Hazel Sky

True hidden gem: It's so much better than the reviews suggest. The only really gripe is that it actually is very short for the full price, but as it gets discounted often and steep, I will overlook that. Yes, there are some bugs, yes, the controls can be a bit wonky, BUT: it is an indie 3D action adventure. This is just what they do. If you have love for the genre, it's all here. Vibrant colours, fun exploration, an intriguing story (that needs polish, but): this is a full on 3D debut with world building and everything going on. Give it the benefit of the doubt. It definitely offers more than its lacking.

This game feels like it has some love behind it..... and I really wanted to like this one All in all, the music is really nice, aesthetics are somewhat cool and all in all you have different scenarios and styles that make it somewhat engaging Sadly thats pretty much it, game is really short, voice acting is very weird and conversations sorta go on and off almost randomly, it is hard to get any kind of immersion. You can sorta piece together the "story", but it feels so extremely disconnected between each part, you never really feel it, and the pace breaks it again and again as well. Price is too high for what it delivers... if anything, get it only with a heavy discount

[h2] Quirky mouse controls, annoying 3rd-person camera [/h2] Based on the storyline, I would love to give this game a thumbs up. However, there are quite a few flaws that unfortunately make the game unnecessarily hard. Particularly, the game is not easily playable with mouse and keyboard (I didn't test it with a controller). For example, at one point, you have to select the chords for a guitar from a selection wheel. This [i]only[/i] works with a controller. Nobody seems to have ever tested this while playing with a mouse. Secondly, the 3rd-person camera handling makes it hard to focus on interaction points. Bigger hitboxes would have been a great asset here. If this game is on sale for below 10 Euro [i]and[/i] you prefer playing with a controller [i]and[/i] you have the patience to struggle with the controls, give it a shot. Any other potential buyer should look elsewhere.