Treasure Adventure Game

+ This game is FREE + Cozy graphics and music + Collecting hats doesn't require any $$$ +- Interesting idea, but at the same time gameplay feel like MANY other platformer-adventure games -+ Get's harder really quick and sometimes you wish there were an option to save the game anytime you want - Doesn't encourage to complete it in 100% - Minor bugs, I had also one crash while playing, but it's nothing serious that would keep you from finishing a game Treasure Adventure Game is overlooked by many players, but there are reasons for it. As far as I know, this game is only available here on GOG.com, and since it's free to play you could give it a try. It's a game made back when almost every Indie game had a "soul" and if you can overcome some things, I'm sure you will have a great time playing it. Maybe it's not even close to my list of my favorites, but I'm glad I had a chance to discover and run this game.

Reasons why Treasure Adventure Game is better than Windwaker: -Price: If you want to play Windwaker, you gotta buy a Nintendo console, which is at least $100, and then you gotta buy the game, which is probably $50? If you're reading this review you've probably got a computer that can play TAG, and you can have it for FREE. -Sailing: Sailing is TEDIOUS and BORING in Windwaker, because they put barely any islands in their massive grid of ocean, and most of the islands have exactly one use before becoming things you need to just bypass to get to the important parts. In TAG, sailing is only a brief moment from one island to the next, and nearly every island has lots of useful stuff on it. PLUS, in Windwaker warping is nearly useless as an alternative to sailing, while in TAG warping is available fairly early in the game, and lets you go to ANY island even faster than sailing! -Content: Windwaker has a grand total of FIVE dungeons. FIVE. Majora's Mask is the only Zelda with less. Five is less than Minish Cap has, and people complain about THAT game being too short. On the other hand, TAG has at least 7 dungeons, depending on what you're willing to classify as a dungeon, and at least that many bosses. -Completionist-friendly: TAG doesn't have any awful "take pictures of everything in the game" sidequest to torment completionists. TAG has a handy percentage to let you know how much you've done in the game, and lets you go all the way up to 100%+. Better still, the few frustrating things to do or find in the game are completely unnecessary to getting that 100%+. AND, unlike Windwaker, TAG actually REWARDS the player with something MEANINGFUL for getting all of the things. -Companion: A parrot who only talks when you ask him to is much better than a psychic boat who always butts in when you're in the middle of trying to solve a puzzle. -Tragic backstory: Link never has a tragic backstory [citation needed]. TAG's main character has all kinds of tragedy in his past.

I'm not an expert in Metroidvania games; this seemed like a good one to dip my toe. TAG is super-cute & is what I was looking for: tons of secret treasures. When you get new items, it unlocks all kinds of new things in old areas. The game is cute and simple to learn, and the setting is just fun. There are fun puzzles everywhere, and I feel pretty clever when I figure them out (but see 1 below). So why am I not sure I want to get into MetroidVania games, based on this game: 1) Periods where I'm not sure what to do next. Am I just missing an item that was hidden 10 screens ago, or am I have I just not figured it out yet? If I guess correctly, the game will be fun (although see below), but if I guess wrongly... I'm going to waste like God knows how much time of my life doing something completely pointless, then check the Internet and find out what I need to do 2) Time wasting: Why does the character walk so slowly?! It takes too long to get alllll the way across the map for the next part of the game, or to return to an earlier area to find more secrets. I'm spending half my time walking through areas I've already beaten. Also, the game has a day/night cycle that is pointless. There's nothing to do to change the time except just wait. Like leave-the-window-open-and-surf-the-Internet-for-a-while-wait. Finally, there's the jumpy parts. Oops, I timed a jump slightly wrong; now I have to do this whole damn part over again 3) Am I just bad at video games? The first boss I ran into (sewer monster) seems insanely difficult. I watched a video online and found a few exploits that help hugely, but still haven't beaten it. Why should I need cheesy exploits to win a game? When the monster's coming out of the ground at me, I don't have enough time to escape (see 2). You know what else would help me at beating this boss? More hearts. Like the heart you get from beating this boss. Maybe this is just my lack of patience. Also, the 2nd boss (stone spiky face thing) wasn't as hard

An okay, but limited platformer.

I really wanted to like this game since it has so many good reviews, but it was very difficult to play since it took me a while to figure out the controls. Once I got past the beginning, I found it to be frustrating to play and not very intuitive. That being said, I didn't find any bugs and the game is free so I can't complain too much. I'm glad other people enjoyed this game, but it just wasn't for me.