- December 19, 2019
- Hoodoo Bear
Oliver's Adventures in the Fairyland
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Oliver's Adventures in the Fairyland is a single player platformer game. It was developed by Hoodoo Bear and was released on December 19, 2019. It received mostly positive reviews from players.
"Oliver's Adventures in the Fairyland" is a metroidvania game where you play as a modern teenager summoned to a fantasy world to retrieve stolen king's treasures. The game features an open world, numerous upgrades, big bosses, retro style pixel art and 8-bit music, and is focused on providing only awesome gameplay with no boring dialogues or complicated level-up systems. Save points are scattered throughout the dungeon, and there are many secrets to discover.
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- The game features charming pixel graphics and a catchy soundtrack, creating a nostalgic atmosphere.
- It offers a fun and challenging platforming experience, with a sense of achievement as players gather power-ups.
- The gameplay is engaging, reminiscent of classic Metroidvania titles, and provides a good mix of platforming challenges.
- Controls can feel janky and floaty, leading to frustrating moments during gameplay.
- The game is relatively short and lacks variety in enemy types and challenges, making it feel repetitive.
- Players may encounter issues with navigation due to a confusing map system and poorly designed collision detection.
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The story of *Oliver's Adventure* is minimalistic, beginning with a drunken wizard's simple quest to retrieve items for the king, which some players find lacking in depth and engagement. While the game promotes itself as having "no boring dialogues," this approach may detract from the overall narrative experience, as a compelling story can enhance player motivation and satisfaction. Ultimately, the basic storyline may not significantly impact the gameplay for some, but it leaves a desire for more thematic richness.
“Story (or theming) can be important to a game because it provides the player with a reason to push past its more frustrating parts to see the mystery unfold, and it can be a catalyst in that feeling of accomplishment that comes from overcoming a challenge.”
“It’s one thing to defeat a hard boss, but it’s even better – as an example - to blast its ugly face in with a hyper beam during the climax of a story built up over the course of the game.”
“This advertisement is mostly true; however, there are other ways to present a story without dialogue.”
“At the beginning of the game you’re greeted by a drunken wizard who tells you that you need to metroidvania it up because the king wants his stuff, and that’s about all the plot you get.”
“The store page boasts that 'Oliver’s Adventure' has 'no boring dialogues!' as if to show some contempt for all the time-wasting other games have done for the sake of story.”
“The storyline seems basic to me, but it shouldn't really matter in the long run.”
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Oliver's Adventures in the Fairyland is a platformer game.
Oliver's Adventures in the Fairyland is available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, PC, PlayStation 4 and others.
Oliver's Adventures in the Fairyland was released on December 19, 2019.
Oliver's Adventures in the Fairyland was developed by Hoodoo Bear.
Oliver's Adventures in the Fairyland has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its gameplay but disliked it for its story.
Oliver's Adventures in the Fairyland is a single player game.
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