Sayonara Wild Hearts--An Interactive Pop Album (Gaming)

by cheapLEY , Friday, September 20, 2019, 20:47 (1982 days ago)

Yesterday Sayonara Wild Hearts was release on PS4 and Switch (and Apple Arcade, I think?).

I just played about forty minutes of it, and I really love it.

It offers almost nothing in terms of challenge. It's a very rudimentary version of Rez in some ways. You move around the screen to collect hearts, and sometimes you press a button when prompted. It doesn't sound all that captivating, but . . .

The art style is incredible. It's really striking. Just a joy to look at.

The music makes the game, though. It's the entire point. The game is broken up into levels. Three or four levels in a row are sort of themed together. The first ones in each theme are smaller with good music without vocals. The final level of the theme culminates in a sort of boss fight with a fully voiced pop song (the three I've played so far have been pretty good songs!).

If you like pop music and are okay with gameplay that's not really challenging and very laid back, absolutely check this game out. I think it's like $12.

It's not an easy game to describe, so here are some videos.