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DM to my partner after we got stuck: Ok so what if Baba is you AND you??

One of my favourite games that I suck at. Even if you don't like puzzle games, IMO it's absolutely worth it for the experience of breaking your mind several times over the course of just a few levels.

I played this game when it came out, and it was a great experience. The difficulty felt fair, with a reasonable challenge and good progression. That's where my ~20hrs of gameplay come from. But this isn't the game I played anymore.

Every couple of years I boot it back up, and every time, it feels like a different game:

- Once, I started a fresh character and was dealing thousands of damage, so I had no idea what my actual damage stat was. I died quickly, and after a few attempts, I quit out of frustration with not knowing what was going on.

- Later, I started fresh again, and game had become a Diablo clone. The gameplay was so ridiculously easy that it felt less like a game, and more like playing with god mode enabled. Apparently you were meant to grind through the monotony of the first difficulty to get to the "real" game, on the higher difficulties. But it's not fun, so why bother?

- Now, there's a "Hero Siege 2.0" update coming soon that will change everything again. Who knows what the game will be after that? With how vast the changes are with all these updates, I don't know why the devs don't just release sequels, instead of constantly changing the entire experience.

Basically, every major update changes the game completely, so it's impossible to review, because who knows what you'll get? The original release was great, but every time I try it again, it's either boring unbalanced. So it's a hard pass for me.

Visually stunning -- but the gameplay is dull, with too much backtracking, trying to figure out where to go next, and platforming/combat you've already seen a dozen times better elsewhere.

And it's overpriced.

I've never seen a game with such incredible detail. The world feels more lived-in than anything I've played. The screenshots really don't do it justice, and the characters all feel real, with their own motivations, and a huge amount of lore to immerse you even deeper into this world.

And the gameplay is good too, with enough customisation and build options to keep you interested, and just the right level of difficulty.

However: You will spend a lot of time walking between points with nothing to do. But if you can look past that, and you like twin stick shooters, then it's an experience that's well worth having.

Endlessly creative, it's just dumb silly fun. Kinda short if you rush, but there's plenty of content here if you take your time. Definitely worth it on sale.

Like a girlfriend who'll do anything in bed but frequently s**ts herself.

When it's good, it's amazing, and you'll do things you've never done before and probably won't again... but when it's bad, it's really bad, and you'll wonder why you're still wasting your time just to get s**t on again.

TL;DR: Boring. Overpriced. Missed potential.

As I approached the end of the first level I just put tiles wherever, to finish quickly and get to the next level. But there is no next level. It's the same one, over and over. There's some unlocks, but not enough to hold interest.

At this price point I expected a full game, but this feels like a basic tablet app, or the "casual mode" to a more fleshed-out game.


Here's where this review gets long. I'm gonna talk about how much potential this game has, and share some ideas, because tbh that's what makes it so disappointing, how much more it could have been.

It could have:

- New levels with their own challenges, restrictions, reskinned tiles, and special tiles unique to that level or area. Eg, a city area with factory tiles instead of farm tiles and trams instead of trains; a beach biome with more water tiles and no farms; a fairy kingdom with oversized mushrooms and dragonfly flight routes instead of train tracks; a zoo world where you get bonus points for grouping birds/mammals/fish etc, or a theme park world where massive roller coasters replace train tracks... there's endless possibilities with this game's engine.

- More mechanics besides "put tree next to tree", eg. bonus points if you put a train station next to a village of >10 houses, or if you connect villages via railways. Atm you're incentivised to keep everything separate, especially train tracks which heavily restrict their adjacent tiles.

- Having a choice between 2 tiles would be great. I actually enjoyed the game for a while when I was imagining how I would build the area, with its history and current culture -- but despite being simple, the system is too restrictive to give you any lasting sense of creative freedom. Having a choice of 2 tiles instead of 1 would give players a feeling of control and authorship, and let them steer the direction of their current world so each new one feels less repetitive, without disrupting the core score chasing mechanic too much. (Yes, there's a Creative Mode, but I need some restrictions and goals to keep me interested and motivated).

There's just so much you could do with this game's concept, I could go on for ages with other ideas. I'm still gonna try another run, maybe try to unlock everything and see if my opinion changes, but as said, atm this feels like either an app store game or an early access build.

Worth it to support the devs. But as a product, definitely not.

- The engine is outclassed very quickly, and there's rarely space for it on your boat.

- The item gives +5% chance for special fish, and there is almost always space for it on your boat. The base chance is 1% (or 3% at night), so +5% is a big buff, but it's not necessary as there are randomised spots that guarantee special fish, and there are special rods that give a bonus too. You get more cash for the special fish, but money is easy to get by the midgame, so it's only really useful for checking off boxes or reading fish lore. It also kinda feels like cheating.

Overall this DLC is waaaay overpriced for what it does. It costs ~20% of the original game, and half of it is useless. I want to support the devs, but I can't condone something this expensive. If this was called a "Supporter Pack" I'd say go for it, but as it is, the features it provides are not worth the money.

EDIT: There's also an issue with the location this key is used for: It's still shown to people who don't have the DLC, with a room that stays locked the entire game. But you're never told that you need this DLC to access it, just that it's locked. So you might spend the entire game looking for a key that you're actually meant to pay extra for (and I've seen players who have done exactly that). And I don't think that's a very nice thing to do.

Eldritch fish tetris. Not perfect, but absolutely deserves its praise.

Good HOG game, short and sweet. Art style is nice, reminiscent of games by Amanita Design. Great music too. Well worth the price IMO.

There are some negatives though. They weren't enough to sour my experience, but YMMV:

• Story is non-existent with no indication of your motivation, or even who you are.
  
• The hint system is annoying, and doesn't help you if the thing you need is behind an interaction (eg. opening a pot). Also, the hints tend to give the solution away, when what you really want is just a clue.
  
• Some of the puzzles felt out of place (the boat and plane ones), requiring quick responses and mouse positioning in a game where you normally play at your own pace. I'm a diverse gamer so they were more frustrating than hard for me, but they might be too challenging for people who mainly play HOGs.

IMPORTANT: If you have a custom scaling in your Display Options, change it back to 100%, otherwise your cursor won't be visible in full screen.