At first when I saw anodyne 2 I was worried they'd be going a bit crazy on the DMT trip effect. Honestly though, when it is all said and done, it worked out much better than I'd imagined it could have myself. I won't spoil much, but I got a lot of vibes from random stories i've ready, even thoughts and feelings i've had over the last 30 years, but the first half of the game has a very small bit of foreshadowing as the main character grips with their consciousness which has only just come into form in the realm/universe/density that the game exist in. In the purest sense the main character is kind of virgin to harsh realities of a seemingly simple, but instead a dense and complex world. Overall the main focus of each dungeon has a meaning and reason behind it, whether it be esoteric in nature or something down to a common known truth in a human realm. Furthermore the characters focus mid game reinforces the plot that the main character isn't fighting for something tangible at all, she is fighting for the principle, in its rawest and untapped form, which I wont spoil in this review, but maybe others will gain it from the story. Honestly the gameplay is perfect for the style and story arche that both Sean Han Tani and Marina Kittaka. I wish we had a Majora's Mask 2 as many are stating, it does have that weird vibe and deeper meaning behind it, but this game is way easier than Majora's Mask was so don't frete!!!
Steamworld Dig is a high quality indie game. It could of been so much more though! I hear it was originally on 3ds? All I know is it doesn't feel anything close to a shovel-ware ports. It shows the Devs really do care about the game. I am kind of happy that I took the risk in purchasing this game. I Didn't even really read what it was going to be about. Its a good three to four hours of gameplay for someone whose played a lot of platformers in their day. I've seen on the steam forums people taking up to 16 hours to complete everything though. We don't have an achievement tracker yet on GOG (not until Universe comes out) So its hard to know if i got all the secrets with out looking at spoilers. This game could of taken it to the next level though on PC. It seems like the devs were trying to make the game a bit too user friendly. If your looking for a unforgiving and challenging platformer this isn't really going to beat your brains in. It is worth the play through and the graphical art alone is amazing, some of the best I've seen in a while. You'll get an enjoyable five hours tops out of it.
Since the game was created by one person, this is definitely a 5 star, over two years of developing it, head on over to his website and donate if you enjoy this game like i did. I never get bored of old 2d platformer adventure games.
