![]() Pikmin was also incredibly difficult, to my recollection, requiring subtle strategy to make it through the punishing terrain. Surely Pikmin was longer than this short-ish, independently developed game Pikmin’s story felt endless when I played as a kid. Surely, I thought, the similar gameplay in Pikmin was superior-it was created by Nintendo, which meant it had that inherent Nintendo magic. Its charming art and 2D JRPG-like animation alone is worth looking at.While I liked The Wild at Heart from the start, as I played, I continually harkened back to my fond memories of playing the original Pikmin as a child. It is an excellent Pikmin-like adventure game that I recommend to everyone, and as of this writing, is available on Game Pass. Its story is not horribly depressing but keeps a somber mood of the hardships the two kids and the people of the woods face, and the gameplay is easy to get into. The Wild at Heart, even with the few frustrations I had, was a fun adventure game. And I was happy to see cross saves and achievements present, encouraging me to play even when I was out for a little while. I have not encountered these issues when I played the Windows 10 version. Restarting the game never places me too far back from where I started, but the bugs were frequent enough to frustrate me. But I have also encountered more egregious bugs, where I have had to quit the game from the Xbox dashboard and sometimes have the audio cut in and out. Some were not too bad, I had a few spritelings get stuck in an endless falling animation, and returning to and from the menu quickly fixed that. In my time with The Wild at Heart, I found myself encountering quite a few bugs. The somber mood of the game fits the presence of hardship the characters face quite well. I am sure Wake and Kirby would have no trouble placing a pinwheel back onto its structure on their own, for example. But I did feel like some puzzle-solving could have been done without the spriteling’s help. It is not a stressful game, though it can get a little intense at times. Crafting items helps quite a bit, and the game does not feel like a survival game even with these mechanics. As I really do not like being chased by things, I took a slower more methodical approach to progressing through the Deep Woods. There is no dawdling either, as staying out too long will bring nightfall and with it those same dark forces called ‘The Never’ that will make your day just a bit miserable. You can lose your spritelings if you are not careful, and as you unlock different types of these little guys, you need to focus on who you can bring with you out in the woods and plan your route accordingly. I love this kind of gameplay as it plays almost like an easier real-time strategy game. Because the kids can only do so much, you will need these spritelings to do heavy work and fight off plenty of baddies in your journey to restore the Deep Woods. You can think of yourself as a captain in charge of a motley crew of adorable yet slightly confused crewmates. These spritelings follow Wake and Kirby around and are used to complete objectives and do your bidding, really. ![]() Now if you have ever played the Pikmin games, you will know exactly what I am talking about. There he meets a cast of characters who have lived in these woods for who knows how long, looks to restore the strength of the woods to protect the world from the dark forces it houses, and the player will learn more about Wake’s history. After running into the forest with his trusty personally designed vacuum thingamajig, he gets lost-his makeshift map being of no use-and is just about to lose hope until he is welcomed into the ‘Deep Woods’ by one of these tiny spritelings. The game follows the story of a young boy named Wake (and another little girl called Kirby), who runs from home and a father that are long stuck in the past. ![]() (Moonlight Kids/Humble Games) Where the Wild Hearts Are Minions by your side make life just a bit easier. And it all starts with the little things that follow you around called ‘spritelings’. The Wild at Heart boasts a colorful palette with well-done animation work and lovely music, but there is more to it than just its production values-there is a bit of depth to its world, combat, and puzzle-solving. It is titled The Wild at Heart, and is developed by Moonlight Kids and published by Humble Games. The following game was reviewed on an Xbox Series X and a Windows 10 PC.Ī few weeks ago, a lovely little adventure game came out onto Game Pass that you might have missed out on.
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