i think there's a bug in my machine translation machine. also sujfan stevens is there? streamed dec 13th '23

This game's presentation is more thoughtful, rich, and thorough than most, even this team's other game on my list MONSTER SLIDER. I love the story, the garbage blocks, the sound design (however doinky woinky it may be). They clearly put some thought into enemy AI's that reflect their character (like Bunny's frog stacking!). The calligraphic style gathers all elements into a wondrous fairy tale. Unfortunately: omnidirectional match-3 sucks. No way around it. The shared piece preview is just weird; i can't see it being truly a competitive element in high-level play. Yes, clearing chests with the bubbles adds garbage to your combo, which offsets the numbing tiny placements. But it's just wrong. It's just wrong and not good. I have to give a lot of points for how gorgeous this is, but i think it's gameplay fails to cohere. 6.0/10

a full playthrough of the game can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3z3I8yY6ys. art of me by Minasheep! (minasheep on cohost, itch, twitch, and patreon.) next up is № 46: Toryumon (1994, Sega). i hope you'll join us!