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Ary and the Secret of Seasons
Ary and the Secret of Seasons is an award-winning adventure game following a young girl named Aryelle, or Ary, as she journeys across the great world of Valdi. By becoming the Guardian of Winter, Ary gains the ability to manipulate the seasons around her. Ary will learn to control the seasons and use them to defeat enemies, overcome obstacles, and solve complex puzzles on her adventure across Valdi.
Long ago, the world of Valdi was threatened by an evil mage. After a great struggle, he was defeated by the Legendary Warrior and sealed inside the Vault, imprisoned for all eternity.
To ensure the mage's imprisonment, four great sages swore to keep watch and protect the Vault. They formed the original Guardians of Seasons, a secretive organization now steeped in history and legend.
After a mysterious force throws the seasons of Valdi into disarray, Ary decides to assist the Guardians of Seasons and sets out to find the source of the mayhem.
Using her wits and courage, Ary will have to overcome monstrous enemies, secret plots, and stuffy traditions to save Valdi and bring balance to the world once more.
Steam User 27
I greatly enjoyed this game. There were some lingering bugs, but they did not affect my game progress or my ability to have fun (they were all quite minor). I'm sure they will be patched soon.
The dungeons are where this game shines the best; they are very well-designed. Unfortunately, you have to play for a few hours before you reach the first full "proper" dungeon. Even so, it's worth the time investment.
You are given access to all 4 seasons before the first dungeon, and that means you have mostly free reign to explore the world with a lot of options from very early on. There are essentially 4 different versions of the same world to explore - as the seasons can be activated anywhere in the entire game. You can have all 4 seasons represented in the same room.
The whole game feels like a passion project. You can tell that a lot of care was put into the animations and character designs. The story is neat - not groundbreaking or anything, but it was enjoyable. The combat was a bit easy (on normal mode).
Sometimes it felt like the game tried to do too many things, and that means that some of them just don't feel as important or fleshed out as others. I think it's clear that the story/cut-scene, characters, town, and dungeon designs got the most attention. But the game also has a bunch of optional cosmetics, skill upgrades, and sidequests to go through.
Despite its flaws, I love this game for the dungeons alone. If you like games like The Legend of Zelda series, I highly recommend Ary and the Secret of Seasons.
Steam User 4
Fun action platformer with an interesting twist. Could use some collision detection improvements
Steam User 3
I don't know if I am of a simpler mind than other players, but I really enjoyed the game. There are undoubtedly flaws as many of the other reviews stated, but personally I did not encounter any game breaking ones (at least none that I didn't provoke myself by climbing to places you're obviously not supposed to be) in my playthrough.
I was intrigued by the season mechanics the moment I saw the game at Gamescom and seeing it applied in the final product, it feels like the first time you understand the mechanics of Portal. It felt amazing to cheese my way through one of the temples using the season spheres, skipping most of the puzzles, only to then find out I had to go through most of it again with severely reduced season powers, so this time I had to play them properly! The developers stated in one press interview that a bunch of puzzles got cut after play testing revealed that some players would get stuck on them, but I'd like to see them added back in!
The story is cute, but a bit too compressed. Everything happens rather quickly. There is optional content, some of which with a lot of word building and background info on the main characters. Speaking of which, the main cast is a bunch of likeable characters, helped along by some brilliant voice acting during the cutscenes. At first you're belittled by most people you meet, but over the course of the story this prejudice against Ary is turned around.
The boss fights are a mixed bag, but overall fun. Most of them follow the established pattern of figuring out the mechanic and repeating that mechanic a couple of times, very much like any Zelda boss. The final fight in the game is pretty underwhelming, however. It really felt like a stage one of some larger battle. It's a shame, because overall the fights where creative, using your season abilities to find the enemy's weak spot.
Overall, would I recommend it? Yeah, give it a try! Again, I had quite some fun exploring the world and its story, from which the flaws did not distract me.
Steam User 3
I would recommend it to anyone who is a fan of Zelda games such as Skyward Sword. It does contain a lot of bugs but it didn't affect my ability to progress through the story. The story is playful and isn't meant to be taken too serious but the ending did leave a sour taste in my mouth.
Steam User 1
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.
Steam User 1
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.