Topic: Some NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits impressions

[Pandareus]

I've been playing the game over the last few nights, about 3 hours in, and I'm impressed. The music is captivating, the graphics are neat (to be honest, the animation is a little stiff and it doesn't have a lot of detail, but the art is great), and the puzzles are clever without being frustrating. Its gameplay is really close to LostWinds, though there are some differences. And unlike LostWinds, it's not whimsical, but rather moody. The action is zoomed-out, and all you'll see in your quest is devastation.

I think in the end it's going to be about as long as LostWinds was, except that it feels "fuller" because it's linear: the whole time you're progressing forward, not trying to find your way in a Metroid-like world. Also, in LostWinds the only side activity you could embark on was finding urns that gave nothing. In NyxQuest, you also can collect hidden items, and while I don't know if finding them all unlocks anything, at least they're all unique. You're not collecting urn 1, 2, 3, but the Aegis, Poseidon's trident, the Golden Fleece, etc.

The controls feel better than LostWinds, probably because you're not trying to use the wind to lift a boulder, but you have direct control over the boulder or block itself. You can slide it, or lift it, even when your character is standing on it, which makes for a fun means of transportation.

It's a pretty short game, but it's still more content than a movie (or two) for less money. I guess if you're strapped for cash and want to get the most gameplay time for your buck, this isn't the game you're looking for. But if you want a puzzle platformer that makes excellent use of the Wii's pointer and feels pretty unique (and fun), here it is. It's fun, it plays to the Wii's strength and it offers an experience no retail game has offered us (yet) (sadly).

I still haven't beaten the game, I'm about 3 levels from the end, at the Fields of Argos. I won't spoil anything, but it's intense as hell, probably the most impressive level so far, though I wouldn't call it a favorite since it's hard to love a stage that stressful.

[BeautifulShy]

Pandareus there can be only one topic per game. I bumped the original topic.

[Pandareus]

Sorry, I used the Search function and didn't find this thread. Feel free to erase this thread, I copied my post to the other one. I'm a noob and I don't see a function to lock it.

[BeautifulShy]

Search doesn't work to well.
I don't think topic starters can lock threads.

http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Anintendoworldreport.com%2Fforums&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Bookmark that and put whatever you are looking for at the end of your search.

Everybody should have that link bookmarked.New or old user.

Also don't worry to much about being new to the forum. Takes time to get uses to the site.

[DAaaMan64]

I haven't gotten myself ready to be into NyxQuest, I just seem to be more interested in other games right now.