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The Sacred Acorn

The Sacred Acorn does a lot of things right, an enjoyable hand-drawn world and some fun ideas within its squirrel-led adventure, but the fun is lost between a sea of familiarity and an ocean of awkwardness, leading to an okay journey that needed that extra spark to truly shine.
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71%Game Brain Score
graphics, music
gameplay, story
84% User Score Based on 38 reviews
Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

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The Sacred Acorn is a single player action adventure game with a fantasy theme. It was developed by A Few Dragons and was released on July 17, 2024. It received neutral reviews from critics and positive reviews from players.

A top-down adventures game where you play as Ima the squirrel trying to save your tribe from the Corruption.

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Audience ScoreBased on 38 reviews
graphics9 positive mentions
stability2 negative mentions
  • Charming and cute art style with well-designed squirrel characters and animations.
  • Engaging and enjoyable combat with a good rhythm, offering satisfying boss fights and upgrade progression.
  • Cozy and enjoyable exploration with a varied, hand-drawn world and pleasant music that enhances the atmosphere.
  • Combat can feel slow and repetitive with awkward hit detection and limited moves, leading to some frustration.
  • Navigation is sometimes difficult due to a buggy or inaccurate map, vast empty areas, and unclear objectives.
  • Technical issues including bugs, glitches, lengthy runs back to bosses, and some problematic level design hinder the experience.
  • graphics
    15 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game features a charming, cute, and cozy art style with beautiful, varied environments and well-designed characters, which many players find engaging and visually appealing. The graphics are praised for their warmth and originality, enhancing the overall immersive experience. While some find the visuals and music satisfactory, the art style consistently stands out as a highlight.

    • “A wonderful art style, tight controls, and a rich game world that rewards exploration.”
    • “Such a gorgeous looking game and I love the aesthetics, the different landscapes and the interesting creatures encountered.”
    • “The sacred acorn features a beautifully crafted world with a wonderful art style, light-hearted soundtrack, and some of the cutest animations I've seen in a game.”
    • “Overall graphics and music are okay, but nothing outstanding.”
    • “There is obvious effort and thought in the game design and art style, but the graphics have more cons than pros in my experience.”
    • “The art style looked very cute and promising, but the final graphics do not fully deliver on that initial expectation.”
  • gameplay
    9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay receives mixed feedback, with praise for its engaging combat mechanics, charming art style, and active developer support, but criticism for slow pacing, frustrating early challenges, and some technical issues like sound problems and checkpointing. While some players find it fun and rewarding once mastered, others are deterred by the initial difficulty and lack of uniqueness.

    • “Great visuals, great gameplay!”
    • “I've already played it multiple times and I find the gameplay very endearing and fun.”
    • “However, the mechanics of the game are good and the combat is enjoyable once you gain a handle on the timings.”
    • “I want to like this as there's obvious effort and thought into the game design and art style, but there are too many cons compared to pros in my experience for the gameplay.”
    • “Very slow gameplay.”
    • “I tried to get past the first boss but the frustrating mechanics make it not worth going further.”
  • music
    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music in the game is widely praised for its beautiful, pleasant, and atmospheric qualities, enhancing the overall experience, especially during combat. Players find the soundtrack catchy and fitting to the game’s charming art style and world, contributing to an engaging and enjoyable ambiance.

    • “The art is gorgeous, the music is simply sublime, and the squirrels are outright adorable.”
    • “I thoroughly enjoyed the music which added to the atmosphere, especially during combat, where I found it to be simple but efficient!”
    • “Music is very pleasant to hear, some of the songs get stuck in my head easily, especially the tundra region.”
  • story
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story is praised for its enjoyable concept and charming characters, especially with the addition of a story mode that makes the game more accessible. However, some users find the narrative only okay and feel it doesn't fully compensate for the challenging combat balance. Overall, the story adds fun and motivation to progress despite gameplay difficulties.

    • “Only thanks to the new story mode update I could actually return and finish what I started a year ago.”
    • “Story seems fun overall and love the concept of being a squirrel.”
    • “Story mode (basically infinite HP cheat but official) for those who, like me, are so bad at dodging.”
    • “Story mode acts as an unofficial infinite HP cheat, which might appeal to players who struggle with dodging.”
    • “While the story mode update allowed me to finally return and finish what I started a year ago, it suggests prior story engagement was challenging.”
    • “Cute characters and an okay story can't compensate for the lack of balanced combat in a 'souls-like' game.”
  • stability
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game suffers from various stability issues, including inaccurate maps, frequent bugs like going through objects and walking underneath floors, and visual glitches such as incorrect positioning and character model distortions during sprinting. Combat is also noted to be slow with unreliable hitboxes.

    • “Small bugs and glitches all over the place, like you can go through objects, walk underneath floor layers (which sometimes lay above trees or end abruptly with a black void), seeds falling from pots stuck inside walls, maps showing your position incorrectly, and the character visually enlarging while sprinting. Also, holding the sprint button causes the character to sprint while standing and during dialogues.”
    • “The map isn't accurate and sometimes buggy with the companion, the combat is really slow and hitboxes are off.”
  • character development
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users appreciate the character development primarily through the game's cute and appealing art style, highlighting the well-designed and charming characters like Ima and others.

  • humor
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's humor is enhanced by characters delivering lines with amusing voices, adding an entertaining and lighthearted touch.

  • atmosphere
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users appreciate the game's atmosphere, highlighting the music as a key element that effectively enhances the experience, particularly during combat with its simple yet impactful design.

    • “I thoroughly enjoyed the music which added to the atmosphere, especially during combat, where I found it to be simple but efficient!”
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The Sacred Acorn is a action adventure game with fantasy theme.

The Sacred Acorn is available on PC and Windows.

The Sacred Acorn was released on July 17, 2024.

The Sacred Acorn was developed by A Few Dragons.

The Sacred Acorn has received neutral reviews from players and neutral reviews from critics. Most players liked this game for its graphics but disliked it for its gameplay.

The Sacred Acorn is a single player game.

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