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Child of Light

Already, alas, Tuesday has arrived

‘n’ I’veplayed just an hour o’ Child of Light

Time enough to come round to the balladlike narration

(Though at first I’ll say it seemed a tad trite)

Got used to it though, daren’t I did

And speak the same I would of the mixture

of run o’ the mill platforming twixt turn-based combat

The strangest amalgam of fixtures.

A points and skill upgrades, an RPG staple

Also seemed odd in this sorta metroidvania

But that’s what it was, a game of hybrid sods

(That I played in a bedroom here in Batmania)1

A pretty one too with that watercolour look

And some ponderous creature design

Nice use of fluorescence and colours and etc

That I’ll lazily compare here to Trine

Because frankly there’s not much of worth I can add

To discussions ‘bout this Ubisoft game

Seeing as I played just an hour, an hour I did play

Is it the same in the end t’what I blame?

Poor time management yes, perhaps the mildest lack

Of enthusiasm for this fairytale title

It’s not that it’s ‘bad’, in another timeline for sure

Th’ at the moment my freedom seems stifled

‘Coz this feels like a game I’d p’haps play if it rained

I’m just that kind of game trier

But in the meantime there’s been drought of a biblical size

And now a swathe of Australia’s on fire !

up next is Chivalry: Medieval Warfare

edit: Batmania was one of the early proposed name for the settlement of Melbourne, after one of the early settlers, John Batman. Batman was a first-hand murderer and perpetuator of violent colonial atrocities so it is probably a good thing Melbourne was not called Batmania. A friend of mine was involved in a fringe show that centered around a superfictional reality where this place was called Batmania, the jingle for which is alone worth sharing. ↩︎