Ary and the Secret of Seasons

Information / Review English
Ary and the Secret of Seasons falls into the RPG, Adventure and Platformer Gerne, which was developed by eXiin / Fishing Cactus.
Gameplay / Story
Yule, a Region where it is white all Year round and the Snow does not thaw. A Dream of many People. In this Town Aryelle lives with her Parents in a chic House. Actually, Ary's Brother Flynn still lives with them, but he disappeared during the Guardtraining and was pronounced dead. This plunges Ary's father, Guardian of Winter, into a Deep hole. He appears to be depressed and doesn't play a special Role during the Story either. Ary's Mother is there for her Daughter, even if she is not always enthusiastic about the Ideas of her offspring.
When Ary is surprised by hyenas on the way to the market square, who are carrying the Sword of their Brother who was believed dead, she doubts her Brother's death. But she can't think about it for long, because suddenly the Seasons in Yule go crazy. Instead of an ice-cold Winter, the residents now have to deal with Summer temperatures. In order to get to the bottom of the Chaos and the disappearance of her Brother, she decides that her Father is unable to take on the Role of the winter watchman and will be the first woman to attend the meeting of the Guardian union. To do this, she snatches the Winter crystal that is hidden in the basement of her House. When she arrives at the Cathedral, she discovers that the Guardian Association has declared the glorious days to be the rum-rich days. After a halfway degenerate drink, the Guards of Spring, Summer and Autumn find that their Crystals have disappeared and have been stolen by a mysterious black Figure. They eyed the little girl skeptically that the line of tradition is breaking open. But you have no Choice but to search for the Crystals. In doing so, Ary uncovered a cunning intrigue.
In the course of our Journey we also discover some Side quests, the Content of which ranges from classic collecting Quests to bring-me-painting Quests. They are not particularly time-consuming, which means that the main Quest does not fall by the wayside. Chests found en route contain Coins that are used to purchase new Clothing, Character upgrades, or new Weapons. Unfortunately, Weapons and Clothing only have a creative use.
Pro
+ Greetings from Zelda
+ good Scope
+ Charm and Humor present
+ many different Opponents
+ Fights are challenging
+ good magic Skills
+ beautiful Puzzles with the Seasons
+ easy-to-learn Controls
+ Fast travel
+ Successes
Contra
- Opponent's AI is terrible at times
- The game world looks partially empty
- Translation errors and other Bugs around
- Guns and Clothes just for the Eyes
Conclusion
Ary and the Secret of Seasons offers you a magical Adventure which is told with lots of Charm and Humor. If you like Zelda, be sure to get it here.
Informationen / Review Deutsch
Ary and the Secret of Seasons fällt in das RPG, Abenteuer und Plattformer Gerne, welches von eXiin/Fishing Cactus entwickelt wurde.
Gameplay/ Geschichte
Yule, eine Region wo es das ganze Jahr weiß ist und der Schnee nicht taut. Ein Traum vieler Menschen. In diesem Städtchen lebt Aryelle zusammen mit ihren Eltern in einem schicken Häuschen. Eigentlich wohnt Arys Bruder Flynn noch bei ihnen, jedoch ist er während der Wächterausbildung verschwunden und für tot erklärt worden. Das stürzt Arys Vater, Wächter des Winters, in ein tiefes Loch. Er scheint depressiv zu sein und spielt auch während der Geschichte keine besondere Rolle. Arys Mutter ist aber für ihre Tochter da, auch wenn sie von den Ideen ihres Nachwuchses nicht immer begeistert ist.
Als Ary auf dem Weg zum Marktplatz von Hyänen überrascht wird, die das Schwert ihres totgeglaubten Bruders bei sich tragen, zweifelt sie an dem Tod ihres Bruders. Lange kann sie jedoch nicht darüber nachdenken, denn plötzlich spielen die Jahreszeiten in Yule verrückt. Statt mit einem eiskalter Winter müssen die Bewohner nun mit sommerlichen Temperaturen klar kommen. Um dem Chaos und dem Verschwinden ihres Bruders auf den Grund zu gehen, beschließt sie, da ihr Vater dazu nicht im Stande ist, die Rolle des Winterwächters auszuüben und als erste Frau an der Sitzung des Wächterbundes teilzunehmen. Dafür reißt sie den Winterkristall an sich, der im Keller ihres Hauses versteckt ist. Am Dom angekommen entdeckt sie, dass der Wächterbund die ruhmreichen zu den Rum-reichen Tagen erklärt hat (ok, im Spiel wird über Saft geredet, aber warum sind die Wächter dann so komisch drauf?). Nach einem halbwegs ausgearteten Umtrunk stellen die Wächter des Frühlings, Sommers und Herbst fest, dass ihre Kristalle verschwunden und von einer mysteriösen schwarzen Gestalt geklaut worden sind. Skeptisch beäugen sie das kleine Mädchen, dass die Traditionslinie aufbricht. Ihnen bleibt aber nichts anderes übrig, als auf die Suche nach den Kristallen zu schicken. Dabei deckt Ary eine ausgefuchste Intrige auf.
Im Laufe unserer Reise entdecken wir auch einige Nebenquests, die inhaltlich von klassischen Sammelquests bis hin zu Bring-Mir-Mal-Quests reichen. Sonderlich Zeitaufwendig sind sie nicht, wodurch die Hauptquest nicht auf der Strecke bleibt. Unterwegs gefundene Truhen beinhalten Münzen, die zum Anschaffen von neuer Kleidung, Charakter-Upgrades oder neuer Bewaffnung gedacht sind. Leider haben Waffen und Kleidung nur einen gestalterischen Nutzen.
Pro
+ Grüße von Zelda
+ guter Umfang
+ Charme und Humor vorhanden
+ viele verschiedene Gegner
+ Kämpfe sind herausfordernd
+ gute magische Fähigkeiten
+ schöne Puzzles mit den Jahreszeiten
+ leicht zu erlernende Steuerung
+ Schnellreise
+ Erfolge
Kontra
- KI des Gegners ist manchmal schrecklich
- Spielwelt wirkt teilweise leer
- Übersetzungsfehler und andere Bugs im Umlauf
- Waffen und Kleidung nur fürs Auge
Fazit
Ary and the Secret of Seasons bietet dir eine magisches Abenteuer welches mit viel Charme und Humor erzählt wird. Wer Zelda mag, unbedingt hier zugreifen.

