Wandersong Reviews

Wandersong is ranked in the 93rd percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
4.5 / 5.0
Sep 27, 2018

Wandersong is easily the most wholesome, heartwarming game about friendship you’ll play all year.

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Loved
Oct 30, 2018
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9 / 10.0
Aug 27, 2018

The game doesn't hold the player's hand through every step of the way, yet, still many of the mechanics are generous to the point where a very wide range of players will find Wandersong accessible and fun. This is a great game that was hard for me to put down and shouldn't have troubles finding a dedicated playerbase.

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9 / 10.0
Oct 15, 2018

Wandersong is a joyful and innovative game that should probably be sold as a cure for winter blues.

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A or higher
Oct 11, 2018

Play Wandersong. You deserve to play such a wonderful game about music, friendship, and how heroism can be found in any good deed - no matter how small.

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Geeks Under Grace
Lucas Miller
9 / 10.0
Oct 26, 2018

BOTTOM LINE Wandersong is an excellent game featuring great music, stunning visuals, and a story which grabs your attention from beginning to end.

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9 / 10.0
Jan 21, 2019

The music is a delight to listen to, the narrative is very witty and humorous (as well as serious when it has to be), and the visuals are amazing eye candy with all the colours and visual effects used. The controls can be a little sensitive in some places and the DS4 speaker needs to be adjusted outside of the game, but overall I would have been extremely proud if I was one of the lucky ones who backed this project initially on Kickstarter.

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8 / 10.0
Oct 11, 2018

Wandersong is a charming-as-heck musical adventure that manages to live up to both parts of its name.

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96 / 100
Jan 8, 2019
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9 / 10
Feb 11, 2019

A harmonious marriage between narrative and mechanics, Wandersong is an astonishing creation on PS4.

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4 / 5.0
Apr 26, 2019

A fun and a lighthearted game that keeps a good pace, but it gets bogged down in the second half. Still, it’s a beautiful and enjoyable piece, with a great focus on music, with an unlikely character.

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Feb 10, 2020

Wandersong is a game crafted with love, that depicts love, and that encourages you to love in turn. What better theme for a game about the power of music?

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Unscored
Mar 4, 2020

Wandersong is a game of cosmic circumstances on a humble scale. It deals with questions of archetypes, destiny, an understanding of the self, and how our actions shape the world around us. It is a game that begs to be read as analogous to the hopeless pessimism that permeates modern life as well as a commentary on the tropes games so consistently employ, using our familiarity with both these elements to subvert the traditional hero’s journey.

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8 / 10.0
Mar 1, 2019

Wandersong is a unique game in how it uses singing as a mechanic and wonderful in how bright and colorful it is. It has great humor and is well worth picking up.

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4.5 / 5.0
Mar 11, 2019

Who says playing as a bard isn’t fun? Wandersong is a harmonic and colorful game that proves that not every hero has to have a giant weapon to save the world; they just need a big heart (and maybe a decent set of lungs). The simplistic graphics and odd swordplay of this music-themed title may be a hurdle to some, but the gameplay, dialogue, and soundtrack is otherwise pure entertainment. Encore!

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oprainfall
Chris Melchin
Oct 3, 2018

Wandersong is a pleasant game for the most part, but knows to get serious when the situation calls for it. It makes good use of its fairly simple core mechanic of singing, with a nice variety of puzzles to solve as you progress. I like the various ways it uses music, as a way to communicate, for concerts, and as a tool to solve puzzles, as you meet and help the diverse cast of characters throughout the world. It’s available on both Switch and PC; I played the PC version for this review and the Switch version at PAX. I personally prefer mouse and keyboard, since I find the mouse easier for singing than the right stick, but both styles seem fine. The adventure is about 10 hours long, and is enjoyable throughout for $20 USD. Although completing the game unlocks a scene select function to go back and replay scenes, there’s not much to do beyond that. Even so, it’s a cute game with fun characters and well-designed puzzles, and I think fans of adventure games will find a lot to love with Wandersong.

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8 / 10.0
Sep 27, 2018

Another adventure game that takes its own path when it comes to resolving conflicts in this title you'll play as a bard who ends up using his vocal talents to try to help save the day...

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Oct 8, 2018

Wandersong's memorable adventure and heartwarming tale make for one fantastic musical journey.

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8.5 / 10.0
Sep 27, 2018

Wandersong is definitely worth checking out on the basis of how different and unique it is. From the fun, new interaction method to the hand-crafted art style, this is something completely fresh.

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9 / 10
Jan 22, 2019

I loved playing through Wandersong and thought that everything in it was well designed and created with a lot of care

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