I’d be lying if I said this was not a well made game that most people are going to enjoy with an incredibly impressive art stye. I’d also be lying if I said I wasn’t a bit disappointed that this game is not the groundbreaking, overly ambitious experience that its reveal made me think it would be. Not that it was misleading per se, but it had my imagination running wild with the possibility of the jumping out of the storybook mechanic. In the end the mechanic is used much more situationally than I would have hoped and the overall gameplay experience is pretty lacking in any kind of depth as the puzzles are pretty basic. That being said the game is still very charming and there is a lot of gameplay variety. While I’m disappointed The Plucky Squire isn’t the next indie masterpiece, it’s still a decent time.

7/10

I’d be lying if I said this was not a well made game that most people are going to enjoy with an incredibly impressive art stye. I’d also be lying if I said I wasn’t a bit disappointed that this game is not the groundbreaking, overly ambitious experience that its reveal made me think it would be. Not that it was misleading per se, but it had my imagination running wild with the possibility of the jumping out of the storybook mechanic. In the end the mechanic is used much more situationally than I would have hoped and the overall gameplay experience is pretty lacking in any kind of depth as the puzzles are pretty basic. That being said the game is still very charming and there is a lot of gameplay variety. While I’m disappointed The Plucky Squire isn’t the next indie masterpiece, it’s still a decent time. 7/10