- Publisher: Elllinia games , Dear Villagers
- Release Date: Sep 12, 2024
- Also On: PlayStation 5, Switch
- Summary:
- Developer: Adrien Lucas, Studio Plane Toast, Plane Toast
- Genre(s): Action Adventure, Adventure, General, Open-World
- # of players: No Online Multiplayer
- Cheats: On GameFAQs
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 14
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Mixed: 8 out of 14
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Negative: 0 out of 14
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Sep 15, 2024I cannot say enough good things about Caravan SandWitch. It is a top-tier chill game. You can tell the instant Sauge steps foot on Cigalo: it’s especially calm for a post-apocalyptic planet, save for a massive storm brewing far out. The very few elements that didn’t work in my favour aren’t enough to even consider lowering my score for the game. That yellow van is instantly iconic the second you lay eyes on any visual of it. Caravan SandWitch has simple controls, colourful graphics, and oddly enough no sense of pending doom (despite Cigalo being on the edge of extinction.)
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Sep 13, 2024Caravan SandWitch isn’t a game to play for a lot of action or crazy, tension-filled moments. It isn’t going to challenge you beyond a simple environmental puzzle and a push to go exploring, and it doesn’t have to. It is a simple game, one that works best in its quiet moments, that just asks you to sit back and enjoy yourself as you take a delightful little road trip across a strangely hopeful, near-apocalyptic planet. It’s perfect for a rainy day when you need a quick break from stress or simply something to shut your brain off after a long day of work, and for that, I certainly recommend it.
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Sep 13, 2024Caravan SandWitch is a heartwarming and relaxing exploration game that invites players into the vibrant world of Cigalo. Developed by the small studio Plane Toast, the game blends a captivating narrative about family, community, and belonging with intuitive mechanics. Though a few rough edges remain, Caravan SandWitch offers a peaceful, visually stunning journey that’s sure to resonate with fans of exploration-based adventures.
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Sep 13, 2024This is a damn fine effort from a relatively untested studio, and while the studio chronically comes close to realising many of their ambitions here, it's easy to love, and also pretty easy to recommend.
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Oct 22, 2024Though certainly not a conventional adventure game, Caravan SandWitch is fortified by interesting characters and an overarching, quest-driven tale. Puzzles involving navigation may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but there’s no combat, no death, and no timed challenges; frustrating at moments, but pretty chill. You will find it intriguing if you’re up for exploring and navigating landscapes with chunks of story on the side.
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Oct 11, 2024Despite its numerous charms, Caravan SandWitch just didn’t sit right with me. There is perhaps something to be said for a chill attitude in the midst of apocalypse, but this experience gets there by avoiding all of its tragedies, save one. The looming death of this world and seeming indifference from everyone inhabiting it left me too uneasy to fully accept the atmosphere Caravan SandWitch seemed to be after. While Cigalo was beautiful to see and relaxing to visit, even as the planet crept ever closer to collapse, I kept wishing that someone would rage against the dying of its light.
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Edge MagazineOct 3, 2024Despite the absence of punishing deadlines, though, maybe this escape is a little too much like work after all. [Issue#403, p.122]