Undertale)