This game has excellent presentation, a nice soundtrack and lovely visuals. I really like how Ary controls and how good the Season Spheres look when they manipulate the environment and how you can interact with it, such as making water spheres for you to swim in. The boss fights are certainly epic and in particular the Winter Golem was a genuinely fun fight that I don't experience in any AAA title.
Definitely worth a try, especially if you crave a 3D Zelda game (not Breath of the Wild, more like Ocarina of Time or Twilight Princess).

Its a fun little game with unique characters and a story.
if you do get the game here a non spoiler tip thats true for most games "the end isnt the end"

This game has so much potential and the puzzles & dungeons are easily the best part. It's a great concept but it's massively let down in a lot of other areas. I have a lot to say about this game but it's pretty perfectly summed up by Easy Allies on youtube.
I got this game on sale, and on sale it's absolutely worth playing. But do not buy this game full price. It's really janky in some areas and some things look like they were done on mspaint. At -50% absolutely this is an amazing game everyone should get it and play it. At full price it feels unfinished and like you're cheated out of your money. But the concept and the puzzles and (in some places) the art are so good. The story and characters are charming. Combat is a hot mess, feels unnecessary and tacked on to fill in space between objectives. But again, the puzzles are where this game really shine.
TLDR; Great concept, great game on sale, not worth it full price.

Pretty good and simple game.
Pros:
+ more or less lighthearted
+ not too simple, but not overly complex or hard puzzles
+ bright visuals
+ mild soundtrack, fitting just in
+ interesting plot
Cons:
- several bugs, game looks more of late early access
- sometimes quest stages are a bit unclear
- sometimes several boss mechanics are a bit unclear
- price is a bit overrated
In general, it's a pretty good game, unpolished, but still playable and enjoyable. Best to buy when on discount, but experience is generally good.

Its not without a few bugs but its nothing that makes it unplayable. The camera angles can get annoying sometimes but again... still playable. The graphics are awesome. Storyline is amazing with a twist. The puzzles are well thought out, medium challenge and are very unique using your in game abilities very well. I wish there were more exploration with hidden chests and such and longer story to play. I have about 43 hours into the game mostly finished all trophies. Some trophies i dont care to achieve personally. But overall very good game and will be even better once it gets some things smoothed out. Also I got this game on the winter sale and it was $25 I believe.

TLDR: Buy when on sale, ok game but still needs to be polished and fixed of some bugs
~Positive~
The game looks nice and feels ok to control (least with a controller). The lands you visit are nicely packed with people even though almost all are just for decoration and sometimes the land will have wide open space with nothing there but an invisible wall.
I did however enjoy exploring for side quests or treasures to get some coins for costumes or even upgrades to my stats.
The puzzles are ok, not hard but some can be on the super easy side, only challenge I got was from the stork towers.
The flipping of seasons and using them to solve puzzles I think could of been done better, most times it takes 1 season to do the puzzle and rarely takes a 2nd season in-play to be needed. This includes the bosses. Pretty much all bosses can be taken down with one season with only a 2nd one needed to do 1 thing which is a let down. Most bosses can be done within 1 minute and even the final boss was a 2 minute joke with one season needed.
~Negative~
75% through and the game decides it no longer wanted to run forcing me to restart many times in a room due to my frames just died for no reason and Ary just refused to move on some vines making it impossible to continue until the 5th actual restart of the game.
This game is still buggy, parts of the environment are floating in the air, Ary often won't climb certain areas she is meant to and reloading the game from some save points can actually soft lock you causing you to restart the game from scratch. Not fun at all when you are half way through.
Bosses are a joke but that is when you know what to do, pretty much you are never told nor hinted what you need to do to defeat a boss often causing not only myself but many others to legit look up a video to even get an idea on how to damage the bosses. This only happened on first boss but some indication would of been nice.
As mentioned above, the final boss is a 2 minute joke, no real challenge which is a shame and doesn't even feel like a final boss.
Chests and certain quest items don't show on the map even though they are on the map in other areas which makes me confused to why some appear and others do not.
Also a pain to check the map, you have a mini-map but to bring up the map itself you need to pause and go to the inventory menu to get to it, no quick button mapping for some reason.
Overall, I did have fun until the game decided it no longer wanted to work for a certain amount of time and I was lucky to not soft lock myself even on a no-death run but there are parts of this game that still needs to be polished and fixed which seems to be not happening anytime soon.
I would only buy this when it is on sale because even not knowing what to do it only took me 7 hours to 100% on a blind run.