Legend of the Skyfish

I was drawn in by the nice, clean visuals and promises of puzzles to solve. Sadly, the latter goes unfulfilled. I am a big fan of games like Ittle Dew, Escape Goat and Mystery Castle, and hoped this would scratch the same itch. But what is here doesn't really even qualify as puzzles. It's not a puzzle if there's a switch on the ground, and a short, unobstructed distance away there's a statue you can push around....

55 found this helpful, 2017-02-28

Just barely worth the asking price. Repetitious/dragged out as hell with no real puzzle variation. Finished the game, but the game is filled with a lot of fat. Time spent walking around winding paths even though there's nothing significant to do aside from follow a spiral path when it could have been straight. A lot of places that a precise cast of your rod can bypass parts if you have the right hook, but I took...

24 found this helpful, 2017-03-13

babies first zelda-like game. skyfish is cute but feels more tedious than hard and the puzzles are as challenging as putting a square peg into a square slot over the circle one. most levels are short and "puzzles" are a no brainers. you will die from things more so because they are cheaply set up rather than you failing something but even these can be avoided after you've seen what they do. even the bosses will give...

7 found this helpful, 2020-04-01