Mable & The Wood

The game seems fun, but I couldn't play for more than 30 minutes without it having a graphical freakout I had to force-quit out of. The controls also seemed buggy and "sticky" with buttons sometimes not responding or temporarily freezing the screen when pressed. In the end the issues were too frustrating for me to enjoy the game.

The game opens with a message saying "Controller Recommended". Unfortunately the game doesn't work with my xbox 360 controller, so I was stuck with mouse and keyboard. I couldn't get past just how bad the game works with a mouse & keyboard and gave up after the second boss. Maybe if the game actually worked with controllers I would've had a better experience?

There are many, many good aspects to Mable and the Wood to make you want to keep playing; the art styles are charming, the story is entriguing, and the gimmicks are interesting and unique. However, the imbalances, awkwardness, and bugginess involved in movement, combat, and level design created too much of a slog to keep me going. If it received a major update to clean up the patience-trying flaws, I would definitely recommend it – if you have the time and extra cash to check out its asthetic and mechanics for a couple hours, it's worth a look.

前段时间免费领取的，主观感受中规中矩，无明显的优点，亦无明显的缺点。个人用键盘与鼠标玩起来比手柄顺手一些，以下是一些主观看法及客观情况： 1.画面观感舒适； 2.有些技能感觉略为类似，例如化身老鹰跟鬼魅；（也许是我没挖掘出更好的用途） 3.鬼魅技能有一些BUG，偶尔会卡入墙内，偶尔会瞬移； 4.金币捡的不及丢的快，后期学会鬼魅索性不捡金币直接飞了，且一路上没见几家商店。（也许是我太水了，笑） 一周目把所有的BOSS都杀了，据闻游戏有别的结局，但无心二周目了。 PS：再次感谢GOG免费赠送。

The game isn't irredeemable, but it is deeply unpolished. I would recommend this game mostly in the case where you have already gone through other far more polished metroidvanias out there and feel yourself itching for something different even if flawed. Positives: * Good pixel art. * Dialogue is OK. * Somewhat innovative gameplay Negatives: * The gameplay is innovative, but so unpolished it's often a source of frustration. * Bad level design: there's a lot of uninteresting parts you have to go through, and it is sometimes unclear whether you can go through certain edges of a room. * Broken geometry: you may get stuck in walls, particularly with the spider shape. * Broken UI: HUD may display over speech balloons, some esoteric combinations of menu interactions may leave the game in such a state that pressing the action button also brings up the menu.