Do you recommend Animal Well?

>>715482326 (OP)
Yes.

>>715482326 (OP)
Cat scared/filtered me and I returned it

>>715482750
>in the zone full of dog statues
>chases a frisbee
>cat
is every third person who played Animal Well legally retarded?

I'm gonna pirate this cuz I don't want to give Cuckey my money

>>715482326 (OP)
I downloaded a zip with it when it launched. Still haven't bothered to try it.

>>715482326 (OP)
No, is cryptic guide slop.

yes, it's pretty good

>>715483154
skill issue

>>715483598
How many guides did you need to read in order to post that?

>>715482326 (OP)
Yea I played it recently expecting it to be an extremely average heckin' comfy indie puzzle game but it ended up being kinda incredible
extremely atmospheric, really good map that feels really satisfying to understand
extremely interesting uses for items
and some of the post-credits content is really fun
I was thinking about how to solve some puzzles while I was away from the game which is something I haven't really felt in a long time (actively wanting to play it when I can't and thinking about what to do next)
I loved it and I was primed to hate it beforehand because dunkey published it
>>715483154
The only part thats like this is the very very end game content (layers 3 and 4)
You can get both credits easily without any guide
I didn't use a guide a single time
The only thing that got spoiled for me was how to get fast travel but that was an obvious enough puzzle

>>715482902
it looks like a cat and it being a cat feels scarier anyways I want it to be a cat
but yea its a dog

>>715482939
Good advice, anon. Keep saying it.

>>715482939
I don't like his style of content but what has dunkey done wrong?
His publishing company has only picked great games so far and Billy Basso deserves your money

>>715482326 (OP)
Pretty fun and it has lots of neat trickjumps and movement tech that let you sequence break, but since the game is well designed it'll often feel like you're still on the intended path. Once you get all the way towards the end the puzzles get a bit much though since I think they were pretty much intended for a community to puzzle out.

Wait a minute... we've seen this before...

>>715482326 (OP)
No, I do it very poorly.

>>715482326 (OP)
I'm gonna have to start all over again, it's been like a year since I last played it so I know I'm gonna have no idea what the fuck I'm doing. Also, will need to start taking notes to keep that from happening again.

I know that apparently some of the mysteries in this game go pretty deep and I doubt I'll be able to solve them myself so I'll try everything I can before giving in and seeing what the solution is.

>>715482326 (OP)
It's a solid metroidvania. I got filtered 2 times, the first was the cat puzzles, because I retardedly skipped over one location because I thought I'd already been there and found nothing and I never figured out that the bouncy ball could become a breakout minigame
Managed to get 57/64 eggs on my own though.
There's obviously even deeper shit that I could try and do, but I don't think it's worth it.

>>715482326 (OP)
Yes and no. Mostly yes, but a little no depending on how into finding secrets you are, because it actually is a massive part of the game.
There are some collectibles to find and you can do that by yourself, but then there's a kind of meta element that requires multiple people exchanging notes and looking up things online.
I got about 30 hours out of it just exploring and enjoying the atmosphere. If you're into games like Knytt Stories, I think you might have a very good time.

>>715485305
As far as I can recall just beating the game normally doesn't require any note-taking.

Keep

>>715482902
Something about the way it moves just invokes cat for me. I realize now that it makes no sense, but it just feels like a cat. Even the sound effects sound kinda cat like, as if it's slowed down and distorted meowing.
It actually did spook me quite a bit and when I solved the puzzle relating to that, I felt very smart.

I finished it but it didn't really hook me like everyone else obsessing over it
I also wouldn't really call it a platformer like its labeled, its more of a puzzle game
I probably would have liked it more in my younger years but I dont have the time or patience for this kind of intentionally obtuse shit these days

>>715485580
Probably not, but I did wanna find those eggs. Where I left off, I had like... 20 of em?

>the game was originally going to be harder

i don't even give a fuck about the game but i am SO impressed by the 34MB filesize. what kind of dark fucking wizardry has been used to achieve this?
it got me interested in programming/compression again.
any other indie games this technically impressive?

>>715482326 (OP)
Unlike La-Mulana/TUNIC/Void Stranger etc, there is no story or theme behind all of that cryptic puzzles.
The meat of the game is just puzzles and your reward for solving cryptic puzzle is just another cryptic puzzle.

