![]() ![]() As you travel through each level you come across a series of hearts, a bit like note tracks in a Guitar Hero game, or even like the rings in some of the 3D Sonic games. This streamlined setup ensures you can focus on the flow of gameplay without getting tripped up with complex controls. The game controls simply with the analogue stick controlling your movement and one button used for context sensitive actions. Thankfully the game itself looks, plays and sounds so beautifully that this didn’t matter one bit!Īt the start of the game you control your character as she rides along a floating highway in the stars on a skateboard. ![]() I love games, films and books where the meaning of things isn’t quite clear, but I found a lot of Sayonara Wild Hearts’ story went right over my head. A series of tarot cards fly through space and things get a bit confusing! A beautiful version of Clair De Lune fades in as a fairy flies into the room, transporting you to a twisting, undulating highway in the stars for a rollercoaster ride on a skateboard (really). The game opens with the protagonist, who seems to be a close relative of the female Wii Fit trainer, lounging in her flat. A voice over tells of three divine arcana which watch over the universe before the harmony is upset by some evil arcanum. It goes without saying, that this is something a bit different! What’s i n a h eartbreak? If that wasn’t enough of a departure from the norm, Sayonara Wild Hearts is a story about heartbreak played through the medium of a psychedelic auto-runner structured like a Guitar Hero game. This is a bit of a departure from your usual hero tales or shooty-bang stories found in most other games. It is indeed heartwarming to see the Fool deliver justice to her enemies in a way that reinforces the inherent kindness of the game.Sayonara Wild Hearts is billed as a game about heartbreak. I’ve seen a few people tweet about how the ending brought tears to their eyes. I feel like this is a game that puts you into a good mood, no matter what you’re feeling like when you take up the challenge. And you still have these nice fuzzy warm feelings when The Fool is extracting the hearts of Little Death, the Dancing Devils, Howling Moons, Stereo Lovers, and Hermit 64. When The Fool is avoiding death and speeding through the streets, that music is always playing. When the masked character, The Fool, goes through her heartbreak and begins her journey, it is accompanied by the sounds of upbeat music and the kind voice of Queen Latifah. I made it through that one on my first try as well. The fighting involves motorcycles, swords, and lasers, but it isn’t really serious fighting because of the pop sounds and the forgiving difficulty level. While I played with a game controller, I also played one level, Begin Again, with the touchscreen. The music inspired me to keep at it until I could get a bronze, silver, or gold award on each level. While I was just pushing a joystick, the game designers made me feel like I was dancing a ballet while squaring off against those I was chasing. That means you never lose the rhythm of the level or the music. It requires a laser-focus to avoid crashing, but when you go off the rails, you almost immediately get to try it again. As you chase your target, you also have to execute hairpin turns and jumps. You maneuver to collect hearts and avoid barriers that come at you at 200 miles per hour. You ride a motorcycle at high speeds, hop on the back of a deer, or ride a skateboard through the air. The gameplay in Sayonara Wild Hearts seems impossible, but it’s whimsical and forgiving at the same time. The fusion of music and gameplay reminds me of music games like Rez from 2001 or that wacky and artistic “ Take On Me” music video by A-Ha in 1985.Ĭheck out our Reviews Vault for past game reviews. So begins an imaginative title from Swedish indie developer Simogo and publisher Annapurna, which has a knack for finding some of the most creative indie games being made. As you take control of The Fool, you speed along on a motorcycle with in a tunnel-like view of the horizon. She sets out to restore the harmony of the universe hidden away in the hearts of her enemies. A tarot card pops up and dubs her The Fool, transporting her into an alternate universe which she has to save. In Sayonara Wild Hearts, you play as a young woman who suffers a heartbreak. But I don’t mind because this dream-like game has a wide range of original pop songs, and some of them are pretty good. I’ve played all 23 levels, and I scored bronze or silver in them. It’s a high-adrenaline game where you tap, jump, maneuver to collect little hearts in a beautiful neon-and-black landscape. ![]()
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