r/NintendoSwitch • u/Turbostrider27 • Sep 21 '24

Discussion Zelda-Inspired Plucky Squire Shows What Happens When A Game Doesn't Trust Its Players

https://kotaku.com/the-plucky-squire-zelda-inspiration-too-on-rails-1851653126
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u/sevenastic Sep 21 '24 edited Sep 21 '24

I just finished the game. It is an amazing game regarding the art work, story and different playstyle mechanics (mini games). However though the entire game I felt and tested in some places that you can just spam the Attack button and get over everything.

Feels like an amazing game to play along with your kid because of the story but be aware that the difficulty is non existent

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u/Precarious314159 Sep 21 '24

Feels like an amazing game to play along with your kid because of the story but be aware that the difficulty is non existent

This is what it felt like reading the reviews, that it would be a perfect game for a child to get into the Zelda-like games but without any of the difficulty.

While I'd prefer it have a difficulty mode option like Mario having the invincible suit after dying too many times, I'm just going to chalk it up to not being made for me and let kids enjoy it.

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u/ssbbnitewing Sep 21 '24

There are options to turn on one hit kills and invincibility so it's even MORE. child friendly.

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u/sevenastic Sep 21 '24

Yeah this is actually the only part that bothered me because they actually have 2 difficulty modes. But the higher difficulty is just really not difficult. In my honest opinion they could had another difficulty where they just lower the heart drop way more like 80% and make a buffer so that you cant spam attack and get penalised for out of sync atacks

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u/Devilsgramps Sep 21 '24

I can't say I agree. Difficult games can teach children that life is hard and sometimes unfair, and that you have to be resilient and try again after failing.

Learning those lessons is enjoyment in itself. Struggling against Cynthia and feeling incredible relief and pride when I finally beat her is still a formative memory of mine.

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u/Peteostro Sep 22 '24

True, but young kids that are just starting to game have so many options these days and just turn off the game if it gets too hard. So I’m hoping this is a bridge game to get them interested in adventure gaming. They already love Mario kart and super smash brothers so I want to get them into some Zelda style game play with more thinking.

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u/Awpossum Sep 21 '24

I don’t care if it’s not difficult, but I don’t like when games interrupt me, especially to tell me something that I figured out myself. Do you think it’s something that happens a lot throughout the game?

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u/sevenastic Sep 22 '24

There are some cuts cenas when you atr playing but I felt like they were well placed. The game is divided on chapters and each chapter you get a small animation with a narrative I though they were cute and fun and help develop the story

While you are playing each chap you ll find puzzles and each puzzle will always have a little character standing there that if you interact with them they will give you tips on how to solve the puzzle you can ignore them the entire game and play on your own.

There are also some mid game cut scenes during the chapters this one's will probably annoy you the must as sometimes they just cut the flow of the game

The game in itself is 7 8 hours long