YAPYAP

I’ve been playing Yapyap for a lil bit, and in my opinion, it’s been a bit of a let down and had a lot of wasted potential. It doesn’t really do enough to set itself apart from other “friendslop” games, and it shares a very similar formula to Lethal Company. The mechanics are cool to begin with, but saying the same commands over and over gets repetitive fast, especially when some spells like ignis tongue require you to speak loudly into your microphone for a prolonged period of time. Also the main feature, being able to cast spells with your microphone, can just be disabled at any point, completely removing the novelty of the game. I think a good middleground to reach here would be that some of the more common spells should use keyboard/mouse commands, but spells that take longer to charge up should require more complex inputs or a chant. Additionally, the game feels strapped for content. I’ve only been playing for a few hours, and I already feel like I’ve seen every possible room that could be generated, and every possible wand that could be obtained. There’s no other variations to the map, so each night you go to the exact same place over and over again. The only thing that changes as you progress through the game is the quota, meanwhile, you’re stuck with the same map, same items to break, and same pool of wands that you can use. Another thing that bothers me is that most of the contract missions require either the wand of winds or the grotesque wand, which I have found to be some of the lower tier wands available in the game, and if you aren’t able to purchase the grotesque wand in the shop, you won’t be able to do any quests pertaining to it. Overall, I do really like this game, and I did have a lot of fun playing it for a while, I just feel like it needs a bit more substance and more interesting things to find so that it can feel more fleshed out.