Jokes that don't work, unclear mechanics, and obvious padding make this a horrendous and frustrating slog.

The writing in general is very on-the-nose and obvious, and it's hard to derive much humour at all from it. Most of it revolves around "hey, we're paying homage to this old game, do you remember this game?" The premise of the game is fine, but I feel it would work better with fewer gimmicks and less mugging for the audience.

The game plays like a standard overhead Zelda clone, with a brief sidescrolling section à la Link's Awakening. The gameplay is good, and works well, for the most part. The worst part of it is a forced stealth section, which includes the player getting a cardboard box to hide under. This is where I had a major problem, since it wasn't clear that the box reduces the sight range of the enemies as well as allowing you to avoid patrols by standing still. I was stuck here for a while until I accidentally found out I could walk in front of enemies with impunity.

Everything came to a head in the first major city, where you have to do boring tasks that would be obvious filler content in any other game (except here, where it's probably a "tribute" but it's still just as boring), while your party members complain about them the entire time. It's not fun and it's not pleasant and it's not witty.

Jokes that don't work, unclear mechanics, and obvious padding make this a horrendous and frustrating slog. The writing in general is very on-the-nose and obvious, and it's hard to derive much humour at all from it. Most of it revolves around "hey, we're paying homage to this old game, do you remember this game?" The premise of the game is fine, but I feel it would work better with fewer gimmicks and less mugging for the audience. The game plays like a standard overhead Zelda clone, with a brief sidescrolling section à la Link's Awakening. The gameplay is good, and works well, for the most part. The worst part of it is a forced stealth section, which includes the player getting a cardboard box to hide under. This is where I had a major problem, since it wasn't clear that the box reduces the sight range of the enemies as well as allowing you to avoid patrols by standing still. I was stuck here for a while until I accidentally found out I could walk in front of enemies with impunity. Everything came to a head in the first major city, where you have to do boring tasks that would be obvious filler content in any other game (except here, where it's probably a "tribute" but it's still just as boring), while your party members complain about them the entire time. It's not fun and it's not pleasant and it's not witty.