If you like games like Fez or Outer Wilds, you basically have to play this game. I wish games where knowledge is your biggest asset was a bigger genre.

Playing Tunic is like stepping into a puddle, and finding out that it is actually a tunnel to the center of the earth. It provides you with all the answers on how to play without shoving it directly in your face. If you feel discouraged, don't give up. Read the Manual! You can do it!

This is really 2 games in 1. The game it initially presents itself as is a delightful Zelda-like, heavy on exploration and puzzle-solving. I really enjoyed this game. It's got a beautiful aesthetic, clever world design and puzzles, and perhaps the best in-game manual in gaming history. The problem is, the game I described above is married to a high-difficulty soulslike. Why? I have no idea. It's an unhappy marriage. The combat controls feel clunky and imprecise and unfit for this sort of game. Most of the bosses feel cheap or just plain tedious. There aren't a ton of checkpoints and there is a lot of repetition and backtracking, which ends up feeling pretty bad in a game that is supposed to be encouraging thoughtful exploration and puzzle-solving. It's a shame because there's a lot to like here, and you can tell it was a labor of love. But sadly the combat dragged the whole experience down for me.

I am kind of stupid and bad at games, but Tunic made me feel kind of smart and good at games. It was a cool challenge that felt really fair when I committed to trying. Awesome game

I love the game for the most part. But I’m getting frustrated with the difficulty. There is a combat difficulty toggle in the settings that can be “normal” or “relaxed. I found that relaxed was too easy for the main game, but normal was too hard for boss fights. For me the sweet spot was toggling it to relaxed for boss fights and back to normal afterwards. This was fine for the majority of the game. However towards the end it gets so difficult that even in relaxed mode outside of boss fights I’m starting to struggle to get past basic enemies. I wish the difficulty was a bit more flat in this game. Other than that I really enjoyed my time.

An incredible adventure game where realizing the solutions is one of the main game mechanics. The puzzle solving is top-tier in this game and while I couldn't understand everything on my own, especially with the much more difficult ones for secrets, what I solved felt real good. Deciphering the pages you collect for the illustrated manual and applying that knowledge to the puzzles you encounter pounded my brain with dopamine. The combat can be tough at times, but it seemed manageable. I only truly had trouble with the final boss, but that's when I used the game's accessibility options to let me progress. I'll also mention that the sound design is also fantastic and made my headphones happy. I hope to revisit this game to grab the true ending, but even if I don't, I'll remember it being well-crafted and heartfelt experience full of mystery and discovery.

What can I say that hasn't already been said about Tunic? It is a masterpiece of a game to be enjoyed at many levels. Sometimes very difficult. Some of the deeper secrets are truly at what can only be called a computer expert level, but these are well documented online if these layers are beyond your skills. I love games with great gameplay, a cool puzzle mechanic, a large map with areas to explore, wonderful sound, lovely visuals. The complete package.

This might very well be the greatest game I have ever played, home to my entire top 5 puzzle game eureka moments. If you're looking for a satisfying puzzle that has a clear, logical path all the way through, play Tunic.

Immediately one of my top ten favorite games of all time! If there's one way I'd describe the game, it's "Wait, I could do that?!?!?" The main crux of this game is secrets and puzzles, where even the controls themselves are part of the mystery. So, do NOT look anything up. This game is best played blind, with no hints or help of any kind. If you're the kind of person that gets stuck on a puzzle and immediately googles it, this might not be the game for you. If you're the kind of person who gets stuck on a puzzle, backtracks, spends half an hour reading runes you don't understand, then jump with joy when you realize you just found an answer to a puzzle from two hours ago? Then this is your kind of game!

Light recommend. I really liked the first two thirds of this game and didn't like the last third. I didn't love the night section map run but what really frustrated me was finishing that and then discovering how to open the doors so I had to run through the entire map AGAIN. The last boss also loses the slow methodical movement to combat I had been enjoying, it had a really unique feeling up until that point. The late game asks for A LOT of player investment for little reward. I tried my best to solve everything on my own but some of the puzzles got very frustrating. Unless you like solving puzzles just for the sake of them I'd recommend getting to the night section blind then looking up a guide for the true ending. If you really like games with puzzles and game knowledge fundamentally reshaping how you interact with the world check out void stranger. Each big meta puzzle fundamentally alters the whole game and unlocks a huge amount of content