I simply cannot reccomend the game in this state. The best way to describe it is "boring", which is not good for a party game.
While the game does look pretty, performs well, and has ok minigames, the rest of it is soulless and boring, for a multitude of reasons:
There's a very noticeable absence of sound in the game. For example, the characters aren't voiced. Their steps don't makeI simply cannot reccomend the game in this state. The best way to describe it is "boring", which is not good for a party game.
While the game does look pretty, performs well, and has ok minigames, the rest of it is soulless and boring, for a multitude of reasons:
There's a very noticeable absence of sound in the game. For example, the characters aren't voiced. Their steps don't make noise. They don't scream when they hurt. There's no ambient noise, either, or any kind of sound for different kinds of squares. It feels so empty, and boring.
The game also feels really slow. The characters move slowly, the objects/weapons aren't enough to make a serious damage to other players unless everyone gangs up on them, there are no special events of any kind like a boss battle.
It feels like the objects/weapons were made thinking about "being balanced", completely missing the point of this being a WACKY PARTY GAME and that ridiculous effects actually make it more fun. The vast majority of them are weak and lame, barely able to actually inconvenience other players. The only way is for at least 3 player to gang up on one poor soul that will be miserable for the rest of the match.
The minigames, while being serviceable, all suffer from one major issue: it's hard to see your character. The character is not bright enough, has no outline, most games are very fast paced. The result? You will lose track of who's who leading to some very lame scenarios. The reward for winning a minigame isn't all that great either, you just have to avoid placing last.
There is also no way to make a comeback. Aside from a single extremely rare object, there's no "duel" game or any sort of way to steal currency from other players. Even killing them will make them drop some keys and MAYBE you can pick them up 5 turns later.
And lastly, the ending. Once you end this game, there's a prize ceremony, except the 3 awards given aren't randomized, and as such, you will always know who wins. Oh, and there's also no way to start another game right away. You have to quit and clumsily go back to the start menu again.
These problems wouldn't be that bad by themselves, but when you pile them up, you get an extremely sluggish, lame and boring game, which actually wouldn't be that bad, if this wasn't a PARTY GAME TO HAVE FUN WITH.
What's even more infuriating is that these are just QoL changes, that could be easily fixed. But the game is more than 2 years old at the time I'm writing this. I don't think they will. But one can hope.
TL; DR It's boring. painfully so. Play literally any other party game until it's fixed.… Expand
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