PsychoCarbo Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus Review

This is a work of art! 08/10 Final score at the end! ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ DaVinci created a new reality ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Red Dead Redemption II ☑ Beautiful ☐ Decent ☐ Don’t look at it for too long ☐ Bad ☐ Atari ☐ Tamagotchi ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Can your PC run Paint? ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Story }--- ☐ Story? What story? ☐ One word. Pewpewpew! Three words. Pew pew! ☐ Some chatter ☐ Average ☐ Good ☑ Beautiful ☐ Isabel Allende, Machado de Assis and Tolkien teamed up to write it ☐ It will replace your life ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Excellent! ☑ Good ☐ Fun, but playable with two fingers ☐ Meh ☐ Might as well watch paint dry ☐ Not at all ☐ Smash your hand with a hammer, it’s more fun ---{ Grind }--- ☐ None at all ☐ Only if you care about achievements ☐ Not needed to progress ☑ Medium grind ☐ Grind-heavy ☐ You’ll need a second life to grind ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press “W” ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☑ Requires real thinking ☑ Hard ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Game Length }--- ☐ Enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Medium ☑ Long ☐ You start it, your grandkid finishes it ☐ To infinity and beyond! ---{ Replayability }--- ☑ One time is enough ☑ Only if you’re chasing achievements ☐ After a few months... years... mods... ☐ Worth it with DLCs ☐ You better have time to waste ☐ Well… you didn’t need a life anyway! ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of any ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can be annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ Cyberpunk 2022 ☐ The game itself is a bug farm ---{ Multiplayer }--- ☑ No multiplayer ☐ LAN ☐ It says it has one, but it’ll explode your PC ☐ A lonely forgotten desert ☐ Meh, it’s fun ☐ Solo mission? What? ☐ Basically an MMO ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasmic ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Acceptable ☐ Bad ☐ I’m deaf now ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☐ Teens ☐ Adults ☐ Grandma ☑ Everyone ---{ Price }--- ☐ No longer available on Steam ☐ Free! ☑ Fair price ☐ Only on sale ☐ If you have money to spare ☐ Not recommended ☐ You might as well burn your money ---{ 8 / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☑ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10 While playing this beautiful game, I came to a conclusion I should have reached much earlier: no matter how hard I try, I’m really bad at metroidvanias, and that ends up ruining my enjoyment of them. If I remember correctly, the only one I ever finished — and absolutely loved — was Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. What a game! Why do I start this review like this? Simply because Bõ is far from being a bad game. Everything about it is beautiful: the story, the music, the mechanics, the upgrades, the art direction, the characters… everything. But I am TERRIBLE at this kind of game, and I don’t have the patience to push through it. My best friends, on the other hand, would love it — it’s totally their kind of game! In short, the story is deeply rooted in Japanese folklore, executed with incredible mastery. Everything is thoughtfully crafted. Despite my limitations, I can fully recognize that. So, if you enjoy this genre, I highly recommend it without hesitation!