Two minor additions, one that I didn't really find space to include in the review and one comment from after writing it.
Water in this game is so frustrating! Your fox swims so slowly and if even so much as its feet get wet it will lose the ability to jump and move at a snail's pace! There's also a cute animation of shaking the water off when you get on dry land. But it also means you stop for a moment every time you get out the water because you can't skip it. Buuuut, you can avoid triggering the animation if you jump immediately as you leave the water.
Finally, subsequent to writing the review, I watched a person blind play through Spirit of the North and at the end I was feeling all affectionate to the game again. Still not brilliant and it has some very frustrating flaws but it is quite a charming game.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~
Two minor additions, one that I didn't really find space to include in the review and one comment from after writing it.
Water in this game is so frustrating! Your fox swims so slowly and if even so much as its feet get wet it will lose the ability to jump and move at a snail's pace! There's also a cute animation of shaking the water off when you get on dry land. But it also means you stop for a moment every time you get out the water because you can't skip it. Buuuut, you can avoid triggering the animation if you jump immediately as you leave the water.
Finally, subsequent to writing the review, I watched a person blind play through Spirit of the North and at the end I was feeling all affectionate to the game again. Still not brilliant and it has some very frustrating flaws but it is quite a charming game.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~