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<\/a><\/p>\nSee, Lost Sea encourages you to play this game for as long and as best you can in one session, to the point of offering you an achievement for beating the game in two hours with no skipping in a single session. It operates on a permadeath system of survival. You die, that’s it, you’re done, back to the beginning! (Save of course for being resurrected by your companions.) You’re offered rewards depending on how much you’ve collected and how many of the golden tablets you managed to find before your death so as to start with money on your next session to begin with a minor head start. But it goes further than that in saving none of your upgrades for your character or ship after you switch off your console or any of your progress in the amount of levels you’ve beaten in each area, however does save each area you have unlocked so you can warp there every time you boot up.<\/p>\n
This was a complete surprise to me upon my second boot up of the title, initially leaving an somewhat sour taste in my mouth realising all my upgrades had all but vanished and the islands I explored just before the first boss were no longer explored. However it does somewhat light a flame beneath you to try and beat the game as quick as you can and ignites a method of playing akin to how I used to game as a child, which to it’s credit also feels very much intentional. Throughout my younger years of gaming, I countlessly replayed the same games (in particular playstation demo discs) at the very good often making the same amount of progress or having all my progress lost due to lack of memory cards, lack of space, or simply just having younger siblings unknowingly delete them as they tried to play games at far too young an age.<\/p>\n When it finds itself tapping into this well of nostalgia, it becomes a wonderful stint of hack & slash adventuring. The package as a whole does somewhat seem catered towards this almost child friendly aesthetic as it opts for bright cartoony visuals and simple controls. Not at all a detractor, it plays to its strengths. Within playing your first level you’ll be already familiar with the controls and have a solid grip on how to play the game. You have a single swiping attack, with disposable items that are either beneficial to you, health, armor, invincibility etc. or give explosive results. The style is bold and vibrant, each zone standing out with its colour scheme and environmental cues for each theme, with cutesy and creative enemies that are more pleasantly created than they are intimidating, save for when you get mercilessly attacked by a large group of them all at once. Music is a serviceable and suits the areas you inhabit, but nothing you will find yourself humming after a session. That’s not to say it’s a childish game, it can show that it actually has hard side to it, as the game becomes a lot more difficult to traverse if you warp to each zone and don’t play in continual sessions. By stripping you of all upgrades every time you boot up the game, later areas are a lot tougher when enemies have a significantly more health and strength than you, encouraging you to see the game through on long play sessions. The simplicity it exudes has the feeling of a mobile game while have the expectation that you treat it as a console title. It’s accessible to everyone but isn’t afraid to drum up a little challenge in the process.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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