A Story About My Uncle

I've had my eye on A Story About My Uncle for some time. I have a certain enjoyment of First Person Puzzle Platforms like Portal and Quantum Conundrum. In many ways ASAMU hits that mark, but I also see a lot of missed potential. The story is simple: Your uncle goes missing and you have to find him. You find out he traveled to and/or got stuck in an alternate dimension full of floating rocks and salamander people. To find him, you're given a special 'Adventure Suit' equip with a special wrist mounted device with alternating right/left mouse button functions and a set of boots that prevent fall damage. You also have to stop a mad A.I. from running tests on- OOPS wrong game! Joking aside, it's nothing at all like portal past the basic ascetics. The story is fun and the handful of characters are amusing but the whole thing unsubstantial and incredibly short. I feel like this game could have done with a few hours added on. The game play is based around swinging around with your grappling laser from floating rock to floating rock. Seriously, that's it. No combat, no puzzles. You get a set of rocket boots at some point but beyond that it's just good ol' fashion swinging around. It's actually pretty fun but can be frustrating at times. You're limited to three uses of the grapple at a time and you'll often find yourself just barely missing the ledge and starting over. Check points are frequent enough so backtracking isn't that big of a deal. Still, this game could have used a ledge grabbing mechanic. Graphics are wonderful, although occasionally glitchy. Maddie, one of the main characters has a wide range of expressions and it really shows. Even though the graphics are showing their age they do a wonderful job of setting the atmosphere. In short: B+ game. Fun and simple. Could have used more story and the gameplay missed a few marks. Worth the $2.25 I spent.

I don't get it, why anyone - non prepped - would ever define this game as "freedom of movement". Just because you do big jumps, this is not freedom of movement. Most of the game you only have one way to go. Its a pipe-shooter, no sidepaths, little exploration, little freedom. One star for being one of the action games that has an in story explanation for inhuman jumping capabilities.

This game bounced between 2 and 4 stars for me while I was playing it. It isn't very long, I think it only took me about 2-3 hours to finish it, but the quality of the game felt all over the place. I think this is mainly due to the fact that there are really only two mechanics, jumping and grappling. They give them to you pretty much immediately and the game wears out its welcome after that. As a result, the early chapters were my favorite, but that might just be because that was when the mechanics were fresh, and they just got boring after a while. They do give you rocket boots randomly towards the end (and then inexplicably take them away at the end for no reason), but those don't really feel like a new mechanic as they just make you jump farther. Around the second to last level the difficulty spikes, and the last two levels or so were a bit too full of moments that were unnecessarily frustrating in a game that had been pretty easygoing up until then. I also do just think that the physics/movement itself was just not well thought out and is very clunky, but it has its moments. I was definitely feeling pretty frustrated and disappointed at that point, but the games ending and epilogue were honestly touching and well-acted. I wasn't super impressed or interested with most of the story, but it stuck the landing as well as it could. The relationships between some of the characters did make me feel connected to the world, and that's never a minus. However, this game's story definitely doesn't elevate it above its below average gameplay, and I don't want to imply otherwise. I would pick this up on a sale, at the very least it won't live long in your memory, and at the most you enjoy some of the puzzles and feel a little charmed by the world and characters this game shows you.

i have played a game called eastshade and i really love that game and this is gotta be the most prettiest adventure story mode game i have ever played and beat and i just love the idea that their are these purple or blue or green frog people in the caves and also taking that little blue frog girl maddie along was pretty fun and the places are just so pretty to me for some reason but very good game i got this free for a limited time back in the day so glad i picked it up :) this game was brought on steam but i decided to pick this up cheap here on gog!

I loved this game! Beautiful and interesting. I bought it at 9:00pm one night and finished it before 12:00am. I'm not sure if this counts as a spoiler, but I must say the ending was a bit disappointing. Had this game been longer with perhaps a bit more variety in puzzles, I think it would be a huge hit among gamers. I loved it, and have played through it again. I would purchase a sequel without a second thought, and have no regrets buying it the first time. I love the controls(I kept clicking the wrong buttons at first, but muscle memory eventually kicks in!). Really, only thing I'd say is it needed to be longer with more puzzle variety. The ending would have been so much better if more emotion and attachment was built up, but because it is so short, the nostalgia from finishing isn't as great as it could've been. Low stress game, and having to find how to complete a course by dying over and over again was a lost method for a while. This game brings it back!(And I love it!) PS-You don't die so much that you feel discouraged, just enough to become encouraged. I'm 16, not much for online fps, so this was perfect. Maybe a bit too easy;) :) 10/10 would recommend! (Playing at night may have made it more exciting!)