Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP

[rynling]

I’m a fan of the Superbrothers OST because there was a period of my life that was more or less me listening to Basco's Gamebient mix on loop, but I never played the actual game until it came out on Switch at the end of November.

It’s difficult to control and interact with, and the exploration elements feel wooden and perfunctory. I’ve played the first two (out of five, I think?) “sessions,” but I’m still not sure what this game wants or expects from me. I appreciate the cleverness of the writing, and I’m intrigued by the Zelda references, but this isn’t enough to keep me going.

I don’t think Superbrothers is for me. I’ll leave it on the system in case I get bored or ambitious later, but I’m going to give myself permission to quit playing it for the time being.

The soundtrack is still very good, though. I especially like the two-song sequence of “The Maelstorm” followed by “The Ballad Of The Space Babies,” which is a solid five minutes of focus and calm.

Comments

[runicmagitek]

Man, I remember trying to play Sword and Sworcery back when it came out and I wanted to like it... but yeah, it didn't really do it for me. The aesthetic is lovely and the music is just as good, but everything else? Not so much. I feel ya.

[rynling]

THANK YOU. I'm so glad that I'm not alone in not being head over heels in love with this game. There are a lot of art games that I feel like I'm not enough of An Intellectual™ to appreciate, and it's always embarrassing to admit that like, yeah, it wasn't really working for me.

[runicmagitek]

Yeah, fuck those games. I dealt with enough Intellectual™ bullshit in art school. I feel like I could have gotten a minor in detecting Intellectual™ bullshit lol there's nothing that deep about Sword and Sworcery. It's just... meh.