A Short Hike Review
Recommended
Great game.
+ Lovely world, cute characters, great conversations, a living world
+ Great core mechanics and unlock progression
+ A lot of open-world content, everything interesting and enjoyable
+ A lot of alternative routes and approaches are viable (very generous for reaching the main story objective)
+ Good story/main objective pacing
* Distinct, pixelated graphics - unique style, pixelated-cute characters, good artistic rendering choices
* Well designed achievements
* ~5h for 100% playthrough(?) (I previously played it on epic; savegame automatically taken over)
If you're interested, the dev talked about development and reception in a GDC talk (2020): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW8gWgpptI8
+ Lovely world, cute characters, great conversations, a living world
+ Great core mechanics and unlock progression
+ A lot of open-world content, everything interesting and enjoyable
+ A lot of alternative routes and approaches are viable (very generous for reaching the main story objective)
+ Good story/main objective pacing
* Distinct, pixelated graphics - unique style, pixelated-cute characters, good artistic rendering choices
* Well designed achievements
* ~5h for 100% playthrough(?) (I previously played it on epic; savegame automatically taken over)
If you're interested, the dev talked about development and reception in a GDC talk (2020): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW8gWgpptI8