The friends of Ringo Ishikawa

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6.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 17 Ratings

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  1. CHEslavik74
    May 19, 2018
    10
    not bad for a Russian developer
    good animation, atmosphere and mini games
    it's worth buying
  2. wspark
    Feb 15, 2020
    7
    Mix in the some of the beat-em up gameplay and character building concepts from River City Ransom, add in a more serious coming-of-age tale with a Japanese delinquent culture, and deliberate sandbox-y open-world and immersive pacing of Shenmue, and you have a game like the Friends of Ringo Ishikawa.

    This will not be a game with mass appeal, and but it will really appeal to those who    Mix in the some of the beat-em up gameplay and character building concepts from River City Ransom, add in a more serious coming-of-age tale with a Japanese delinquent culture, and deliberate sandbox-y open-world and immersive pacing of Shenmue, and you have a game like the Friends of Ringo Ishikawa.

    This will not be a game with mass appeal, and but it will really appeal to those who enjoy the cross-sections of ideas mentioned above. There are some execution faults and the I found the pacing of the game a bit slow to enjoy as a pure “video-game”, but I can certainly appreciate the effort of the developer melding all these niche ideas to come up a game that might appeal to those enjoy some of the more arty side of video games.    … Expand
  3. BulgarianCritic
    May 2, 2019
    9
    I really enjoyed this game some of the things can be pretty repetitive but i fell in love with the story its characters and its melancholy atmosphere.Loved it
  4. Trofim
    Mar 2, 2021
    4
    I dropped the game after few minutes of play. I believe that the game has good music, good backgrounds and good story and that is why I’ll watch walkthrough on YouTube.

    Why I dropped? Controls are awful and you have only one attempt to change buttons and then due to bug you can’t do that. But changing buttons won’t improve control in general. For example, you need to press    I dropped the game after few minutes of play. I believe that the game has good music, good backgrounds and good story and that is why I’ll watch walkthrough on YouTube.

    Why I dropped? Controls are awful and you have only one attempt to change buttons and then due to bug you can’t do that. But changing buttons won’t improve control in general.

    For example, you need to press simultaneously punch and kick to jump.    … Expand
  5. Dantefromdmc
    Jun 30, 2020
    10
    With contemplative themes, it's a well designed game that eloquently soothes me.
    Fun gameplay too! Progression in the game is genuinely satisfying.
  6. marpolaris
    Jun 26, 2020
    7
    APENAS EMPECE A JUGAR Y QUEDE ATRAPADA estupendo juego es toda una aventura, la música es muy buena al igual que la peleas y la historia es muy envolvente
  7. periculummagnum
    Jun 22, 2020
    9
    It's incredibly hard to describle this type of game. I don't want to resort to old-fashioned comparisions but in this case it's the best I can do.

    The friends of Ringo Ishikawa is a Shenmuenesque Open-World Beat'em up with Slice of Life Elements peppered up with some time managment. The visuals and music make it a very unique yet similar experience to Shenmue in its foundation: it's    It's incredibly hard to describle this type of game. I don't want to resort to old-fashioned comparisions but in this case it's the best I can do.

    The friends of Ringo Ishikawa is a Shenmuenesque Open-World Beat'em up with Slice of Life Elements peppered up with some time managment. The visuals and music make it a very unique yet similar experience to Shenmue in its foundation: it's life. Mundane, weird, unpredictable. It's up to you how you spend your time: beating some punks up to get by or trying to study and earn your monthly scholarship to have some fun playing pool. It's a relaxing and thought-provoking story on life, time and our own way in it.

    There is only one minor criticism towards the whole experience: the ending. There is no ending to life whether we are alive or not. The way the developer presents your final point in the game may ruin your overall experience making everything you've done on your journey pointless. Just be warned, not everyone is going to like this attitude. It's abrubt and very unsatisfying.
    Hence, minus one point for sacrificing the logic of the narrative for the authors' final message which might completely contradict your playstyle and experience with the game.
    Must buy for sure.    … Expand
  8. fanmagnoli21
    Oct 19, 2020
    9
    This game is realy magicial Simple but have a awsome climate, plz do second part of this game ita amazing!!!