... made me abandon Darkest Dungeon probably for the last time, on the very first foray into it. If you jsut got the game, steer well away from this one.
We definitely sense the inspiration from Playdead, the studio behind Limbo and Inside and while you won't get a story as involved, as there are no hidden message whatsoever (but maybe I'm wrong), the game remains quite an enjoyable journey to go through (be especially aware of that first screen ;)). The simple graphics are really just perfect for this scale and the ambiance is fantastic, special khudos to the music which is almost absent but is heard at key moments. The puzzles are quite accessible but you'll still get some AH-AH moments because there is almost no text in this and everything is told through game and level design. There is no way to rebind keys and/or buttons but there is an option to go between ZQSD and WASD layouts, the game plays just fine with a gamepad (left sticks, two face buttons and two triggers). TLDR? Short adventure game with accessible puzzles and great mood.
Half-sim, half-visual novel. Very good story, characters, sound, music and pixel art! Can't wait for more games from that dev!
Just to inform anyone looking for this info that the game seems to have no rebind options.
Original could have been more readable, especially on the use of the colours, player may sometimes mix the colour of the train with the colour of its destination station but TV2 appears even less clear because of its new otherwise enjoyable cartoonish look. Original was simple but enjoyable in its game play of "real time puzzle" also allowing the player to play on their own rythmn. The objectives of TV2 are way tighter, especially the time related one, and a player who enjoyed their own rythm on the original will get pretty bummed they can only get 1 or 2 stars (or even 0) out of the five on each level. Upgrades of the trains being only linked to this stars is another bad design idea. The addition of budgeting is really limitative on the gameplay too making the game even less enjoyable than the original. TV2 is more of a (real light) management sim than the first that was more of a puzzle game. TV2 may be enjoyable to some players but note that if you enjoyed the first one you may not like the direction of its follow up.
