Welcome to This Is Not A Review. In these articles we discuss general impressions, ideas and thoughts on any given game, but as the title implies, it’s not a review. Instead, it’s an exercise in offering a quick recommendation (or dismissal) after spending enough time to grasp the ideas and gameplay of a thing without necessarily playing it from A to Z.
The subject of this installment: Wintermoor Tactics Club, developed by EVC and published by Versus Evil.
HIGH The years of polish put towards the content show.
LOW The menus and system feel… familiar.
WTF I’ve never heard of a F2P do this before.
HIGH An unique introduction to Slavic folklore. Ivan’s baabuska.
LOW The linear gameplay loop.
WTF Some of the boss fights.
HIGH Finally killing that super-worm.
LOW The Blob that convinced me to quit the game.
WTF Why do the bloodstains disappear? I want to see the whole screen covered in alien guts!
HIGH Getting three victory points in a single turn to beat a level.
LOW The isometric camera can make it difficult to click on squares diagonally above the player.
WTF So this is basically a child enslavement sim, then?
HIGH The art style is beautifully distinct.
LOW An emotion-free popup box telling me that someone died.
WTF Who are you, again? Wait, who am I?
HIGH: Beautiful claymation.
LOW: Hearing annoying cries as I do that one damned puzzle yet again.
WTF: Mike Nelson and Rob Paulsen were hired to voice the characters—and they aren't given anything funny to say.
HIGH The hip hop/feudal Japan vibe
LOW Everything else
WTF Why was this even made?
HIGH Answering the knocking on the well lid.
LOW The "Beauty" dream, which was pointlessly frustrating thanks to bad platforming and inane enemies.
WTF Why put "interact" and "attack" on the same button when the final battle requires correct distinction between these actions and ten controller inputs are free?
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