Using the menus and the map can be a little frustrating. Another gripe I have with the Switch version is the UI. Chicory: A Colorful Tale is an adventure game about a dog wielding a magic paintbrush Use the power of art to explore, solve puzzles, help your animal friends and restore color to the world. I struggled ot use the joystick-based brush throughout, and it makes Chicory feel like a strange, clumsy, almost twin-stick shooter, especially during boss encounters. For something that follows you around throughout the game, it’s unfortunate that it was such a bummer to use. The Nintendo Switch version of Chicory is great, but it has one major problem: I hate the brush mechanic. ¡Usa tus poderes de pintura para explorar nuevos lugares, resolver puzles, ayudar a tus amigos y cambiar el mundo Ha sucedido algo terrible.
While I didn’t play the original PC version, there’s a part of me that wishes I had. Chicory: Una historia pintoresca es un juego de aventuras con vista cenital en un mundo que es como un libro para colorear en el que puedes dibujar sobre cualquier cosa. While I understand that’s part of the challenge that is designed for the game, I didn’t have fun looking for paths that are a few pixels wide.
There were times I was stuck in Chicory because I knew where to go, just not exactly how to get there. I wouldn’t mind it so much if traversable paths were more obvious. Later, when Pizza starts to bond more with her brush, and gets better movement abilities, Chicory opens up in a way that feels significantly less frustrating. I appreciate its top-down perspective and even its aesthetic–except that it makes navigating its levels a pain in the butt. One of my biggest gripes about Chicory is its level design.
Chicory has some seriously clever puzzles using the brush mechanic–either through painting patterns, or revealing hidden messages. This has a cosmetic effect, obviously, but you also use the paint brush to solve puzzles and bypass obstacles. As The Wielder you can literally paint the world around you as you see fit. Paint the world in the colors of your choosing and solve the mystery of why the world has gone black-and-white One of childhood’s greatest pleasures is the blank slate of a fresh coloring book and a brand new set of crayons. Screenshot: Chicory: A Colorful TaleĪs Pizza, you become The Wielder–the one who uses a special magical paint brush to bring color to the world. The world is your oyster - or rather, your canvas - in the charming and expressive adventure, Chicory: A Colorful Tale. Chicory: A Colorful Tale is an adventure game where you play as Pizza, or whatever you name her, the prompt being “your favorite food.” In fact, while there are a lot of food references in Chicory– people are named after food, and the towns are various mealtimes– Chicory is really about being an artist, and the emotional vulnerability that entails.