Ary and the Secret of Seasons – Played

Welcome to the world of the country Valdi, in which one uses the power of the seasons to solve puzzles or defeat enemies. In Ary and the Secret of Seasons, you play the role of the eponymous heroine, and fought a mysterious higher Power. We were allowed to play the adventure game prior to Release shortly.

For Ary, which is short for Aryelle, begins to fall the adventure as mysterious crystals from the sky, and the eternal Winter of the Region under the break. Because in the world of Valdi each of the four areas is permanently in a certain Season of the year. This original state is to restore, our young heroine on the way. On your journey you will learn new skills that summon it allow her a certain season, at least in a small radius around himself. With these forces, Puzzles, or enemies are eliminated solved. Some opponents, for example, are only available at certain times of the year vulnerable, and for new roads should be also according to yourself. The game mechanics work for puzzles, however, is much better than in a slugfest. The fights felt, in fact, usually more laborious, because exciting to. Although there are a couple of interesting approaches, such as the ability not only to Dodge, but parry, too, or the above-mentioned seasonal items. However, all this is done by the rather weak AI, for the most part destroyed.

Ary and the secret to high claims

The platform elements make it quite fun and get through the interaction with different times of the year a little more playful depth. Technically, it was here even thought of Details such as the Hold on the edge of a platform, if you put a jump is slightly too short. The animations of the movements Ary`s look good and the Transitions are flawless. The biggest drawback at this point is the lack of automatic camera control is. The camera is not so perhaps in a way, interrupts the natural flow of movement.

What is, however, very well done, the landscapes. There is some Moment in which one stops a moment to admire the surroundings. So incredibly stunning views as you about from the Breath of the Wild know like, you may of course not expect, but in your own style to the world of Ary but a lot to offer. What tarnishes the good impression here, however, is twofold: first, it feels quite empty, and, secondly, the proportions of the structures do not fit at all to the characters. All the buildings are gigantic, furniture so large that it would be impossible to use. Possibly to deceive on the sparsely-filled world, or perhaps it is an attempt to escape the Uncanny Valley effect. For me, the discrepancy between object and person size watch, however, extremely over it.

The music as a masterpiece to call would be Exaggeration, however, it fits very well with the Flair of Ary and the Secrets of the Seasons and keeps discreetly in the Background. Similarly, the Voice-Acting. Here, there is absolutely nothing to complain about. That supporting characters are sometimes rather peculiar noises you can’t blame the game really, because there’s not enough AAA titles, which is different. The animations during conversations look currently, yet not wooden, which is at a Preview, quite unexpectedly and, hopefully, will be improved.

Something simple the user interface, and the menu is down. The do not mind, however, and may be dressing up to the actual release is slightly.

CONCLUSION

Ary and the Secret of Seasons takes very a lot of before, however, suffers from a including nothing is really perfect to make. How much of it is patched up to the Release, remains to be seen. This means Vice versa, but also that the game has a lot to offer. In particular, the puzzles are quite well done and with beautiful landscapes and a large part of the high quality animations white Ary and the Secrets of the Seasons quite to bribe. Unfortunately I could not find, however, with all the effort nothing had me really excited. If you’re looking for a nice adventure that could well come at his expense, as long as you expect too much.

A guest article by Thomas Kager

What Ary and the Secret of Seasons? An Indie Action-Adventure is in the to master the forces of the seasons.
Platforms: PC, PS4, XBox One, Nintendo Switch
Tested: PC Intel Core i7-7700HQ, 16GB RAM, GeForce GTX 1050
Developer / Publisher: eXiin, Fishing Cactus, Exiin SPRL / mode Games
Release: 1. September 2020
Link: Official Website