![]() It’s not going to bring the Dark Souls skill set into the fold, but it’s an enjoyable affair that has potential to be something quite excellent. Groups of enemies offer a good amount of challenge, with various types to contend with. Combat fares better, with her able to dodge roll, parry, and attack easily using a lock-on targeting system. Controlling Ary is simple enough, and she has quite the sizeable jump on her too the opening market area can see her jumping up to rooftops with ease! She’s perhaps a little too twitchy at times in her movement – I found some of the latter platforming sections tricky to land her accurately – but overall it’s a very fluid system. What we have then is a fairly traditional action RPG adventure that oozes charm and a child-like sense of wonder. Clearly though, this isn’t going to stop our little devil, and she ‘borrows’ her brothers clothes, cuts her hair and sets off on adventure. She offers to take her father and brothers place, but is not allowed according to tradition (read: she’s not a dude). ![]() While it’s perhaps a traditional set up, the charm with which the tale is told kept me interested throughout.Īfter a trip to the market is interrupted by wild hyenas – fought off by Ary’s deft stick wielding skills – she returns to discover a Council meeting among the Guardians of Seasons has been scheduled. From there we learn that her older brother Flynn has been missing for a few weeks, her father is not taking it well at all so between them they need to handle daily affairs. She’s abruptly interrupted by a call from her Mother downstairs – we all know that feeling – and duly goes to see her. ![]() It’s a brilliantly shot scene, and capture’s a child’s imagination perfectly. The opening scene sets the tone perfectly, with her playing with action figures and narrating her own story as she gets more and more into it, the music swells and the stationary actions figures feel as though they are about to burst to life. We play as the titular Aryelle – Ary for short – the youngest child and daughter to an important family in the world of Valdi. After spending a few hours with the demo build, I came away really rather excited for its September release. From the almost painterly art style, to the traditional platforming and combat, and a magical fairy-tale plot, I’m reminded of titles such as Zelda and Beyond Good &Evil. There’s something about Ary and the Secret Season’s that rekindles the feelings of games that I played growing up.
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