It’s good up until you get to the bunny post game puzzles. Most are possible to solve on your own but there’s one single puzzle that is literally impossible to solve without looking up a guide or having 15 other people playing it.

>>715487941
There's maybe not a lot of story but there's a ton of world to Animal Well
Its not just sterile puzzle solving
There's a thick atmosphere and clearly SOMETHING has happened down there, its just the game doesn't get into it really.
There are a number of characters and overall I found the environments really interesting.
You make it sound like Portal minus Glados or something when it has way more personality

>>715487971
Yea everything after the 2nd credits is basically like ARG tier stuff and isn't really meant to be a part of the game in the sense of a single person completing it
I know this upsets some autists but the game only has 2 credits for a reason
You've more or less beaten the game by the time you get to layer 3

>>715482326 (OP)
Yes, but for people who like platformers.

>>715482326 (OP)
one of the best Metroidvanias of 2024 for me.

It's alright. Figuring out the movement tech with the items was the best part.

>>715482326 (OP)
It's good if you know when to stop playing. I actually kind of like that it's up to the player to decide how many "layers" deep they're really willing to go, but you don't need to see literally everything in order to be satisfied with your stopping point.

I beat it in 5.5 hours. Apparently the rest of the game is ARG puzzles you have to go outside the game to beat and I just did not sign up for that.

>>715491404
>Apparently the rest of the game is ARG puzzles
Don't lie to people when you don't know what you're talking about.

>>715491765
You literally cannot solve the mosaic puzzle without outside knowledge

>>715491859
You can tackle it yourself, but I don't recommend it. Anyway, you're referring to a single post-postgame easter egg of a puzzle with no meaningful rewards. It's dozens of hours in, not 5.5.

You received an opinion from elsewhere and absorbed it without critical thought. And now you are trying to transmit your received opinion to others. Why are you like this? Just admit that you're impressionable and ignorant and that you don't know what you're talking about.

>>715482326 (OP)
Yes, fully.
It's a pretty game with good design ideas that plays well. The base game is 20-30 hours (without ARG or googling or anything), I only completed the base game plus all eggs which I know is only one or two layers in. I do know there's a code in the eggs and I kinda want to get back to it but I want to work on other shit from my backlog - this game absorbs you like >>715483879 mentions, as all good puzzle games do
Dunkey is cringe but Billy BASEDsso deserves your money 100%

>>715482326 (OP)
Dunkey rules but this game is just okay. Didn't hook me like others. I liked many of the puzzles but the platforming felt too slidey to me.

Wait a minute...

>>715482326 (OP)
I did finish the egg part and got some rabbits but after that I kind of gave up and had to look up the others.
I wouldn't have mind the cryptic stuff if it wasn't for things like the barcode bunny or the mural.
Like at least put a cipher for the barcode grass in the game files or something. Maybe I'm just being petty but it think puzzle games should include methods to (completely) finish them offline with all the needed equipment in the game folder. With exceptions for note taking since everyone should be expected to have some way to draw or write stuff down.
Or maybe you CAN do it all and it was just too cryptic for me.

>>715496023
My least favorite puzzle in void stranger was cause of that too. My mind is too immersed in thinking inside the games box to do something like open external programs to fit things together.

>>715482326 (OP)
No. I bought it. It's really nothing special.

It's just like Halo 2 and Halo 3. It brings back childhood memories!

>>715492464
>I am very smart: the post

>>715482326 (OP)
Great game, only thing I didn’t like was how unsatisfying finishing layer 2 was. You get to the bunny island and that’s it.

The bunny’s are cool, lots of bullshit and needing a community to work on it means that it was solved within a week, which kind of sucks.

What is there to do after beating the Chimera and seeing the credits?

>>715497934
Solve ARG puzzles that require outside knowledge to do.

>>715496826
You were just wrong
There is a ton of content you didn't do and none of it is "ARG" content outside of 1 puzzle at the very very very end

>>715497934
Getting eggs and new items. There are more items post-credits than there are prior. There are 2nd credits that are essentially the true ending.
>>715500484
why lie? We're talking layer 2 and you're blabbering about layer 4