Fantasyland

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Fantasyland is a single player role playing game. It was developed by SUNYU and was released on April 21, 2018. It received negative reviews from players.

Fantasyland, from one of the four ancient China masterpiece "Dream of the Red Chamber".

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Audience ScoreBased on 41 reviews

graphics3 positive mentions

gameplay3 negative mentions

Ambitious and conceptually bold with a dream-based, symbolic narrative framework.
Simple, functional gameplay that is easy to pick up and suitable for achievement hunters with DLC.
Earnest attempt by an indie developer showing creative ideas despite execution flaws.

Developer involved in unethical practices including mass revocation of game keys and deleting community discussions, causing distrust.
Gameplay is repetitive, simplistic, and lacks depth; levels and enemy encounters are flat and unengaging.
Poor presentation with dated graphics, basic audio, lack of customization, and substandard optimization leading to performance issues.

gameplay
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
17%
50%
The gameplay revolves around progressing through six dreamlike scenarios tied to different heroes, but it remains repetitive, simple, and lacks meaningful evolution. Despite an intriguing conceptual framework, the mechanics are clunky and underdeveloped, with the only notable feature being a poorly executed "king of the hill" mode. Overall, the gameplay feels constrained and fails to engage deeply.
- “Gameplay is built around progressing through six dreamlike scenarios, each tied to a different hero.”
- “The 'king of the hill' idea might be the only interesting feature, but the design and mechanics are lacking, to say the least.”
- “Even as heroes change, the gameplay rarely evolves in a meaningful way.”
- “Its dream-based structure and philosophical framing suggest something grand, but the actual gameplay loop remains repetitive, simple, and constrained by its modest production.”
- “Gameplay is a complete, clunky joke.”
music
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
75%
The music aims to set the mood but often feels disconnected from the gameplay, resulting in an uneven emotional experience. Additionally, the lack of proper audio controls frustrates users, as they cannot easily adjust or disable the background music.
- “Music and sound aim for mood, but often feel disconnected from the action, creating an uneven emotional tone rather than a cohesive dreamworld.”
- “Images and music complement each other well.”
- “Music and sound fare similarly: they aim for mood, but often feel disconnected from the action, creating an uneven emotional tone rather than a cohesive dreamworld.”
- “Bewilderingly, the game doesn't include proper audio controls, so you can't turn off the annoying background music; you'll need to alt+tab out and stop the music using the Windows sound mixer.”
- “No music.”
graphics
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
75%
50%
The graphics are generally decent and polished but appear somewhat dated and washed out. While functional, users have experienced significant FPS lag despite capable hardware, though some acknowledge this may improve before release. Overall, the visuals are basic but satisfactory.
- “Gameplay is basic, graphics are good and polished.”
- “Although the graphics are washed out and dated, they look decent.”
- “Graphics are amateur decent.”
- “Graphics are amateur and only decent.”
- “The game experienced quite a lot of heavy FPS lags (should not lag at all with my graphics card). However, these issues might be fixed since the game is not released yet.”
atmosphere
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game establishes a compelling otherworldly atmosphere through diverse, self-contained dream scenarios, each with distinct moods and conflicts. Realistic visual effects and a pervasive sense of darkness and depression contribute to an emotionally heavy and immersive experience.
- “From the opening moments, the game creates an otherworldly atmosphere—each 'dream' serves as a self-contained scenario with its own protagonist, mood, and internal conflict.”
- “Promotional text describes 'realistic smoke, blood, and explosion effects' and a 'sense of darkness and depression,' suggesting an atmosphere meant to evoke emotional weight.”
emotional
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game aims to evoke emotional weight through realistic effects and a dark, depressive atmosphere, but the music and sound often feel disconnected from the action, resulting in an uneven and less cohesive emotional experience.
- “Promotional text describes 'realistic smoke, blood and explosion effects' and a 'sense of darkness and depression,' suggesting an atmosphere meant to evoke emotional weight.”
- “Music and sound aim for mood, but often feel disconnected from the action, creating an uneven emotional tone rather than a cohesive dreamworld.”
story
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
50%
The story is minimal and lacks depth, serving more as background flavor than a compelling or driving element of the game experience.
optimization
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game suffers from poor optimization, leading to repetitive and stale gameplay. Additionally, it feels overpriced and excessively reliant on DLC to complete, negatively impacting the overall experience.
- “Repetitive, boring, overpriced, poorly optimized, impossible to finish without having the DLC but at least you get some achievements.”
- “Repetitive not optimized.”
monetization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users criticize the monetization for being a cash grab, highlighting issues of plagiarism and lack of credit to original artists and developers behind the game assets.