Ary and the Secret of Seasons Reviews
Taking on the task of making a game that feels like it's intended to occupy the same space as the likes of the Legend of Zelda series, even removing Breath of the Wild from the table, is a rough road few manage to make significant headway in...
This adventure game is easy to get into, although it doesn’t reach it’s full potential, the gameplay is simple and well animated but it’s hindered by repetition and lack of ambition.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Ary and the Secret of Seasons is a fun and innocent experience that should be recognised for its high-standard of puzzle design and clever implementation of its unique seasonal dome mechanic. Unfortunately, poor progression and irritating UI design make otherwise enjoyable sections frustrating, and the slew of bad performance issues and glitches ensure that Ary's journey isn't all fun.
"Ary and the Secret of Seasons" is a fine action-adventure in itself, which can be described as family-friendly and which invites every genre-fan to a fun and entertaining adventure. Depending on how much you sink into the trial & error vortex during the puzzle interludes and how strong the urge for discovery is, you can spend 8-10 hours with the game. Altogether there are however already some technical deficiencies, which cloud the fun of the game and also disturb the presentation. Of course the style is consciously chosen more minimalistic and it is not a full price title, but such rough carvings should not occur and one can only hope that the game will be improved in the form of patches.
Review in German | Read full review
Ary and the Secret of Seasons is a family-friendly adventure that is meant to remind you of some of the classic action-adventure platformer games from the '90s. It succeeds despite some clunky menu screens and repetitive combat due in part to the delightful main character. Plus, for the gamer-friendly price of $40 bucks, there is a full-size adventure to be had here.
But all of these positive aspects pale in front of the technical part that is severely lacking. As such I cannot recommend Ary and The Secret of Seasons until several patches have come out fixing the annoying issues of the game.
An enjoyable platformer which would benefit from further development time
Ary and The Secret of Seasons is one of those game that can beautifully engage players with its world and has the potential to entertains all people from any ages in an impressive way. But of course it doesn't mean that the game is flawless. Unfortunately, this game suffers from many technical issues which in many cases, will affect your progression in a specific level or dungeon. But putting this technical issues aside, Ary and the Secret of Seasons is a fascinating game that every fan if indie games must play!
Review in Persian | Read full review
If you’re a fan of the genre, you could do a lot worse than picking up Ary and the Secret of Seasons. After all, ‘tis always the season for adventure.
Clearly a labor of love, Ary unites puzzles, platforming and exploration into one round package. Although its technical issues are a bit off-putting at first, if you can look past them, there's much fun to be had.
While Ary and the Secret of Seasons struggles with lots of issues, it benefits from many strong points as well. Even though the visual style doesn't belong to this generation, it still has its own beauty and charm. If it wasn't for the technical problems, Ary could have shined among the best games of this generation. The issues could have been solved with more time and effort from the developers and this shows the lack of enthusiasm from them.
Review in Persian | Read full review
So overall, while Ary and the Secret of Seasons does need some patches to fix some rather large issues on the Switch, the adventure itself is light and fun even if it doesn't really do anything new. This isn’t exactly a bad thing as what it sets out to do it does well, but, until it gets patched be warned that you may have to do the same thing a few times over.
Ary and the Secret of Seasons has turned out to be the platforming adventure I expected. Complete, fun, agile and with suitable dungeons. Of course, the ability to manipulate the four seasons in imaginative ways in exploration, puzzles and combat is the true hallmark of this epic. Only regret aspects less successful or with less work, which prevent the game from reaching even higher, but what there is certainly deserves.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
It’s by no means a perfect game, as it’s rife with bugs, glitches, and graphical issues, but it’s so charming that you won’t care about that before long. It has an engaging story, interesting characters, dynamic environments, and a unique gameplay system with the Seasonal Stones.
Ary and the Secret of Seasons is a game to love - its dungeons have deserved a prize. I never had so much fun with puzzles in videogame dungeons. The semi-open world, however, seems unfinished in comparison, which costs a lot of the charm.
Review in German | Read full review
Ary and the Secret of Seasons benefits mostly from its great puzzles, the main characters and Disney-like cutscenes. There are some minor issues in the controls, and on the technical side it's not literally close to current gen standard. But it is worth and fun to play, and this is what really matters.
Review in German | Read full review
Ary and the Secret of Seasons is cute, clever, and fun, with a beautiful world to explore and entertaining puzzles to solve.
As a fan of classic 3D platformers, I found Ary and the Secret of Seasons to be a magical and beautiful game and it's great fun, too.
Ary and the Secret of the Seasons is a good game, it presents a pleasant and entertaining story, with a nice and pleasant graphic section and enough variety in the puzzles to keep you entertained. Unfortunately it also has quite a few defects in playable sections as important as combat, or visuals such as the interface. Many of these problems can be solved over time, so it can be a great platformer. It is a game that I would recommend to fans of platforms like Banjo-Kazooie, Spyro, Ape Scape, etc., that is, colorful platforms, focused on a story with a good dose of humor. Ary and the Secret of the Seasons is available for PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
I had been looking forward to playing Ary and the Secret of Seasons since the game was announced. Unfortunately, I’m left feeling disappointed in the game. I do like the swapping of seasons mechanic to solve the puzzles. Once the game is updated and if the glitches are successfully removed I do think Ary and the Secret of Seasons would make a great family game for the whole family to play together. As the game is at the moment with its frequent framerate drops, stuttering and glitches which actually put you off playing the game. I can’t, in all honesty, recommended it as a fun and entertaining experience currently.