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Game #24 Complete! HANA Spacetime Fantasy

Throw This Quote On The Back Of The Box: "(screaming goat noises)"

Final Thoughts:
We have a new king of the trash heap. Do you know how surprised I am to find something worse than Boogie Loops? Boogie Loops has the feel of being made by someone who hated games. Like, the person who got contacted to make it was like "fuck games, I'm making a music creation tool because games are dumb". HANA Spacetime Fantasy was made by someone who wanted to make games, but it made me hate games.

It is a game so bad that I feel like its wrecked the curve. Everyone else gets 100% because this game somehow got a -15%. It's the video game equivalent of marking "C" for every answer on a test and the test wasn't even scantron it was short essay.

I hated everything about this. I don't even want to elaborate that much because the whole thing is bad. Two separate times I thought my game had glitched out but the visuals were just so bad I couldn't tell the difference. One time I died by using a ladder. Sometimes enemies are invincible, seemingly at random and with no visual cue. Here's the thing with this game: I can't tell if things are broken or if the game design is just that bad. Ok so this enemy that looks exactly like a bunch of other enemies is invincible. Was it meant to be? Is this a horrendously dumb decision or is it the game having a stroke and fluid leaking from its ears. I can't tell. I can't tell if like half of the bad decisions in this game were intentional or not. That's the level of game we're dealing with here.

The game doesn't know what it wants to be. It flitters around like a sophomore in college midway through their fourth major and fifth sabbatical. The game opens with a training temple giving you three of the world's easiest Sokoban puzzles. These are never mentioned again. What was I training for? The game introduces crank puzzles which are quite literally the word "CRANK" being written on the floor and then you use the crank. Halfway through it ditches puzzles entirely and starts doing combat, which is worse. How is this worse? HOW DID YOU GET WORSE.

The saddest thing about this whole experience was finding out there was more. That second half of the game hit me like a truck. I was so excited for the game to be over and then there was more. People always warn you about having too much of a good thing but no one ever warns you about having too much of a bad thing for some reason. I hated this. Hate hate hate super hate LOATHE ENTIRELY.

The good news is it can only go up from here!

...right?

Should You Play It? Absolutely not. This game is $8. EIGHT. DOLLARS. Last month I lost a ten dollar Starbucks gift card and I still feel better about how that money was spent.

Final Score: 1. Sadly not the worst game I played this year but very, very close.

Games Completed: 24/142.

Game Rankings:
24) HANA Spacetime Fantasy
23) Boogie Loops
22) Hidey Spot
21) The Lushes Land
20) Nightingale
19) A Joke That's Worth 0.99 Cents
18) Whitewater Wipeout
17) Snak
16) DYG
15) Lost Your Marbles
14) Grand Tour Legends
13) Demon Quest '85
12) The Fall of Elena Temple
11) Flipper Lifter
10) Questy Chess
9) The Keyper
8) Echoic Memory
7) Omaze
6) Sasquatchers
5) Castle Tintagel
4) Casual Birder
3) Zipper
2) Pick Pack Pup
1) Crankin's Time Travel Adventure