So, today instead of doing a rant, I decided to do a review-like thing on a not-super-popular (...sort of) video-game. :P I think I'll do this often since there are quite a few games like this that I can think of. As in there are a lot games that deserve more attention in my opinion.
So, let's start with Dust: An Elysian Tail. (heh, get it? Tail?...) (By the way I haven't actually played it, but I have seen a play-through of it. [ and want to play it ;u; ] )
Story:
The story is amazing. It has a very extensive storyline with many different little stories in between from its many side quests and characters. It's also interesting to see how you can choose certain actions that decides what kind of personality you want the main character, Dust, to have. As for what the actual story is, it pretty much is about a fox/wolf/some-furry-creature-with-pointy-ears, that woke up in the middle of a forest with no past memories. He's then approached by some talking floating sword ( XD yep ) that seems to know more about him then Dust does himself. The sword says that Dust must go East for answers, and after a cute, little flying creature joins him (it was her responsibility to watch the sword so she's coming along in order to take it back once Dust is done with it) the journey begins. The beginning of the story itself is pretty commonplace, but there's actually so much more that actually goes into the storyline later on, that makes it really stand out from other games and stories.
Characters:
Dust: He's the main character that I talked about a little bit ago. He's an extremely powerful (attacking-wise, as this is a game in which you fight off monsters) amnesiac, that seems to have a pretty cool personality. He loves to tease Fidget, the flying creature companion, which I really like as it makes him a lot more realistic and fun. Once again, you can somewhat customize his personality in that you can choose certain actions, but then again you aren't exactly choosing his personality as you're shown later why you even had those specific personality options...I don't know how to explain this. XD To anyone who has played the game, I'm specifically referring to that time when he was returning clothes to the old man in a village who made a little boy wash them in a dangerous place, and you could choose whether to put some poison ivy type thing in the clothes or not. Well, anyways, I really like Dust as a character, and it's interesting to see how his personality is as himself and how his past affects his current personality as well.
Fidget: She's a flying creature called a Nimbat that guards the Blade of Ahrah - the talking sword that floated over to Dust in the beginning. In order to take the sword back later, she accompanies Dust on his journey. She's a really interesting and rather sassy character. XD Which makes her awesome in my opinion. She also just makes the game a lot more fun, as her personality makes me love seeing all of the cutscenes that show her interactions with Dust. It's just so amusing. XD
Then there's the Blade of Ahrah, which honestly is mostly just there in the beginning as a tutorial guide and to create a sense of mystery. He does have an actual purpose in the story later, but if I were to tell you what that was, it would reveal some really important plot details from pretty far into the game. :P Also, there's another very important character named Ginger, but she talking about her would also give away too much important plot development, so I'll just stop here with the character analysis. XD
Gameplay:
Although I can't say anything about the gameplay from past experience, I do know that it has a button-combo attacking stye of gameplay, and that the controls are easy to understand and execute from what I have seen when others play the game. There is also a leveling up and experience point aspect to the game. You can even upgrade your stats which is a nice touch.
The only not-so-great feature is that you can't save wherever you want. However, there are plenty of save points scattered throughout the game, and you only need to walk through it instead of standing there, waiting for it to save for you.
Graphics:
IT'S BEAUTIFUL. Everything is just so PRETTY. The backgrounds are great, the character art and animations are fantastic, the fighting animations are amazing, all of the graphics are just so incredible! (I also love the outfits - specifically Dust's. His hat is pretty cool.) The only thing that I didn't really like was Dust's character art without his hat on. Later on in the game, he does remove his hat, revealing his face for once. I wasn't very impressed by it though. Something looked a bit off about his face (not to mention that his eyes made him look very girly). But that is just a small little thing compared to the beauty of the entire game itself. <3
Closing Notes and Wrap-Up:
I wasn't sure where to put this, but I wanted to mention the healing items that they have in the game. Dust eats food to recover his health, and the food consists of real-life dishes, many of which are Korean. I was so stoked to see all of the Korean dishes in the game (seeing as I'm Korean myself). It was wonderful to be able to see him eat all of these foods that I myself love and eat. >u< (even the title has Korean next to it) Oh, and also, an important thing to keep in mind that makes this game all the more impressive, is the fact that one person, let me repeat, ONE person made this entire game. ONE PERSON. OnO He did all of the planning, the art, the animations, the coding, everything. Look at me in the eyes (well you can't actually, but whatever) and tell me that that's not incredible. This guy is really amazing to have been able to make a game with as great of a story, characters, gameplay, and art as this.
Well, that's all, but I hoped that you guys enjoyed this. :3 I hope that you guys at least check this game out sometime!
- Cherry
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