System: PSN/PS3
Bought: Free on PSN for January
Started: Feb 17th
Beat: Feb 25th
Trophies: 12 of 12
No Plat.
Idea: You play as two brothers, who have recently lost their mother and are now trying to get the cure for their fathers mystery ailment.
Thoughts: Let me first say that the controls on this game were quite unique, at least to me. You control the older brother with the left stick and the younger with the right, of course if a person lacked any sort of coordination this would simply be a nightmare.
It's a very short game, insanely even...if I had paid I believe the 15$ asking price I'd be a bit irritated. Some people say there's replay value, but eh...not really. It's nice to look at and everything, but there's really nothing "different" to do to make you want to go through it again.
The story is amazing and heartbreaking, I cried a little at the end and....yea... I couldn't believe they ended it like that. The music matches the game as well... lets just say there's nothing to really complain about, but the length.. which even though short it got the job done nicely.
To the game..
You start with the younger brother {Naiee}mourning his mother at her tombstone on a cliff overlooking the ocean, she apparently drowned and he was too weak/small to save her. In the background you hear some coughing and such and then the older brother {Nyaa} calls for the younger. The two of them take him to the village doctor...
The doctor tells/shows Nyaa what's needed to save their father and off on the adventure they go. It's really strange how everyone just kinda points off in a direction like "Oh... It's just over there.." when in fact it seems to be half way across the bloody world. Kind of a dangerous world too...
Your first problem is actually in the village itself, there's a little shithead that keeps trying to block your path... you get him back for this however by opening a cage and letting a rowdy dog have it's way with him.
Throughout the game different items or people will have different reactions when interacting with either the younger or older brother. The younger being more playful or irritating and the older being more.. serious. Animals really seem to like Naiee better then his older brother as well..
Once you finally get through the village and past a dog guarding what looks to be a hay field you come across, a Troll? He aids the two in climbing through the mountains and once you reach a cave system you realize why that Troll looked so sad earlier. Some other Trolls had taken his girlfriend! You save her, battle the bad trolls then "Oh... It's over there.." away you go!
Through forests, over mountains, through the air. You save a man attempting to hang himself from a tree because his wife and child died when their house burnt down, climbing into the burnt house you bring him a music box and this seems to help him a little... No idea if he continues on after the two leave him but hey.. I'd like to think he did.
Eventually you get to a Giants castle where you rescue a captive Griffin, the Griffin takes to the younger brother more so than the elder, but he allows the both of them to ride on his back until finally... he succumbs to his injuries and dies {sorta}.
While navigating your way through a field of dead, giant warriors the two brothers come across a girl being sacrificed by some crazy looking tribe. Saving her from the lot the three of you race off into the icy regions of the area...
Maybe we should have let the girl die.
Nyaa seems to start liking this girl, Naiee seems to either just not like how close they are becoming or suspects something up and....there is. She turns into a giant bloody spider... Yes.... A spider woman. Capturing the two boys at first, they escape and into battle they go. While Nyaa is pulling her legs off one by one {kinda mean} she impales him before she dies.
Nyaa is injured badly, Naiee is helping his brother through the trails and to the end of their journey. It's a bit annoying that they were so close to their goal, after everything they had been through before it was this girl that tricked them and... finally at the Tree of Life.... Nyaa dies. Naiee attempts to give his brother the liquid from the tree, but it's too late... he crys, he digs a gave for his brother and just as I thought he was going to have to walk back. The presumed dead Griffin shows up...
The Griffin carries Naiee back to his home, dropping him off on the shore he has to cross the river again.. facing his fear of the water he swims himself across the water. During this part the controls start to become different... you use the older brothers left side along with the younger right... It's as though the older brothers spirit is helping him across the river.
Naiee gets the cure to the doctor that saves his father... the end of the game is the father and Naiee standing at that cliff from earlier, now with a tombstone for Nyaa there as well. The father breaks down and crys.... The End.
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