Review chaiinchomp 2/5 · Mar 20, 2022
Couldn't get past the bad controls
-- Part of my Itch.io Bundle Project - Attempting to play and rate every game in the 2020 Bundle for Racial Justice --
- Rating: 4.5 / 10
- Year played: 2020
- Playtime: 5-15 mins
- Completion level: Played some, didn't finish
- Verdict: Not my thing but maybe it's yours
Hmm. I don't really know about this one. …
-- Part of my Itch.io Bundle Project - Attempting to play and rate every game in the 2020 Bundle for Racial Justice --
- Rating: 4.5 / 10
- Year played: 2020
- Playtime: 5-15 mins
- Completion level: Played some, didn't finish
- Verdict: Not my thing but maybe it's yours
Hmm. I don't really know about this one. The premise is up my alley, a sandboxy building game where you raise virtual pixel blobs and experiment with their genetics.
But I found it just kind of painful to play, even after tweaking the settings I just couldn't deal with the UI. It feels so cramped and the way you interact with the world is incredibly awkward. Even your 'interact' function is just another tool on your toolbar, along with your shovels and other items, kinda like in old adventure-game style where you had to select "look" or "touch" or whatever function before interacting with something.
If I'd been able to get past the UI I might have enjoyed this, but it just felt so tedious to try and fight with it that I just gave up.