Overall, I'd love to hype this game up even more, talk about the optional collectathon, side quests, or creative aspects (don't worry, you don't need any art skills to do well in this game), but I'll leave it there and just say I HIGHLY recommend this game. The stakes raise throughout the game and the music continues to live up to that. there had to be escalation from boss to boss, and I’d already written a ridiculously hype 1st boss track" and I couldn't agree more. While they're not the most challenging, they are an absolute rollercoaster between the visuals, seamless story telling, and music that brings it into overdrive.Ĭomposer Lena Raine says in her blog post: "In a lot of ways, each boss fight presented a daunting challenge for me. It integrates into movement, puzzle solving, world building, and the legendary boss fights.Īnd don't get me started on the boss fights. Chicory: A Colorful Tale is an adventure game about a dog wielding a magic paintbrush Use the power of art to explore, solve puzzles, help your animal friends and restore color to the world. Use painting powers to explore, solve puzzles, make friends, and draw on. You solve environmental puzzles with your brush powers in order to progress the story. It compliments the story so well, explores and expands on its mechanics thoroughly. A top-down adventure game in a coloring book world full of vibrant characters. Chicory is a kind of Metroidvania but, outside of boss fights, there is no combat. Like the Zelda series it takes inspiration from, the game flawlessly integrates this concept into every fiber of its being. DISTRIBUTED TITLE: Ship to Shore PhonoCo. This week, it’s a question about co-op games, for which we have a great recommendation: Chicory: A Colorful Tale. The part that ties it all together for me though is the main gimmick, the paint brush. In advice column Dear Polygon, writers answer questions from our readers. A cartoony, black-and-white world that you interact with by coloring. The zeldalike gameplay is on point, and the pacing is perfect. Chicory: A Colorful Tale looked and sounded delightful from the first moment I saw it. It's cute, charming, with a story that cuts deep and a banging soundtrack to go with it (by Lena Raine, same composer as Celeste). Chicory may have just became one of my favorite indie games.
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