You’ll be wondering plenty, like if you’re going to be able to hit a target with your knife, or why you can die by jumping sometimes, but just as often be completely fine, but the game’s not forthcoming. Overgrowth is terrible at communicating things, generally. Ultimately, this is a game mostly made up of arena-style brawls, but that’s not remotely reflected by any of the level design. It seems like a fundamental misunderstanding about how players act when faced with large, open areas. Every single map could be a tenth of the size, and nothing would be lost, and nobody would end up wasting their time. Most levels are laden with similar issues. There’s no indication that this is the case, however, and nothing suggesting that going in any other direction is pointless. It turns out that all I actually needed to do was walk straight ahead for 30 seconds, encounter some aggressive rats, and then kill them, completing the level. Eventually I gave up, restarting the level. I spent at least half an hour exploring this weird location, finding nothing but big, empty, unfinished spaces. And this is how I ended up walking across the bed of a lake without dying, even though water is fatal in the rest of the game, before slamming into an invisible wall that spun me around. It’s maybe the worst thing you can do, leading to wasted journeys and getting stuck in parts of the map that are entirely open to you, but are far from ready for visitation. The scale of most of the maps implies that exploration is a good idea. There are no real objectives in the game outside of what you catch in the brief bits of dialogue, and here the implication is pretty clear: find the right way out of this pleasant field of flowers/haunted forest. When Turner enters the level, he realises he’s a bit lost. It’s like two or three different maps layered on top of one another, with no real identity or consistency. But it’s also a spooky forest, complete with gnarled, dead trees and eerie, swampy fog.
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The level is huge, and full of gentle hills and wildflowers blandly idyllic. The ‘Thick fog’ level is a pretty effective showcase for where the game’s really at. In some cases, it’s just unpolished, but the overall impression is that this is a game that’s still very much in beta.
Every single element, from the environments to the story, feels like it’s missing something. Overgrowth’s been cooking away for nine years, and I cannot figure out why it’s suddenly out now.
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It's little more than an excuse to get into a series of fights, peppered with platforming sections, and it’s basically the same story as in Overgrowth predecessor Lugaru - a remake of which is included here - but without the personal stakes. And that's about it for the threadbare narrative. But no! There are slavers he has to kill. Turner’s arrived in a new land, ready to have a nice, relaxing life. That’s Overgrowth: lots of potential, rarely reached. During those seconds, suspended in the skies above the game’s largely empty battlefields, it feels like anything’s possible. His leaping ability borders on the power of flight.
Rabbits are typically good at jumping, but they’ve got nothing on their anthropomorphic cousin, Turner, the martial arts master and hero of this critter-bashing romp.
Mushroom monarch looks like he just came back to a fight in the park and brought his dad as well.The most satisfying moments in Overgrowth take place in mid-air. I see Mushroom Madness in the background :sweating: Comment by Cyberlord 66 i think that it's kicked in h a r d, m y b r o. I just think this one has a more funky approach where the new one feels more pale Comment by DawnMusicArtist To be honest, this one is better than the remake. I did a lot of experimenting with this one, and im ultimately really happy with it! Its got some fun and adventurous tones to it, but also hints at the sinister side of the mushroom biomes and the creatures that inhabit them.Īnyway, I hope you all enjoy this little track, and I'll see you next time!Ĭredit to Phantasmental for the awesome thumbnail! This track was SUUUPER fun to make, as it incorporates the motifs from the glowing mushroom biome, Mushroom Monarch, Truffle Toad, and Mushroom Madness themes! So it's essentially a medley haha. Thankfully, I've broken out of that, and I'm now feeling a lot better haha. It's been a while since I posted anything, but I've honestly been in kind of a dry spell when it comes to making music :/.
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