Feb 3, 2023 - Day 34 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 41

Game: Regions of Ruin
Platform: Steam PC
Release Date: Feb 5, 2018
Library Date: Jan 6, 2019
Unplayed: 1489 days (4y28d)
Playtime: 21m

Sometimes i'll open a game, & can see that the developers put a lot of love into it. It makes me want to like the game.

It makes me feel worse when I don't; I do not like this game.

It's a mashup of different styles of games: a pixel-art 2D sideways-scrolling RPG. I've not encountered this particular combination before.

As I've said before, I lived through pixel art the first time around, so I don't miss it; sideways scrolling games need to grab me, but I like RPGs.

The problem for me is that the 2D sideways scrolling nature of the game makes it quite difficult to manage the RPG elements of the game. I ended up mashing everything with my weapon, unclear what was background art, and what I could smash to open.

Then there's the map. I literally spent five minutes trying to figure it out, before working out that the apples you collect throughout the game are tokens to spend opening up the map.

My apologies to the developers of Regions of Ruin, but this is now just trading card fodder; it's a:

1: Nope.

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