But you have this power that allows you to get a grip on it. Tchia's a game about exploring an archipelago in the southwest Pacific: you're cast as a child and the world around you is absolutely huge as it rushes off in every direction.
The things that don't quite work fade and the things that no other game does quite the same way only grow brighter. Tchia is one of those games that lives on in the memory after you're done with it. Availability: Out today on PC, PS4, and PS5.To be honest, it was a bit of a wrench to leave it and do the school run. The wind properly animated this yogurt carton, finding a real comic character for it as it batted back and forth along the paving. It sounds a bit American Beauty, I know, but actually it was a brisk delight. Not bragging, but on our street, today is bin day, and I celebrated by standing for ten minutes or so at the bedroom window while a stray yogurt carton ran up and down the path outside our house. This was honestly quite disappointing, especially given the lovely art style.A glorious spell of island hopping, with some surprisingly nasty moments. Only the occasional collectible will give you any reason to stop traversing to your objective marker. Unfortunately, this isn’t enough to distract from how empty the world is. Plus, I am always a sucker for stunning water aesthetics. The art style is definitely the highlight of Tchia! Featuring cell shaded characters, on simply textured backgrounds looks great, and some of the views are quite breathtaking. This quickly takes a fair bit of the intrigue out of the game because even with the Soul Jump mechanic, it just does not feel worthwhile to travel those long distances. This makes exploring a bit of a chore! Quite often, the game will send you to one side of the map, just for one inconsequential cut-scene or interaction and then just send you back to where you just came from. However, on the other hand, most of the traversal does feel quite slow and tedious. This is definitely an intriguing mechanic that I did have a fair bit of fun with. The Soul Jump feature, which allows you to take control of any creature, and sometimes inanimate objects, as a way of solving puzzles or just simply traveling the vast islands. It is a bit of a mixed bag in this department. So is that the case in Tchia? Well, not exactly. Seeing as there is a large emphasis on traversal, it is vital for the gameplay to be intriguing and a real selling point. Because of this, the narrative really just feels like an add on to encourage players to explore the world. That information often leads to you meeting another group of people, following the custom again, and so on. So you go and collect the things they ask for, then they provide you with information. Many interactions with people in different areas boil down to this, they want to help you, but you must first follow the tradition.
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This is largely focused on, and turns the game into a series of fetch quests. One in particular is the ‘Coutume’, which is the tradition of giving an offering to any person who hosts another. Check out our quick video review of Tchia here!Īs the world is largely inspired by New Caledonia, the devs have attempted to implement quite a few of their cultural aspects into the game.
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