Hey there! It's been a while and I have just the right alibi! The past three months have been very intense. Not a week was passed without a wave of tryouts or exams, considering it's my final year of high school. Another thing is that my schedule is so tight and filled, I just didn't have the time for my hobby, as for the most part, I resorted to games to reduce my stress instead of more productive yet refreshing activities. Not only that but the recent virus breakout, the notorious COVID-19 had made his way to Indonesia, which (un)fortunately gave the whole school a temporary quarantine for over 2 weeks! Hence, now I have the time to write something here.
Enough with the background, now let's get into the business. So here, I'm bringing you another review of a game I recently finished. It's another good old pixelated RPG game, the name is "The Town of Tides". The game was developed by Odencat and was released in the mid of 2018. Just like any other game I reviewed here, this game has an immersing plot and other aspects that make it worthy to review, so let's get in it!
So the game begins with a man, who had left the so-called "modern world" to this village located near a beach. Like most people, he had grown tired of how the rat-race went on and how pointless it was to live his old life. Hence, he isolated himself in the village, surrounded by books and a few neighbors to fill his new life. As time went by, he started to develop a new power/sense as now he is capable of seeing ghost/apparations. He can make contact with them, but he initially chose to leave it alone, as he considered it as none of his business. The main character also holds an interesting philosophy, if I recall correctly it's called the trees of heart. Basically, in his mind, there is a patch of land where trees (a symbol of the heart) of himself and other people he knows to grow. At first, all of the trees there had withered, meaning all the people he knows, including himself, haven't made peace with themselves due to certain problems.
This is where the journey begins! As the man who was initially quite selfish, starting to change for the better. He will help each people to make peace, and we can see how later on that their trees would eventually grow again, there will be many problems and many setbacks he faces, he will also lose someone and get someone as a friend in return, but he will insist on keep going, despite of countless doubts he has within him. So to simplify it, he will be trying to fix/heal everyone's trees of heart. It takes us to many occasions to understand the struggles of each person in the village, from losing a daughter to spending a whole life isolated and alone from others, at some point, it gets a bit... heartwrenching.
Aside from the plot, the game also has so many good soundtracks/themes which blend nicely to the game, or specifically certain scenes, giving more depths and emotions to them. So before you play, grab a set of earphone/headset to maximize your experience!
The game's artwork/visual is fine for a pixel game. But then again this type of game puts most of its strength on the storyline and boy they sure did a good job! I know for one thing that I can't do enough justice for this game so I suggest you open the play store and install this game, feel for yourself and let the immersing plot of the game bring you the town of tides! Overall I would give this game an 8.8/10 Such a shame they can't make it longer but for the quality's sake, I can tolerate/understand that.
"I should have known that people should help each other out..."
MC of "The Town of Tides"
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