The Girl and the Robot

I gotta say, Castle in the Sky has always held a place in my heart ever since I was a child. The mystery, the magic, the charm it had back then and still does to this day in my opinion. In short, I think the Girl and the Robot has mostly captured the same feelings I had over a decade ago. If that is the case, why do I find myself having difficulty recommending the Girl and the Robot? Might as well attempt to share my experience before I start to break down in disappointment. [h1]Atmosphere[/h1] First and foremost in my eyes, this is what the game managed to capture almost perfectly when walking around the environment giving me a sense of curiosity as to the inhabitants who once lived there and why did they just vanished from the face of the earth. [h1]The Puzzles[/h1] The puzzles were for the most part nothing too mind bogglingly difficult, but does challenge you just enough as to make sure you don't feel like the game is insulting your intellegence. [h1]Music[/h1] While the music i...

While I do like the game in theory, I ran into a number of issues. There's falling damage, where if you jump from a slightly higher spot to a lower spot, you risk killing yourself. And wrestling with the camera sucked out a lot of my interest in it. The camera was slow, sticky, and would only follow on its own if you were running. Overall, I think it's a charming game that would have been made much better if the camera followed you automatically.

This game in truth has given me much enjoyment. The sensation alone that I feel when playing is one that takes me back to the time of the N64. I've compaired it to a combination of "legend of Zelda Ocarina of time" meets "Brothers." My only true disappointment was reaching the end only to then find out that the game is only but 1 Act. Along with more online searching I discovered what is to be Act 2 will end up being a whole other game that I will have to buy separately. Be warned about that fact alone. I also can not find any information stating the Act 2 game is even in development. Over all though from my own playthrough. I'd at least rate this game a 7.5 out of 10 Though as much as I'd like to recommend this game, I can't until I know forsure that its story will be picked up again with the second game, because otherwise your only buying half of story.

Quick Look: https://youtu.be/pS5LATkpxH8 A charming laid back game that is a mix between Ico and classic studio Ghibli movies like Laputa: Castle in the Sky. The main mechanic of The Girl and the Robot has you switching between two titular characters. When playing as the girl the game presents platforming style puzzles, when playing as the robot it turns into an action slash em up. With these two characters a nice balance in game-play is struck. I'm mostly impressed with the game's emphasis on visual storytelling (always a huge win with me) which sets up several mysterious plot points quite effortlessly. The controls are a little clunky but won't hamper your overall experience. (although the decision to make running and action the same button is slightly questionable.) A game like this is a nice way to while away an easy afternoon, well worth the $10. (p.s. I hate the girls bright red sandals and I don't know why)

Do Not play with Keyboard and mouse, looks like it could be a fun indie game, but this game is Made with FULL controller support do not play unless you have 1, Controls are very "Funky", i hope other people enjoy this game

I was really looking forward to this game. It basically takes the best part of castle in the sky and turns it into a video game. The atmosphere and the art style has a lot of charm and reminds me a little bit of ICO mixed with LoZ. I also think the visual story telling is done very nicely and if your like me and you love over analyzing stuff then you were able to pick up little hints and detail which expand on the story. Which in my book is fantastic. The combat however is rather rough, its not difficult but its very easy to get stun-locked into a corner. Now this wound't be a problem if the sword play was more refined I died more often from exploding enemies than anything else which is annoying because it's a cheap way to increase the difficulty. Now the reason I am not recommending this game is because it is only Act 1 of the entire story rather than the entire thing and ends on a cliff hanger. This wound't be a problem but it isn't advertised as such and comes across to me as rat...

########THIS IS NOT A FINISHED GAME!########### This is just Act. 1! Act 2 is going to be a separate game! I just finished this disappointing game just as the clock struck midnight to signal the new year and what a letdown. This was a mess. First and foremost, you need to know this game is not complete. There is no ending, it just ends on a huge cliffhanger after a frustrating and buggy boss fight. Then credits. This garbage fire just wasn’t fun. I only, only played this long to make sure I gave it an honest try, but really it was a waste of time and money. The play time also include a lot of sanity breaks and just me screwing around on the internet because the gameplay here was so boring and or frustrating. This is a boring, lifeless yet frustrating game. Not because of any real challenge mind you, but because of bad level design and horrible combat. There is just about zero story in game and nothing to come back to for any replay. Check out my detailed review of this garbage ...

This game feels like it's in beta. It's not categorized as being in early access, and if this truly is the finished product, I feel cheated. Even in the menu, the plethora of issues this game suffers from start becoming apparent. Graphical options are completely absent, along with incredibly basic features such as volume sliders ...Yeah, you read that right. There are no audio settings. That's almost impressive, but in all the wrong ways. I'm not sure whether this can be attributed to shoddy porting, but I know what can; every in-game button prompt shows controller binds, even when you're not using a controller! For a game that claims to have full keyboard support, such an oversight demonstrates pure laziness. Shame on you, devs! Getting into the meat of it, the first thing I noticed is that The Girl and the Robot looks like a PS2-era game. Nothing necessarily wrong with being a couple... decades behind on the tech, but I can let that slide, good looking graphics aren't everything! ...

A fun little game with a lot of charm. I quite liked the soundtrack and the enviromental puzzles. The combat works but its not the game strongest point by far, the puzzles and the switching between the two characters are fun. The Robot can fight and push heavy stuff while the girl can maneuver the environment with ease and heal her trusty robot guardian after he takes damage. The game has fun and intresting ideas and the two boss fights where fun. Studio Ghibli is a strong influence on the game , in particular their classic work "Laputa Castle in the Sky", and I loved that. With that said, the game ends rather abruptly in a pivotal moment in the story which I felt that made the game incomplete for me. Nonetheless, the game ended with " To be continued " which would be alright if there is an expected date for when we will expect the continuation to be released. I encountered two glitches but nothing game breaking, the framerate is not very stable at times and the controls sometimes ...

I would not recommend this game to anyone who can only use keyboard to play. If you have an Xbox controller, it's probably a decent game.