Technical: The game feels like a port from the Nintendo Switch. You can't change the sound volume or the language ingame. The language depends on your system settings. It can't be played with the controller alone, as at least in the beginning you need the keyboard for entering your characters names. Otherwise the controller support is fine. Translation: I played part of it in English and the other in German. I felt like the German translation missed a lot of the puns. It wasn't too bad, but it broke the immersion. Story and Gameplay: The gameplay is fine: walking around and interacting with people and objects. It is an exploration game and as this type it works well. The characters are well written and have a defined personality. The NPC dialogues are funny and help immerse you in the world. However, I never had the feeling that the goal that the game wants you to achieve was clear. There is the basic goal to find your friend, but the story feels like it's loosing itself in sidequests. It felt like I'm just watching a story unfold rather than influencing anything. Furthermore, it is pretty streamlined: there is only one option the game wants you to find to progress. Soundtrack: The soundtrack is enjoyable and fits the gamestyle. Graphics: It has the green retro look, which is fitting for the retro style and feel. Overall the game is okay. It has a playtime of about 5h. It was a nice but flawed trip due to the missing menu options and translation.
As some others already pointed out: it is more of a puzzle game than a builder. It has elements from a builder, but they are not as prominent as the puzzle content. Gameplay: You get several tutorial levels that introduce you too the mechanics. The levels are not complicated and take between 20 minutes to 1 hour to complete. Your progress is saved if you leave a level, so you can just continue later. In the actual gameplay, you stack buildings so they fuse to the next higher tier building. In some levels this gets really repetitive and boring. Visuals: They are nice and work pretty well with a lower end gaming pc (2GB graphics, 16GB RAM, i5-8th gen) Bugs: there are some minor bugs that can be mostly solved by restarting the game - the move building option got kind of stuck and couldn't be executed, except you clicked on a building first, then on the move button, then again on the item you want to move, restart solves this issue - some fusions are a little buggy, it helps to enable/disable the grid mode, depending on the current status and move the buildings some pixels - sound effects stopped in one level, but came back after a restart
